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ME. H. N. RIDLEY ON THE 



men, which is rather long and cyliudrical, the incisions conspicu- 

 ously pale ; cerci broken, but the remaining portions are bordered 

 on each side with very long and fine hairs. Legs short and 

 stout, and slightly compressed ; all the femora enlarged, the 

 middle ones least so ; hind tibiae spined from the base, with 3 

 large terminal spines on each side, and 3 or 4 larger spines alter- 

 nating with smaller ones beyond the middle ; first joint of tarsi 

 with 2 small and 1 large spine on each side. 



Probably belongs to a new genus of (Ecantlddce, but has a 

 superficial resemblance to Gryllodes. 



15. CONOCEPHALUS VERNALIS, U. sp. 



Exp. al. circa 78 millim. 



Bright grass-green ; wings hyaline, with bright green nervures ; 

 fastigium short, obtusely rounded, as in C. triops, Linn. ; four front 

 femora unarmed. Male with face, antennae, eyes, and the whole of 

 the fastigium whitish ; tips of mandibles and palpi red ; tibiae paler 

 than the ground-colour ; auditory apparatus and tarsi beneath 

 blackish ; tegmina yellowish along the costa, a buff" streak at the 

 base above the subcostal nervure, and a white basal streak on the 

 left side above the median nervure. Female much less varied with 

 white ; labrum white, mandibles more yellowish, auditory apparatus 

 and tarsi whitish, the latter brown below ; ovipositor a little longer 

 than the abdomen, extending far beyond the knees, but shorter 

 than the closed wings ; ovipositor paler towards the extremity, 

 and slightly veined with reddish, the extreme tips of the blades 

 black. 



This grasshopper was very common everywhere in the Main 

 and Kat Island. It makes a great noise at night. The brown 

 form, which flew about with it, was not so common. 



Yar. FRATER. 



Exp. al. 75-83 millim. 



Brown ; the thorax a])parently rather longer and narrower, an 

 eftect which is caused by an indistinct pale or blackish line on 

 each side ; frequently a pale streak behind each eye ; mandibles 

 varied with pale reddish, the extreme tips black ; tegmina 

 greyish brown, often with dark speckles above and below the 

 principal nervures and on the costa beyond the middle (similar 

 speckles are visible on one of the green specimens) ; wings hyaline, 

 with greyish-brown nervures. 



