S2R THE F,NTO>rOT,OfiTST's RKCORT). 



if not identical with, Mimaei^eoptibis hijmnctidactyla was not uncommon. 

 Larentia olirata had only a little before been disturbed from the rocks, 

 and here and there Acidalia fiavcolaria had been passed flitting in 

 thousands, and Citlaria popiilata almost as abundantl}', whilst Stcnoii- 

 ten/.r Jn/brulalis accompanied one right up the mountain, and the little 

 black Pi/iiiiiaena /i(sca was frequent. A single Picris (■aUidice 

 was taken, but Kirhia unwstra was now the common insect. Boxes, 

 however, were full and the appetite was urgent, and I pushed on, 

 and, when the '' Plan Pra "' inn came in sight, I hurried up and 

 allowed it full play. To say that I got no further that day is 

 needless. After lunch I lay and enjoyed myself to my heart's content, 

 nor was I even sorry tbat the clouds that commenced to gather on the 

 mighty peaks opposite floated over and obscured the sun. I watched 

 others toil on "to do" the mountain, and from the way they kept their 

 noses straight to the front I wondered what they saw. At the bottom 

 of the slopes the following day, although it was quite unsuitable for 

 entomology, 1 met with sundry other species, of which Uithijia caruella, 

 Spilothj/nis althaeae. and many AiitlniH-tva lonict'iae, of a large form, 

 may be mentioned. Mtiitoi'a at/iolia, ('lirf/sojilianiis var. i/ordius, C. 

 plilaeas, Erehia (/oaiite, Sj/nrhtliKs alr< hs, I'anqdnla comma, and several 

 other species also were more or less abundant, and there can be no 

 doubt, that, to make a big bag, one should work the P>revent ixp the 

 great seam and not by following the zigzags. 



On the Nomenclature of the Orthoptera. 



By MALCOLM BURR, B.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



In the Zuolo(i'm-lie Anznitier, no. 676, 1902, Dr. Hermann Krauss''' 

 discusses the question of the acceptance or rejection of some of the 

 older generic names of orthoptera. The writings of so distinguished 

 and profound an entomologist must have great weight, and his 

 decisions may b^ taken as authoritative. 



As is customary nowadays, the earwigs are separated from the 

 orthoptei-a as a distinct order, but under the name Knplecoptera. 

 Westw., while de Geer's name Dermaptcra, is quite correctly applied to 

 the remaining (h-tl>nptem. It has been pointed out by many writers 

 and on many occasions that the name OrthopU'ra of Olivier has never 

 had any claim to acceptance until, from sheer familiarity, it was 

 generally assumed to be the right one : a few courageous authors have 

 rejected it in favour of Dcrwaptno, which has undoubted priority, 

 besides being more appropriate. 



The F.uplccoptera have one family, Forjiculidae, with F. anricidaria, 

 L., as the type of the genus Forticida. The Dcrniaptcra are divided 

 by Krauss into the three familiar sections, Ciirsoria, Gressoria, and 

 Sahotnria. The former have the subfamily Pancldorinac, while the 

 genus fl/otta has for its type, not orientalis, L., but si(riua7iie)isis, 

 Linn., for Brunner's Lencophaca coincides with Blatta. Krauss 

 defends Kakniac, which is the genus of orientalis, while reriplaneta is 

 kept for mnericana ; the genus Lencophaca of Brunner has for its type 

 species sininamcnds, Linn., while nirca, Linn., is in Paneldora. But 



" Die Namen der altesten Derniapteren (Orthopteren) Gattungen und ihre 

 Verwendung fiir Familien — und Unteifamilien— Benennungen aiif grund der 

 jetztigen Nomenclaturregeln."' 



