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INSECTA, ORTHOPTERA.
(p. 461), Brazil; decorata, Brazil: Cycloptera tiliafolia (p. 462), Amazons;
pavonifolia (p. 463), Brazil; falcifolia, Brazil: TypophyUum scissifolia
(p. 464), Venezuela; erosifolia, Amazons ; truncatifolia (p. 465),' Napo River;
mutilatum, Ega; mortuifolia (p. 466), Upper Amazons.—Additional new
genera and new species:—Meloimorpha (gen. nov.) cineticornis (pp. 468,469),
India: Gryllacris trinotata (p. 469), India; armata (p. 470), Ceram; minuscula,
Swan River; magniceps (p. 471), India; longiuscula (p. 472), Isle of
Pines; ? reducta, Madagascar ; ?roseivitta (p. 493), Santarem ; ?parvula, St.
Domingo; viridescens (p. 474), Siam: Penalva (nov. gen.) lateralis (pp. 474,
475), Australia: Noia (gen. nov.) testacea (pp. 475, 476), India: Leucica
(gen. nov.) ferruyinea, South America: Bauza (gen. nov.) nigrifvons (pp. 476,
477), Loo Choo : Zulpha (gen. nov. p. 479), formed to receive Phaneroptera
perlaria, Westw. : Molpa (gen. nov.) bilineolata (pp. 479, 480), Ceylon:
Debrona (gen. nov.) cervina (pp. 480, 481), South Africa: Pemba (gen. nov.)
armata (pp. 481, 482), Archidona : Narea (gen. nov.) compaeta, Australia:
Diplophyllus mundits (p. 483), Rio Janeiro: Phylloptera subnotata, Oajaca:
Zedla simplex (p. 484), India.
Platyphyllum giganteum, Bellevoye (Warion ?), Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1870,
Bull. p. xl, Isle of Pines (New Caledonia).
Odontura. Frivaldsky describes the following new species of this genus
from Hungary:—0. affinis, B. E. Z. 1870, p. 42 ; brunneri, I. c. p. 43; modesta,
I. c.; speciosa, I. c. p. 44 ; laticauda, I. c. p. 45 ; discoidalis, I. c.
Deinacrida megacephala, Buller, Zool. s. s. 1807, p. 850, Wellington, New
Zealand.
Anabrus stevensonii, Thomas, P. Ac. Philad. 1870, p. 75, and minutus, 1. c.,
Colorado.
Thamnotrizon trilineatus, Thomas, I. c. p. 76, Colorado.
Ephippitytha gracilipes, Thomas, I. c. p. 76, Colorado.
ACRYDIIDA.
E. BROWN (Ent. M. M. vii. pp. 1-3) remarks upon the occurrence of
Acrydium peregvinum, Oliv., in various parts of England in October 1869.
He had not been able to discover that it had been seen in any other part of
Europe; and it was not in any European Catalogue.
F. SMITH (Tr. E. S. 1870, Proc. p. xl) mentions that he had observed
Asilus albiceps preying upon grasshoppers.
Pachytylus migratorius and P. cinerascens. A discussion at the Entomological
Society of London is recorded respecting the distinctive characters of
these two species, both of which have occurred in Britain (Tr. E. S. 1870,
Proc. pp. viii, ix, and xiii).
ANDREOZZI has translated, from a Chinese work on agriculture, notes
respecting the ravages of locusts in China, and the superstitions existing
among the Chinese with regard to their origin. An extract from this translation
is given by STEEANKLLI in the Bull. Ent. Ital. 1870, pp. 77-82. From
it we learn that records exist of the appearance of locusts in devastating
numbers 173 times during a period of 1924 years. The three great causes of
famine in China are placed as flood, drought, and locusts. The appearance
of the latter were looked upon as direct evidence of Divine wrath, which was
sought to be appeased by means of supplication and sacrifice. Later on