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ZOOLOGICAL LlTJtlUATUlUi. 
Gryllid^e. 
Gryllotulpa vulgaris. The characters and mode of life of this insect are 
described by Taschenberg, Wirbell. Thiere, &c., pp. 181-186^ pi. 1. fig. 16. 
LoCUSTIDiE. 
Saunders gives an account of the habits of a species, most probably of 
Steirodon, the larv£e of which were found in a stove containing Orchids lately 
imported from Mexico. The insect was nocturnal in its activity. Bates 
adds some remarks. Proc. Ent. Soc. 1805, p. 107. 
Lucas describes the female of Gampsocelis gratiosa (Brunner). Bull. Soc. 
Ent. Fr. 1865, pp. xiv-xv. 
Taschenberg describes the characters and mode of life of Decticus verm- 
civorus (Naturg. wirbell. Thiere, &c. pp. 186-189, pi. 6. fig. 3). 
Some account of the habits of a species of Grasshopper,” evidently be- 
longing to this family, and found in vast numbers in some parts of Upper 
California, is given in a Beport by the late J. Feilner. Smithsonian Beport 
for 1864 (publ. 1865), pp. 429-4.30. 
3Iacrolgristes, g. n., Vollenlioven, Tijdschr. voor Entom. 1805, p.l07. -Al- 
lied to Meco]goda j forehead with two small quadrangular processes \ eyes 
hemispherical \ protliorax with a strongly toothed keel on each lateral 
margin \ apex of the posterior femora with a spine on each side. Sp. M. im- 
pcratorj sp. n., Volk 1. c. p. 108, pi. 7 $ , from Java and Borneo. 
Acrydiid^. 
Becker remarks (Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxvii. pt. 1. pp. 477-478) on the 
habits of Caloptenus italicusy which is very destructive about Sarepta. 
Acrydium migratorium. Malinowski (Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. xv. 
pp. 67-70) publislies a long description of the habits of the Migratory Locust 
as observed by him in 1864 near Tuldscha. — Taschenberg also describes this 
species (Naturg. wirbell. Thiere, &c., pp. 189-195, pi. 1. fig. 10). 
Lucas publishes a letter from M. Suquet relative to the ravages of Locusts 
in the neighbourhood of Beyrouth in the early part of last year. The species 
referred to is Acrydium peregrinum. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1865, p. xxxii. 
Walsh refers to papers published by him in the Journal of the Illinois 
State Agile. Soc. 1862, and Prairie Farmer, 1863, on Insects of this family. 
Proc. Bost. Nat. Hist. Soc. ix. p. 312. 
The injury done by Vhymatea punctata to the coflee-plantations in Ceylon 
is recorded by Nietner, see Guerin, Bev. et Mag. de Zook 1864, pp. 92-93. 
Discotettixj g. n., Costa, Ann. Mus. Zook Nap. ii. p, 59. Allied to Tettix) 
antennae with tlie two joints preceding the last three compressed and dilated 
into a lamella. Sp. D. armatus, sp. n., C^osta, 1. c. p. 59, from Borneo ? 
Tettix limosina, sp. n., Vollenlioven, Tijdschr. voor Entom. 1866, p. 65, pk 1. 
figs. 6-8, from the island of Gebeh. 
Tettiv bufo, sp. n., Costa, Ann. Mus. Zook Nap. ii. p. 58, from Natal. 
Choriphyllum granulatum, sp. n., Costa, 1. c, p. 58, origin unknoivn. 
Stenolothrus formosics, sp. n., Becker, 1. c. p. 488, from Sarepta. 
Vorthetis Irevicornis, sp. n., Costa, 1. c. p. 129, pk 1. fig. 2, from South 
Italy. 
