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ST. HELENA. 
G. marginalis, Walk. Cat. Derm. i. 25.— A rather small black 
Cricket, tolerably abundant in similar localities to the last mentioned 
species. It also inhabits Madeira. 
Zaora, Walk. 
bifasciata, Walk. — Known in the Island as the Ground 
Hopper ; this small light brown creature takes up its abode under 
stones and rocks in Jamestown and Rupert’s Valley and similar 
localities where tlie climate is warmest. It is usually found in 
pairs and is not very abundant. Mr. Walker gives tbe following 
description of it : — “ Female testaceous, smooth. Head shining, as 
broad as the- prothorax, with a large brown patch between the eyes 
and between the antennae where the vertex is rounded in front and 
includes a testaceous spot. Eyes not prominent. Palpi clavate. 
Antennae much more than twice the length of the body. Pro- 
thorax on each side w T itk a brown spot extending from the fore 
border and connected by a short brown line with a brown band on 
the hind border, this band extending along the hind part of each 
side ; sides rounded ; fore part broadest. Mesothorax, metathorax, 
and abdomen with brown marks which form three irregular stripes. 
Metathorax with a brown band. Femora with brown spots. Oviduct 
somewhat longer than the abdomen. Wings rudimentary. Length 
of the body eight lines. The cerci and legs of the specimen described 
are mutilated.” 
Fam. Locusfidce. 
Conocephalus, Thunb. 
C. mandibularis, Charp. Hor. Eut. 106 (Locusta). — A very 
large green Grasshopper, found in hay-fields and gardens on the 
high land. Inhabits, also, S. Europe and H. Africa. 
Fam. Acrididce. 
(Edipoda, Charp. 
• ! 'CE. obumbrata, Walk. — A thick-built, medium-sized, brown 
Grasshopper, abundant in the Island, of which Mr. Walker gives 
the following description : — “ Male ferruginous. Head short ; vertex 
triangular and with a rim on each side in front of the eyes ; front 
with four slight keels, the inner pair parallel, the outer pair 
