216 Ins. 
ORTHOPTERA. 
GrYLLID2E. 
Gryllotalpa borealis, Burm. On its chirping: S. H. Scudder, 
Psyche, i. pp. 105 & 106 ; Am. Nat. x. pp. 97 & 98. 
New genera and species : — 
Maxentius, Stal, OEfv. Ak. Forh. xxxiii. No. 3, p. 63. Allied ioStenopel- 
matus ; for M. repens, p. 64, Damara Land, and fusco-fasciatus^ p. 76, Cape. 
Clearidas, id. Z. c. p. 64. Allied to Gryllus; type, C. nigriceps, p. 65, 
Damara Land. 
Mupilius, id. Z. c. p. 65. Type, R. nigro-signatus, p. 66, Damara Land. 
Gryllodes Uneatus, Scudder, in Wheeler's Rep. U. S. Surv. 1876, p. 279, 
Arizona. 
Gryllus insularis, id. P. Bost. Soc. xviii. p. 268, Guadalupe Island. 
Locustidje. 
Phaneroptera liliifolia, F. Bellier dela Chavignerie, Pet. Nouv. 1876, 
p. 69, notes his observations on this insect in the environs of Voltaggio ; 
he considers the var. alhicornis as the most abundant form, and is sure 
that P. mar gine- guttata is also a variety of it. 
New genera: — 
Enyalius, Stal, CEfv. Ak. Forh. xxxiii. No. 3, p. 58, ^ Eugastes, div. a, 
Stal. Type, Eug aster diadematus, Stal. 
Melidia, p. 60. Allied to Phaneroptera ; type, M. brunneri, sp. n., 
ibid., Damara Land. 
Diophanes, id. Sv. Ak. Handl. Bihang, iii. No. 14, p. 38. Facies of 
Platyphyllum and Meroncidius ; type, D. rosaceus, sp. n., p. 39, Chiriqui. 
Diyllus, p, 40. Allied to Meroncidius \ type, D. discophorus, sp. n., 
p. 41, Chiriqui. 
Eppia, p. 42. Allied to Subria ; type, E. truncatipennis, sp. n., ibid., 
Chiriqui. 
Plagiostira, Scudder, in WheeleFs Rep. U. S. Surv. 1876, p. 281. With a 
shallow flat quadrate pronotum, carinate only laterally, the anterior por- 
tion projecting beyond the head ; femora slender ; supra-anal plate sharply 
angulate. Type, P. albo-notata, sp. n., ibid.. Northern New Mexico. 
New species : — 
Scopiorus nigridens, St&l, Sv. Ak. Handl. Bihang, iii.. No. 14, p. 37, 
Chiriqui. ^ 
Brisilis curvidens, id. Z. c. p. 39, Chiriqui. 
Meroncidius incurvus, id. l.c. p. 41, Chiriqui. 
Callimenus dilatatus, id. Z. c. p. 42, Asia Minor. 
Tylopsis longipennis, id. CEfv. Ak. Forh. xxxiii. No. 3, p. 58, Damara 
Land. 
Terpnistria lobalata, id. Z. c. p. 61, Ovambo and Caffraria. 
Eurycorypha brevicollis, id. ibid., Ovambo. 
Conocephalus ambiguus, id. Z. c. p. 62, Damara Land. 
