64 [March, 



XAMES OF LEQS OF INSECTS. 

 BY G. ir. VERRALL, V.-1'.E.S. 



When will Entomologists of tbo preseut time correctl}' name 

 the legs of intsects ? 



All Enton)()logi«t8 know that insects have three pairs of legs, but 

 after that (in at least Dipterology) they seem to be in a hopeless 

 confusion. 



The three pairs of legs are — 



1. Front legs = Pedes antici. 



2. Middle legs := Pedes medii. 



3. Hind legs = Pedes postici. 



For convenience there exist the combinations of— 



.^ > Anterior legs = Pedes anteriores (excluding '''postici'''). 



2. "I 



., > Posterior legs = Pedes posferiores (excluding " antici "). 



Let it be clearly understood that there is only 



ONE pair of front, middle or hind lecjs. 



but that there are 



TWO pairs of anterior or posterior lerjs. 



The above definition of course applies to parts, such as femora, 



tibiae, tarsi, &c. 



Anterior does NOT mean front only. 



Posterior does NOT mean hind only. 



N.B. — American Journals please copy. 



Sussex Lodge, N'ewmarket : 

 Fehruari/, 1901. 



THE COMPLETED HISTORY OF HARPALUS FROLICHII, Stuhm, 

 AS A BRITISH INSECT. 



BV CLAUDE MORLEY, F. E. S., &c. 



It is with much regret that I now state my conviction that this 

 line species must be looked upon as a thing of the past in Britain. I 

 will not attempt to explain the inexplicable, for its disappearance is 

 nothing less. First found in May, 1897, it was not positively deter- 

 mined to be the above species by Mr. E. A. Newbery till February 

 24th, LS9S, nor jjublished as new to Britain till the following April.* 



" Cj'., Eut. JIo. Mag., xxxiv, pp S4, S-i ; Coleopt. of Suffolk, pp. xi et 0. 



