4. Valanga excavata (Stal) .

. Acridium ezcavatum Stal; Freg. Eugenies Resa, Orthoptera, 326, 1861.

Valanga ezcavata, Uvarov, Ann; Mag. Nat. Hist. IX, 12: 356, 1923.

Agana, May 4, Swezey; Paasan, June 15, on banyan, Swezey; Talofofo, Juqe 17, Swezey ; Merizo, June 25, on cotton, Swezey; near Atao beach, June 25, Usinger; Inarajan, July 25, on Thespesia populnea , Swezey ; Barrigada, Aug. 28, on corn, Swezey; Orote Peninsula, Sept. 29, on Pipturus, Swezey ; Piti, Oct. 12, on Ipomoea and Glochidion, Swezey ; Fullaway (1288). The species was determined by F. X. Williams.

This large grasshopper, described from a single male from Guam, has not been recorded elsewhere. It was rather common in 1936, often occurring on trees or bushes, rather than on grass.