462 
INSEOTA, ORTIIOPTERA. 
(p. 461), Brazil ; decoyata, Brazil : Cycloptera tillcefolia (p, 463), Apiazons j 
pavonifvUa (p. 463), Brazil j folcifolia, Brazil : Typophyllum scissifoUa 
(p. 464), Venezuela; erosifolia, Amazons ; truncatifoUa (p. 466), Napo Iliver; 
midUutum, Bga; n^ortuifolia (p. 466), Upper Amazons. — Additional new 
genera and new species : — Meloimorpha (gen. nov.) cinctieornisi (pp, 468, 469), 
India : Gryllacr'is trinotata (p. 469), India ; armata (p. 470), Ceram ; minus- 
culuj Swan Iliver; mayniceps (p. 471), India; longiusmla (p. 472), Isle of 
Pines; ^ redmta^ Madagascar; ?roseiviUa (p. 493), Santarem ; ? parvula, St. 
Domingo ; viridescens (p. 474), Siam ; Penalva (nov. gen.) latei'ulis (pp. 474, 
476) , Australia : Noia (gen. nov.) testacea (pp. 475, 476), India : Leucica 
(gen. iio\.)ferrugineaf South America : Bauza (gen. nov.) nigrifrons (pp. 476, 
477) , Loo Clioo : Zadplia (gen. nov, p. 479), formed to receive Phaneroptera 
perlanUy Westw. : Molpa (gen. nov.) bilmeolata (pp. 479, 480), Ceylon : 
Debrona (gen. nov.) cervina (pp. 480, 481), South Africa ; Pemba (gen. nov.) 
armata (pp. 481, 482), Archidona ; Narea (gen. nov.) compacta, Australia : 
IHplophyllus mundiis (p, 483), llio Janeiro : Phylloptem subnotataj Oajaca : 
Zedla simplex (p. 484), India. 
Platyphjllwn giganteum^ Bellevoyo (AVarion P), Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1870, 
Bull. p. xl. Isle of Pines (New Caledonia). 
Odontura. Frivaldsky describes the following new species of this genus 
from Hungary : — 0. affinis, B. E. Z. 1870, p. 42 ; b?'unneri, 1. c. p. 43; mudesta, 
1, 0 , ; speciosa, 1. c, p. 44 ; luticauda, 1. c. p. 46 ; discoidalis, 1. c, 
Deinacrida megacephala, Buller, Zool. s. s. 1867, p, 860, Wellington, New 
Zealand. 
Anabrus stevensonii^ Thomas, P. Ac. Philad, 1870, p. 76, and tnintdus, 1. c., 
Colorado. 
Thamnotrizon trilineatus, Thomas, 1. c. p. 76, Colorado. 
Bphippitytha gracilipeSy Thomas, 1. c. p. 76, Colorado. 
AcRYDIIDiE. 
E. Brown (Ent. M. M. vii. pp. 1-3) remarks upon the occurrence of 
Acrydium peregrmum, Oliv., in various parts of England in October 1869. 
He had not been able to discover that it had been seen in any other part of 
Europe ; and it was not in any European Catalogue. 
F. Smitr: (Tr. E. S. 1870, Proc. p. xl) mentions that he had observed 
Asitus albiceps preying upon grasshoppers. 
Pachytylus migratorius and P. cmerascens. A discussion at the Entomolo- 
gical Soeiety of London is recorded respecting the distinctive characters of 
these two species, both of which have occurred in Britain (Tr. E. S. 1870, 
Proc. pp. viii, ix, and xiii). 
Andreozzi has translated, from a Chinese work on agriculture, notes 
respecting the ravages of locusts in China, and the superstitions existing 
among the Chinese with regard to their origin. An extract from this trans- 
lation is given by Stefanelli in the Bull. Ent. Ital. 1870, pp. 77-82. From 
it we learn that records exist of the appearance of locusts in devastating 
numbers 173 times during a period of 1924 years. The three great causes of 
famine in China are placed as flood, drought, and locusts. The appeai'ance 
of the latter were looked upon as direct evidence of Divine wrath, which was 
sought to be appeased by means of supplication and sacrifice. Later on 
