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presume in order that the softer parts of the prey might more 

 easily be devoured. The centipede seemed distressed because 

 it could not bide, but nevertheless fed greedily on the cockroach, 

 sometimes waving its antennae vigorously. The centipede was 

 livid pink in colour, a rather small species, or perhaps the young 

 of a larger kind. In the insect-house at the Zoological Gardens, 

 Regent's Park, on October 23rd, numbers of large cockroaches, 

 apparently Peyiplaiieta americana, were continually emerging 

 from the grating over the hot-water pipes. They ate readily 

 some sugar put down for them. 



Gryllodea. — Early in the year Mr. G. T. Lyle sent me alive 

 three specimens of the New Forest cricket {Nemohius sylvestris), 

 which he had found crawling and hopping about on fallen sweet- 

 chestnut leaves in the New Forest, on February 12th, 1910. 

 Two were small, but the third, a female, appeared to be full- 

 grown. Of the small ones he saw great numbers, but he met 

 with only the single large specimen. So early a date for an 

 imago \is important. 



Locustodea. — A specimen of Phasgonura viridissima from 

 Panmore, Surrey, on August 13th, has already been referred to 

 in these pages. A female nymph of the same species, sent to 

 me by Mr. G. T. Lyle from Beer, Devon, on July 27th, shortly 

 after its arrival underwent its last change and became a crippled 

 imago. With it was also sent a nymph of PhoUdoptcra griseo- 

 aptera ( = cinereus). An example of the last species, taken at 

 Yarmouth, in the Isle of Wight, in August, was shown \i% meJi|' 

 Mr. E. A. C. Stowell. On September 2nd a male was captured 

 at Fordingbridge, in Hampshire. Mr. J. G. Dalgliesh tells me 

 that he took an example of the interesting species Conocephaliis 

 dorsalis, near Witley, in Surrey. 



Acridiodea. — In this group also I have little to note except 

 the addition of a few dated localities to the list. Gomphocerus 

 macidatus is locally common in Linlithgowshire, the earliest date 

 on which it has been heard being July 4th (S. E. Brock). Other 

 localities are Lumphanan, in Scotland, July 15th-31st (K. J. 

 Morton), Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, August llth (W. J. L.), and 

 near Oxshott, Surrey, on September 13th (W. J. L.). Omocestus 

 viridulus is common and generally distributed throughout suit- 

 able localities in Linlithgowshire, the earliest date on which it 

 has been heard being June 29th (S. E. B.). It is also recorded 

 from Lumphanan, July 15th-31st (K. J. M.) ; Hengistbury Head, 

 Hants, August 5th (W. J. L.) ; and Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, 

 August llth (W. J. L.). Stauroderus bicolor : Yarmouth, Isle of 

 Wight, August llth (W. J. L.) ; Hayling Island, Hants, in 

 August (D. Sharp) ; near Oxshott, Surrey, September 13th 

 (W. J. L.) ; and a good number on the links north of Tyne- 

 moutli, Haddingtonshire, on October 1st (W. Evans). Chor- 



