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rotten wood on posts adjoining Churston golf links (G. T. 

 Porritt). 



E.persjricillaris {=lividus). — Occurrence somewhat doubtful. 



Blattdla (lermanka. — Forty young ones bred from one egg- 

 capsule by Keys and Bignell, 1895, taken in a Plymouth 

 restaurant. Probably still found in bakehouses in Plymouth. 



Blatta orientalis and Periplaiieta amcricana. — Common in 

 Plymouth in houses, bakehouses, &c. (C. W. B.). 



Ilhyparohia madcrce. — A specimen taken in Great Western 

 Docks at Plymouth, now in the Athenaeum Museum in that 

 town. 



Gryllodea. 



Gryllotalpa grijUotalpa. — A full-grown male was taken alive 

 on the sandhills at St. Enodoc near St. Minver, North Corn- 

 wall, during the week ending December 20th, 1912 (C. W. B.). 

 Near Exeter ? 



Gryllus domesticus.—^NTa.nga.ton, September, 1908 (P. de la 

 Garde); considered " general in Devon." 



G. campestris.— Ml'. Bracken does not find it *' general in 

 Devon," as it has been stated to be. 



Locustodea. 



Leptophyes punctatissivius. — Very abundant at Bude, and 

 Woolacombe in North Devon, amongst herbage, brambles, &c., 

 August, 1911, and 1912 (C. W. B.). Saltash, in Priory Garden, 

 common, September, 1912 (C. W. B.). Shaugh Bridge, Septem- 

 ber 23rd, 1912 (C. W. B.). Common at Churston at sugar 

 (G. T. P.). Torquay, at sugar, August 5th to 16th, 1899. 

 Cann Woods, frequently. 



Meconema thalassiniim ( = varium). — Torquay, at sugar, 

 August 5th to 16th, 1899. Cann Woods, not common, Septem- 

 ber 7th, 1913. Shaugh Woods, not common, September 19th, 

 1912. Common at Saltash, in Priory Garden, September 23rd, 

 1912. Brampford Speke, September, 1910 (C. W. B.). Found 

 on oak, except in Priory Garden where it was most abundant on 

 bay ; there were no limes in the garden, and only one oak, with 

 high lower branches. Common at Churston and taken at sugar 

 (G. T. P.). 



Conoceplialus dorsalis. — Abundant in marshy ground. Broad- 

 lands, Churston (G. T. P.). 



Phasfionura viridissima. — Common generally in Devon and 

 Cornwall. Taken at Mawgan, August, 1910 ; Loddiswell, 

 1904 ; Bovey, 1906 ; Bude, 1911 ; Woolacombe, 1912 (C. W. B.). 

 Nymphs common at Beer, July, 1910 (G. T. Lyle), Common at 

 Churston and taken at sugar (G. T. P.). 



Pholidoptera griseo-aptera {= cinerea). — Ivybridge, Torquay, 

 at sugar, August 5th to 16th, 1899. Churston (G. T. P.). 

 Bovey, August, 1906 (C. W. B.). Common at Bude in coarse 



