218 Ins, 
ORTHOPTERA. 
Wood -Mason’s observations on Asiatic species \_v/. Zool. Rec. xvi. Ins. 
p. 219] reproduced in abstract in Ann. N. H. (5) v. pp. 261 & 262. 
Chceradodis servillii, Wood-Mason, Ann. N. H. (5) vi. p. 161, and 
J. A. S. B. xli. p. 83, Costa Rica and Chiriqui, stall, id. 1. c. ]}. 162, 1. c. 
p. 84, Ecuador, spp. nn. 
Eremiaphila aristidis, sp. n., Lucas, Bull. Soc. Ent. Er. (5) p. Ixxv., 
Suez. 
Phasmatid^. 
A large species from St. Vincent exhibited ; Sir J. Lubbock, P. E. Soc. 
1880, p. XXXV. 
Gryllid^e. 
Phylloscirtus, Gudrin. Burmeister, Abb. Ges. Halle, xv. pp. 12-19, 
recharacterizes the genus, and gives a tabular synopsis of the species, 
with descriptions and figures, viz., P. colliuroides, Gerst., pi. i. fig. 11, 
vittatus, Gerst., pulchellus, Uhler, pi. i. fig. 13, elegans, Guerin, cicen- 
deloides, Gerst., and 2 spp. nn., amcenus, p. 17, pi. i. figs. 8-10, and setosus, 
p. 18, pi. i. fig. 18, Buenos Aires. 
(Ecanthus niveus, Harris. A. S. Fuller records the damage occasioned 
to raspberry canes by this insect, in Am. Ent. iii. p. 91 ; woodcuts of 
insect and eggs in situ, at p. 92. 
LOCUSTIDJI. 
Bolivar, Ignacio. Note sur les Locustiens cavernicolesd’ Europe. Ann. 
Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) x. pp. 71 & 72. 
Especially concerns the synonymy and position of Locusta palpata, 
' Sulzer. The paper concludes with a table giving the characters of all 
the European cave-frequenting genera, of which the author recognizes 
Hadenoecus, Scud., RhapMdophora, Serv., Troglophilus, Krauss, Ceutho- 
pMluSy Scud., and a new genus. 
Novak, Ottomar. Ueber Gryllacris bohemica, einen neuer Locusti- 
denrest aus der Steinkohlenformation von Stradonitz in Bohmen. 
JB. geol. Reichsanst. xxx. pp. 69-74, pi. iii. 
In addition to a detailed description, the author discusses the affinities 
of G. hrongniarti, Mantell, and the fossil Arthropods generally of the 
formation. 
Anabrus. Under the title, “ The Western Cricket,” Packard gives, in 
the 2nd Report U. S. Ent. Comm. chap. viii. pp. 163-178, a full account 
of the habits, ravages, anatomy, &c., of the species of this genus found in 
AVestern N. America, with a synopsis of the genera of Deciicidw, and 
short comparative descriptions of the species of Anabrus, in which he 
includes 3 U. S. species, viz., simplex, Hald., purpurascens, Uhler, and 
coloradus, Thomas (similis, Scudder, he considers only a var. oi purpur- 
ascens). A. purpurascens and simplex are figured. 
