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where the land is. lying waste, with upland pastures 

 and rocky ground, are some of the spots in which this 

 common little grasshopper may be found. Owing to 

 the close assimilation of its colouring to its surroundings, 

 already referred to, it is probably more common even 

 than it appears to be. The high degree of " protective 

 resemblance ' it exhibits is worthy of closer study. 

 Kirby in the ' Text-book of Entomology,' p. 87 (1885), 

 gives an account of the courtship of this insect, and 

 Brock also gives an interesting account of an observa- 

 tion he made on the same subject in the ' Entomolo- 

 gist ' for 1914, pp. 104,105. 



DISTRIBUTION.- -G. inacnlatus is found in northern, 

 western, and central Europe, records being to hand 

 from Lapland, Xorway, Sweden, Holland, Belgium, 

 Great Britain, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, 

 Serbia, and Spain at least. It also occurs in Asia. 



BRITISH LOCALITIES. 



Unlike its congener G. rnfits, this grasshopper has been 

 reported from a large number of localities in the British Isles. 

 Still there are thirteen English counties that appear to be 

 without a record. 



ENGLAND. Berks : Besselsleigh and Tubney (Hamm). 

 Bucks : Pitstone (Mrs. G. J. Ashby) ; East Burnham Common 

 (Campion). Cambridgeshire: Devil's Ditch, Newmarket 

 Heath (/. C. Dale)-, Wicken (Porritt). Cheshire: Thurst- 

 aston (Coward); Hoylake District and Bidston (Sopp). 

 Cornwall: Fowey (Stowell); Trebarwith (Bracken); The 

 Lizard (Shaw); Scilly Isles ( ( Entomologist/ 1872, p. 4, as 

 biguttulus). Cumberland : Salkeld and Wan Fell near Penrith 

 (Dai/). Derbyshire: Little Eaton and Breadsall Moor 

 (Pullen) ; Lathkill Dale (Jourdain) ; Dovedale (IF. E. Ei-ans). 

 Devon : Lynmouth and Linton (Briggs) ; near Dawlish 

 (Lucas) ; Dartmoor (Shaw) ; between Exeter and Budleigh 

 Salterton, as biguttulus (Kirby) ; Wembury and Torcross 

 (Bignell) ; Haldon, Woodbuiy, and Blackdown (Parjitt) ; Lee 

 Woods, Woolacombe, Ugborough Beacon, and Cawsand 

 (Cosdon) Beacon (Bracken). Dorset : Near Studl and (Lucas). 

 Essex: Epping Forest (Shaw); Clacton-on-Sea (Harwood). 

 Gloucestershire: (Edwards). Hants: Southsea, Hayling* 

 Island, and St. Catherine's Hill near Christchurch (Burr) ; 



