218 Ins, 
ORTHOPTERA. 
Western States and Territories, held at Omaha, Nebraska, in Oct. 1876. 
St. Louis, 1876, 8vo, pp. 58. These have not been seen by the Recorder 
(cf. Psyche, ii. pp. 45 & 46). 
Thomas, Wheeler’s Report, v. Zoology, pp. 851-864, enters into a some- 
what elaborate examination of the various arrangements proposed, and 
especially of the recent changes effected by StM and Scudder, and gives 
a list of species affected, together with a catalogue of additions to the 
fauna of the United States since the publication of his Synopsis. He 
figures the following already known species : — Pedioscertetes nevadensis^ 
Thomas, pi. xiii. fig. 4 ; Gomphocerus carpenteriy Thomas, pi. xliv. fig. 5 ; 
Tomonotus tenebrosus, Scudder, pi. xliii. fig. 3 ; (Edipoda negUcta^ Thomas, 
pi. xliv. fig. 3; Acridium shoshone, Geoff, pi. xliii. fig. 2. 
New genera and species : — 
Stal, Sv. Ak. Handl. Bihang, hi. No. 14, describes ; — 
RubelUa^ p. 24. Allied to Monistria and Pcecilocerus ; type, R. nigro- 
signata, p. 25, Madagascar. 
Gyrtone, p. 25. Perhaps allied to Systella ; type, G. compressa, ibid., 
Malacca. 
Charilaus, p. 26. Allied to A tractomorpha ; type, C. carinatus, ibid., 
Transvaal. 
Munatitty p. 28. Allied to Procolpia ; type, M. punctatay ibid., Chiriqui. 
Euthymia, p. 29. Type, E. melanocercay ibid., Madagascar. 
GergiSy ibid. Type, G. pallidinervis, ibid., Madagascar. 
Sysia, p. 30. Allied to Oxya ; type, H. nigricorniSy ibid., Madagascar. 
CratippuSy p. 31. Types, C. hufo and rawa, ibid., Australia. 
Lilcea, p. 33. Allied to Eremohia ; type, L. depressa, ibid., habitat 
unknown. 
Methone, p. 34. Allied to Eremohia ; type, M, andersoni, ibid., 
Damara Land. 
ThericleSy p. 35. Allied to Mastax ; types, T. ohiusifrons and compres- 
sifronSy p. 36, South-west Africa. 
Erucius, p. 36. Type, Mastax agrionoideSy Haan. 
ErianthuSy ibid. Allied to Chorcetypus ; type, Mastax guttatay Westw. 
Parmilis (= ? Acriceray Serv.), subg. of XipJioceray id. OEfv. Ak. 
Forh. xxxiii. No. 3, p. 35. 
Hoplopholay subg. of XipJioceray id. 1. c. p. 36. Type, X. (H.) serratay 
ibid., Damara Land. 
Trachytettix, id. 1. c. p. 57. Allied to Tettix ; typo, T. scaherrimuSy ibid., 
Damara Land. 
HesperotettiXy Scudder, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. ii. p. 262. Allied to 
Pezotettix and Caloptenus \ type, Ommatolampis viridisy Thomas. 
Mestohregma, id. 1. c. p. 264. Allied to Psinidia ; type, GEdipoda plattiiy 
Thomas. 
CircotettiXy id. ibid. Allied to GtypJiippus ; type, (Edipoda undulatay 
Thomas. 
Aulocaray id. h c. p. 266. Allied to Acrotylus ; types, A. cceruleipes, 
ibid., and decenSy p. 267, Colorado. 
