30 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



We have here, then, what are doubtless very early records of 

 the Common Cockroach which, by the way, was recorded as com- 

 mon in London wine-cellars fifty years before (Mouffet's " Theatrum," 

 1634, p. 139) and the House Cricket. 



The next set of names is from a ' List of Insects found in the 

 neighbourhood of Edinburgh,' by C. Stewart, published in the 

 " Memoirs " of the Wernerian Natural History Society for the year 

 1809 (vol. i. pp. 566-577). They occur on page 572, and are as 

 under: 



Forficula auricularia and Blatta orientalis. 

 Gryllus domes ticus and G. campestris. 

 ,, varius \_AIeconema varium (Fab.)]. 

 ,, biguttulus [probably Stenobothrus bicolor (Charp.)]. 

 ,, grossus \_Mecostethus grossus (L.)]. 

 ,, viridulus [Stenobothrus viridulus (L.)]. 

 ,, quadratus [I cannot make anything of this]. 



My third extract is from G. Don's Account of the Plants and 

 Animals of the County of Forfar (Headrick's " View of the Agri- 

 culture of Angus, or Forfarshire," 1813, Append., pp. 11-59), an d 

 is (from page 50) as follows : 



Forficula auricularia ; called by the country people Horned 

 gollich. 



,, \Labia\ minor ; this is rather rare. 



Blatta orientalis ; found in some of the bakehouses in the sea- 

 port towns. 

 Gryllus bipunctatus \Tettix bipunctatus (L.)]. 



gryllotalpa \Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (L.)]. 



domesticus ; these are sometimes found near bakers' 

 ovens, but rare. 



,, campestris. 



viridissimus \Locusta viridissima (L.)]. 



,, varius [as above]. 



,, cizriilescens \_CEdipoda ccerulescens (L.)]. 



,, stridulus \Psophus stridulus (L.)]. 



,, biguttulus [as above]. 



grossus [as above]. 



As regards G. gryllotalpa, which is named by Sibbald and also 

 by Don, I can find no corroborative evidence of its occurrence in 

 Scotland. Sixty years ago the Rev. J. Duncan wrote: "The Mole 

 Cricket is unknown in Scotland" ("Nat. Lib. Entom.," vol. i., 1840, 

 p. 247). Nor can I find any evidence in support of Stewart's and 

 Don's records of G. campestris (the Field Cricket), except the state- 

 ment made by James Wilson in the seventh edition of the " Ency- 

 clopaedia Britannica " (Entom., p. 158), viz. : "We heard its song 

 near Edinburgh for the first time last summer (1833)." 



