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established and numerous (Molynenx). Lancashire : Liver- 

 pool Docks, from a cargo of linseed (Hardy) ; Wavertree, 

 from hot-houses, where the insects are believed to nibble the 

 aerial roots of orchids (Harrison] ; Worsley, naturalised 

 (Stott), whence they have been received in all stages of 

 growth during the past few years [1905] (Sopp). Lincoln- 

 shire : Louth, one female, 1902 (Carter). London: Zoological 

 Gardens (Lucas); Brixton (Taylor). Middlesex: Orchid- 

 house at Potter's Bar (Bedwell). Notts: Mansfield, a male,. 

 14 February 1907" (Daws) ; Wiseton Hall, numerous in glass- 

 houses, 1902 (Shaw). Suffolk: Occasionally imported to 

 Ipswich in linseed, etc. (Morley). Surrey: Orchid-house, 

 Camberwell, 1899 (Lucas) ; Kew Gardens Apart from those 

 bred in the Gardens, a number have arrived in cases from 

 abroad : a nymph found on living plants from Ootacamund in 

 India, 3 April 1897 ; two in a box from Dominica about April 

 1897 ; a nymph, received July 1898, in a case from Buitenzorg, 

 Java; a nymph, received April 1901, in a Wardian case 

 from Calcutta ; a nymph, amongst Catasetum lonyifolium 

 from Demerara, about April 1897 ; one imago from pit A, about 

 April 1897 ; one imago and two nymphs, received 18 October 

 1898, in a case from the Belgian Congo State (Lucas, f Kew 

 Bulletin/ Addl. Series, v, 1906). Sussex: Preston near 

 Brighton, one (Morris). Yorkshire: Barnsley, one in bananas 

 (Bay ford) Keighley, 1914 (Porritt) ; Bradford district 

 (Carter) ; abundant, 1898, in a greenhouse at Shibden, 

 Halifax (Porritt). 



WALES. Glamorgan: Brought 29 Jan. 1917 to H. R. 

 Wakefield, Swansea, by the Spanish Consul, who said that 

 these cockroaches had played havoc with his orchids, more 

 especially the Catleyias and Vandas. As new growth makes 

 its appearance it is immediately devoured by these unwelcome 

 visitors. Probably they came over with some S. American 

 orchids. 



SCOTLAND. Edinburghshire : " Wishing to know if P. ameri- 

 cana was still present at the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, I 

 wrote to Dr. R. Stewart MacDougall, and have received from 

 him the following interesting information : ' The Cockroach 

 at the Garden for the last few years is P. australasise. When 

 I have desired Cockroaches, and they have been trapped for 

 me, this is the one we always get* (in litt, 5 December 1900). 

 It would thus appear that P. americana has been ousted by this 

 form' (Evans, Jan. 1901). Perthshire: In an orchid-house 

 at Fargandenny, where it had been observed for three years, 

 and had caused a deal of damage (Waimvright) . Renfrew- 



