216 Ins. 
ORTHOPTERA. 
BY 
IloBERT McLachlan, F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. 
The General Subject. 
Burmeister, H. Ceplialoccema uud Phylloscirtas^ zwei merkwurdigo 
Orthopteren-Gattungeu der Fauna Argentina. Abh. Ges. Halle, xv. 
pp. 1-20, pi. i. 
Malfatti, G. Intorno ad alcune specie di Ortotteri genuini Lombardi. 
Atti Soc. Ital. xxii. pp. 309-320. 
Contains lists, in tabular form, of species noticed by R. Pirotta, as 
already published, with additional personal observations. Pezotettix 
alpina^ Koll., Gryllus hurdigalensisj Latr., Saga serrata, F., Thamnotrizon 
striolatus, F., and Ephippiger terrestris, Yersin, are given as new for 
Lombardy (the last new also for Italy). 
Meinert, F. Om Ordenen Diploglossata. Vid. Medd. 1879-80, pp. 
343-34G. 
After noticing the characters of this anomalous insect [c/. Zool. Rec. xvi. 
Ins. p. 220], the author arrives at the conclusion that whilst the external 
form is Orthopterous, the mouth-structure is nearest that of the Thysa- 
nura. 
Ninni, a. P. Contribuzione per lo studio degli Ortotteri Veneti. ii. 
Catalogo degli Ortotteri genuini. Boll. Com. Agrario Treviso, 
No. 9, with one plate. 
Enumerates CG species. [Not seen by the Recorder; cf. Bull. Ent. Ital. 
xii. p. 287.] 
Scud der, S. H. List of the Orthoptera collected by Dr. A. S. Packard 
in the Western United States in the Summer of 1877. Second 
Report U. S. Ent. Commission, Appendix ii., pp. 23-28, with one 
plate (xvii.). 
Enumerates about 4G species of various families ; some are described as 
new, others, apparently new, are only indicated. 
A few species captured by Cuni y Martorell at San Miguel del Fay, 
Spain, noticed in An. Soc. Esp. ix. p. 208. 
