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season for sugar that I have ever knowu. I have in previous years 

 frequently seen a« many as a hundi'ed moths ou some of the trees that 

 tliis year were (|uite deserted. 



Orthoptera collected in South-eastern Europe. 



By MALCOLM BUllK, l-'.Z.S., F.E.S. 

 {Concluded from p. 269.) 



Oedipodid.t:. — S2)hingo)iotus caerulans, h. — I took one freshly- 

 emerged specimen at Orsova, July IGth. It was sitting motionless on 

 sand, and extremely hard to perceive until it moved, its colour assimi- 

 lating so exactly with that of the sand. Acrotylus insuhricus, Scop., 

 was conunon near Bucarest, July 11th, and I took one at Bufta, July 

 14th. I never saw the species outside lloumania. A. palruelis, 

 Sturm. — I took one at Rjeka, August 12th. Celes variabilis, Pall. — 

 One at Adlerherg, June 28th, and several in a clearing in a wood at 

 Bufta, July 1 1th. All were of the red form. The spot was grassy 

 with harreu patches, and it was always on a barren patch that the 

 insect was found. Ucdipoda miniata, Pall. — Common at Comana, 

 July r2th, Kosija Cuprija, July 19th, Konjica, July 30th, Borke, 

 near Konjica, Bicevica, August 1st, Ruiste, August 2nd, Mostar, 

 August 4th, and in Montenegro, at Njegus, Cetinje and Rjeka._ O. 

 caerulescens, L., was common nearly everywhere. Oedalcus niyro- 

 fascialus, dc Geer. — Bucarest, July 11th, also near Konjica, July 28th 

 and at Blagaj, August 3rd. It is a beautiful insect as it flies and 

 rather difficult to take. l'ach>/ti/lus, sp,— A species of Pachyli/lus 

 was seen at Bufta, July 14th, but I was unable to catch it. It would 

 have probably been P. migratorius, L., which is found in eastern 

 Europe. I also saw several specimens at Blato, August 4th, but was 

 unable to catch one, even with a net. These are more likely to have 

 been P. danicus, L. I'soj^hus stridulus, L. — I found this species 

 sparingly on the Igman Planina. It is a very handsome creature and 

 makes a stridulating noise w^hen flying. 



AcHiunD;E. — Caloptenus italicus, L., was numerous everywhere, 

 ('. brunneri, Stal. — Fairly common at Kosija Cuprija, July 19th. 

 Trebovic, July 24th, and Igman, July 21st. In this genus the long 

 cerci of the male hang down when the insect is alive, but become erect 

 on drying. Acridiumaegyptium,'Li. — One nymph, at Blagaj. Podisma 

 pedestre, L., was not very numerous. I took it on Trebovic, July 

 24th, Igniiin, July 21st, and at Tisavica, July 28th. P. nioula.v, Fisch., 

 was common in every shrubby place, and very frequently taken by sweep- 

 ing, at Comana, July 12th, Kosija Cuprija, July 19th, Igmiin July 21st, 

 Trebovic, July 24th. When alive, it is of a beautiful emerald green, but 

 fades soon after death, and turns red in formaline. /'. alpimim, Koll. 

 var. colliniou, Br. — This I took in some numbers in a path in a wood 

 at Comana, July 12th. It is a brightly coloured insect when alive, 

 but soon fades. We did not take the form alpinum with rudimentary 

 elytra, only collinum, with fairly well-developed organs of flight. As 

 it sits on the path in the wood, it is a very conspicuous insect, and is 

 not very active. Platgphyma giornae, Rossi. — This little grasshopper 

 was abundant at P>ucarest, Comana, and in fact nearly everywhere, 

 especially in Dalmatia, at Ragusa, Vecchia, Ombla and Gravosa. It 

 was also common in the hills of Montenegro, at Cetinje, and at Rjeka. 



