268 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



It is not till about mid-July as a rule that we begin to find 

 mature grasshoppers. In 1904 I noted them first at Oxshott on 

 July 15th, the species being Stenobothrus viridulus, S. pwallelus, 

 and Gomphocerus maculatus. At Merrow Downs, near Clandon, 

 the somewhat rare S. lineatus was taken on July 26th (one 

 female). S. rufipes was found on August 9th at one spot amongst 

 heather by the side of a fairly open stream in the New Forest. 

 It is perhaps usually found in the rides, or by the margin, of a 

 wood. Mecostethus grossus was, as usual, plentiful in August in 

 the New Forest, and was discovered in at least one entirely new 

 locality. On September 11th, at Bookham Common, I for the 

 first time met with Gomphocerus rufus. The male is readily 

 known by the heavily clubbed antennae, the club being dark with 

 a pale tip. In the female the club is much less pronounced, 

 while the wings do not quite reach to the apex of the abdomen. 

 In this latter point the females somewhat resemble the same sex 

 of Stenobothrus elegans, but one glance at the pronotum will 

 prevent confusion with females of that species. There were 

 noted from Beachy Head Stenobothrus parallelus (E. Adkin), and 

 in addition S. bicolor and S. viridulus (F. Stevens). Of the long- 

 horned grasshoppers, Platycleis grisea was taken amongst the 

 debris fallen from the cliffs near Milton in Hants ; and Rev. 

 F. C. R. Jourdain reports Thamnotrizon cinereus as common at 

 Broadwindsor, in Dorset, between September 15th and 17th. 

 The last grasshoppers noted were Gomphocerus macidatus, Esher 

 Common, Surrey, on September 21st, and Meconema varium, 

 near Oxshott, on October 1st. Stenobotlirus parallelus, S. viridulus, 

 and Gomphocerus rufus fed readily on grass in captivity, holding the 

 blade with the fore legs, and eating downwards along the margin. 



Concerning the crickets there is nothing to relate, except that 

 about half-grown specimens of Nemobius sylvestris were found in 

 the New Forest in April. 



Description of Figoiies. — 1. Forceps of £ Forficula auricularia. 2. Forceps 

 of $ Apterygida media. 3. Forceps of $ Chelidura aracliidis. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF 

 BRACONID^E FROM CAPE COLONY. 



By P. Cameron. 



Holcalysia, gen. nov. 

 $ . Antennae 26-jointed, longer than the body ; the joints elongate, 

 the third distinctly shorter than the fourth. Mandibles bidentate; the 

 upper tooth large, gradually narrowed, the lower short, bent inwardlv. 

 Occiput not margined. Eyes large, oval; the malar space short. 

 Parapsidal furrows short, narrow ; beyond them, and reaching to the 

 scutellum, is a long deep depression or fovea, deepest in the centre 

 and narrowed at the base and apex. Scutellum large, not much 



