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Forficula auricularia, Linn. The common Earwig is one of the most 

 abundant and generally distributed insects we have. It occurs 

 everywhere on the coasts, plains, and lower parts of the valleys, 

 and I have seen it under stones well up the hillsides, but have 

 not made precise observations on the altitudes to which it 

 attains : these would be interesting. Mr. C. W. Dale has 

 recorded it from North Uist, Outer Hebrides ("Ent. Mo. Mag.," 

 xx. p. 213). 



Phyllodromia germanica (Linn.). In 1897 I obtained two or three 

 dozen examples of this small Cockroach from a hotel in George 

 Street, Edinburgh, as recorded in this magazine for 1899 

 (p. 117); and Dr. R. S. MacDougall informs me he got it sent 

 from a restaurant in the town three years ago. Its occurrence, 

 in abundance, in a newspaper office, Glasgow, in 1880, was 

 recorded by Professor Trail in the " Scottish Naturalist " the 

 following year (vol. vi. p. 14). 



Blatta orientalis, Linn. Common in kitchens, bakehouses, etc., in 

 most towns. I have found it occasionally even in isolated farm- 

 houses, and Mr. R. Godfrey tells me Cockroaches, no doubt of 

 this species, are common in coal-pits about Bo'ness. I also 

 heard of their presence in a coal-pit near Dalkeith a number 

 of years ago. 



Periplaneta americana (Linn.). The only place in which I have met 

 with this large species, to which the name of " Ship Cockroach " 

 has been applied, is in the palm-house at the Royal Botanic 

 Garden, Edinburgh, where, in July 1879, I obtained several. 

 One which I still possess has been shown to Mr. Burr, who 

 confirms my identification. I have heard of its occurrence 

 elsewhere in Edinburgh or Leith. 



Periplaneta australasice (Fabr.). Wishing to know if the previous 

 species 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. australasitz. When I 

 have desired Cockroaches, and they have been trapped for me, 

 this is the one we always get " (in lit. 5th December 1900). It 

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



II. SALTATORIA. 



Stenolothrus viridulus (Linn.). This Grasshopper, as the members of 

 the genus are popularly called, is common more especially in 

 hilly or inland districts on grassy banks having a southern 

 exposure. It doubtless occurs all over Scotland, and, like its 

 congeners, is to be met with in the adult state chiefly in August 

 and September. My specimens are from the following localities : 



