118 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



Folmer, but su^'gestecl as a likely native by Van der Weele. It is 

 common in Belgium and local in England. N. xtiipnaticKx, Ramb., is 

 locally distributed in Belgium, and recorded as far west as Groenendael 

 near Brussels. Van der Weele expects it to be discovered in Holland, 

 but we may hardly look for it in this country. Oinocestus haemor- 

 rhoidalu, Charp., was found by de Selys in Campine, and is expected 

 by Van der Weele, but it is not probable that it occurs in Britain, 

 though it is found in the Channel Islands. The same remark applies 

 to (K vagans, Fieb. : Staiiroderus bifiuttuliis, Linn., should be carefully 

 sought for in England (see Burr, Knto)ii. I.e.), as it occurs at the 

 Hague and elsewhere in Holland, and is common in Belgium. 

 Chorthippn^ dormlh, Zett., is unknown in Britain and Holland, but 

 has been taken in Belgium near the German frontier. (Toniphocems 

 nifiiii, L., is not yet recorded from Holland though it is common in 

 Belgium, and locally niimerous in England. Oedijioda caendescens, L., 

 is common in eastern Belgium in the Ardennes and in eastern Holland, 

 but unknown in England, though, like several continental insects, it is 

 common in Jersey. Pachyttjhts danims, L., is a straggler to all three 

 countries, and is claimed as indigenous in Belgium, and perhaps also 

 in Holland ; probably it breeds occasionally in England, as it is some- 

 times taken in the New Forest. P^ophua stridulus, L., is a very 

 striking, big, black grasshopper, with crimson wings ; it is common in 

 the mountains in central Europe, but it is unlikely that it occurs in 

 Britain, though known as a rarity in Belgium, and quoted from several 

 localities in Holland. ( 'alopti')nts italicus, Li., m a meridional species 

 which is expected, though with little justification to my mind, by Van 

 der Weele for Holland. It is not claimed for Belgium. 



LocusTODEA : Xiphidium fnscinn, Fabr., was formally erroneously 

 regarded as British. A single female has been taken in Holland, but 

 it is not known in Belgium. Perhaps the female in question should 

 be attributed to the rare macropterous form of A', dorsale, Latr., dis- 

 covered in Essex by Har-wood. Barbitistes serricauda, Fabr., is a 

 central European insect occasionally taken in Belgium. It cannot 

 fly, and is not to be expected in England. Plati/deis roeselii, Hagenb., 

 has not yet been recorded in Holland, and is a great raritj' with us. 

 It is rare also in Belgium. P. bicolor, Charp., is a central European 

 form doubtfully recorded from Belgium, and expected by Van der 

 Weele. Oli/nthoscelis iiriseo-apUra, De Geer { = Tha)iinotrhon cinereus, 

 L.) has not j'^et been recorded in Holland, but it is sure to occur, as it 

 is exceedingly common throughout central Europe, including England. 

 (jmnpsodeis glabra, Herbst, is a striking insect with an erratic distri- 

 bution from Spain to Russia. It was discovered in the Campine in 

 Belgiimi, and was a notable addition to the fauna of that country. 

 Dectktis vfrrucivorxs, L., is common in Belgium, and not rare in 

 Holland, though so scarce in England, Kphippigera vitiiwi, Serv., the 

 solitar)'^ mid-European representative of this interesting family, was 

 discovered in 1868, by de Selys, in the Campine in Belgium, and is 

 recorded by Van der Weele from Arnhem, in Holland. It is a large, 

 sluggish, flightless creature, and would be a ^'ery notable capture were 

 it discovered in England. 



Gryllodea : Of the crickets there is little to say, except that the 

 three indigenous species seem to be much commoner in Belgium and 



