IJ1MTISH OltTHOPTERA. 



(sometimes barely reaching) the apex of the abdomen. 

 Elytra with a whitish streak between the two branches 

 of the subcosta. Valves of the ovipositor not much 

 protruded, without an external tooth. 



VARIATION. At the Deal Sandhills 0. elegans was 

 found to be brownish in colour, harmonising with the 

 soil, just as the green ones do with the grass in the 

 New Forest (although brown examples occur there 

 with the green). At Holmsley in the New Forest a 

 few had the dorsal surface more or less rosy. The 

 antennae may be rosy except at the base, especially in 

 some specimens. 



DATE.- -August and September are the best months 

 for this grasshopper, although apparently it is some- 

 times mature earlier. 



H/\ BITS. --In the New Forest G. degans is found in 

 damp grassy spots, and it is reported from marshes at 

 Burgh Castle and swamps at Sandwich Bay. On the 

 other hand it is quite as frequently reported from sand- 

 hills ; while Harwood found it on sea-walls at Colchester, 

 and Yerbury in a saltmarsh at Walton-on-the-Naze. 

 Possibly there is some factor in common to these 

 various habitats, which on the surface is not apparent. 

 While the males are active enough, the females do not 



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jump at all well. 



DISTRIBUTION.- -Although this species has a wide range 

 on the Continent, Burr considers that it is not common. 

 It has been reported from Sweden, Denmark, Holland, 

 Belgium, British Isles, France, Germany, Austria, 

 Hungary, Spain, Istria, Croatia, Transylvania, Mol- 

 davia, Serbia and Bosnia. Kirby also gives North 

 and West Asia. 



BRITISH LOCALITIES. 



ENGLAND.- -Berks : Crookliam Common near Newbury 

 (Morley). Cambridgeshire: Wicken (Porritt). Cheshire: 

 Ship Canal banks, Acton Grange (Dunlop) ; Leasowe (Sopp). 

 Dorset: Weytnouth (Briggs). Essex: Leigh. (Briggs) ; Col. 



