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green. A pretty form is one in which there is a 

 pronounced rosy tinge. In the j^ew Forest I once 

 met with a o-reen female havino- a yellow-brown dorsal 



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streak along the thorax, elytra and abdomen- -a rather 

 striking form. T\vo females from Ashburn in Derby- 

 shire had a yellow line along the costal region of the 

 elytra. G. iiionf<'innx Char p. is a rare form with elytra 

 and wings perfectly developed in both sexes (Shaw). 

 Specimens found in marshy spots, however, with more 

 fully developed wings and the valves of the ovipositor 

 long and noticeable might perhaps be C. longwornis 

 Latr. 



DATE.- -This grasshopper is mature about the 

 beginning of July. It may be found as an imago in 

 July, August, September and October, finally dis- 

 appearing about the end of the last-named month. 

 My latest capture took place in fact on the olst of 

 October. 



HABITS, HTC.- -Meadows and open ground constitute 

 the usual habitat of this very common grasshopper. 

 Possibly it prefers ground that is inclined to be damp 

 rather than too dry. It may be captured by sweeping, 

 but since it cannot fly, it is easily taken by hand. 

 Seeing that the poor development of its organs of 

 flight will not allow of its making long flying leaps, 



the liability to vary may be useful to some extent in 



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its struggle for existence ; for the result seems often 

 to be a general resemblance to its environment. This 

 species, also, feeds on grass, holding the leaf or stem 

 in the usual way with its fore legs and eating along 

 the margin of the leaf. 



DISTRIBUTION.- -One of the commonest of European 

 grasshoppers, it is found throughout the Continent, 

 and occurs also in Northern and Western Asia. 



BRITISH LOCALITIES. 



We have a large number of records for C. parallelus in 

 England, a few for Wales, a fair number for Scotland, but 

 apparently none for Ireland. 



