1 1 () THE entomologist's RECORD. 



SO that there were five lines of dark black warts along the larva from 

 the prothoracic to the Sth abdominal segment, and a row of light 

 grey markings, below which, divided from it by the row of warts found 

 there, was a line of yellow-orange spots. These grey spots, and also the 

 orange ones, were not found upon the anal segment, which carried, 

 moreover, only the dorsal wart and the subspiracular. The 

 coloured warts were also absent from the prothoracic segment, which 

 only bore the dark dorsal wart and the two subspiraculars. The 

 head was horn-coloured, with shiny jet-black lunules, and the anal 

 flap was grey and shiny. The legs were black, while the claspers 

 were grey, that pair on the anal segment having black warty markings 

 on their joints. The larva was thickly covered with longish, bristly 

 tufts of dark brown hair, each wart furnishing a tuft, those on the 

 prothoracic segment projecting forwards over the head, and those at 

 the anal end being directed backwards. These were the longest hairs 

 on the larva. The larva on November 10th was greatly grown, and 

 was l^in. long. It was now in the final skin, and was a handsome 

 creature. The head was bright horn-colour, blotched with black, and 

 shining. The body was dark, blackish-grey, with a very pronounced 

 dorsal stripe, which was grey on the prothoracic segment, and then 

 continued to the anal flap in a bright yellow,' with an orange tendency 

 on the crown of each segment. The dark subdorsal warts, with their 

 smaller warts above them, could now be scarcely distinguished from 

 the broad, dark subdorsal stripe in which they were set. The lateral 

 line of grey markings was warmer in colour than heretofore, and the 

 supraspiracular line of orange spots brighter and stronger in colour. 

 The dark warts, which were arranged as before, were now suffused in 

 coloiir, which was of a warm dark brown, and each had a core lighter 

 m tint than the surrounding edging. The spiracles were bright 

 whitish-yellow, in dark rings, and were much more obvious than they 

 had been previously. The legs were black, and the claspers of the 

 grey colour of the body. The larva was densely covered with stiff 

 diverging tufts of bright sienna-coloured hair, short, and projecting 

 over the head on the prothoracic segment, and gradually getting 

 longer to the anal growth, where they were longer than on the other 

 segments, and were projected backwards. The various markings and 

 warts on the larva were difficult to make out through this dense 

 covering of stiff sienna-coloured hair, but could be located from 

 previous observation. The laiwa varied a good deal in the strength 

 of colour in individual examples. Some were quite of a cinnamon 

 colour, without any dark tendency at all, others were a warm sienna 

 with rich In-own stripes of warts, and a third variety almost blackish 

 in stripes and hair, but with the dorsal and lateral light stripes 

 strongly defined. In some cases the larva grew to a length of 1-J-in., 

 when it remained inactive, and without feeding apparently, for some 

 three days, doubtless preparing for pupation. The first one began to 

 spin its cocoon on November 22nd. 



Synopsis of the Orthoptera of Western Europe. 



By MALCOI.M BURK, B.A. F.L.S., F.Z.S.. F.E.S. 

 {Continued from p. 96. | 



(ienus 2 : Aphlebia, Brunner. 

 This genus resembles the last, but has no wings whatever, and the 



