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Turning to the grasshoppers with short antennae (Acridiodea), 

 Mecostetlius grossus was again found in the New Forest, and at 

 Denny Bog on Aug. 7th one or two females were very large. 

 Stenobothrus lineatns was taken on Aug. 8th near Studland, in 

 Dorset, and on Aug. 18th hetween Lulworth and Weymouth. 

 S. viridulns was secured in the New Forest on Aug. 1st and 13th. 

 The very common and variable species, S. hicolor, was noted in 

 the New Forest, and by the coast near Milton, in Hampshire ; 

 near Studland and Portland, in Dorset ; at Chilswell Hill, in 

 Berks ; at E slier Common and near Oxshott and Claygate, in 

 Surrey. On Esher Common a large female was taken as late as 

 Nov. 4th. The almost equally common S. parallelus was noted 

 in the New Forest and near Oxshott. The better species, S. 

 rufipes and S. elegans, I did not meet with. Gomphocerus macu- 

 latus was taken in several places, but G. rufiis was not found. 

 The little Tettix hipunctatiis, which hybernates in the perfect 

 form, was met with on May 19th at Oxshott, early in June in 

 the New Forest, and on August 11th on the coast near Milford, 

 in Hampshire. With the last amongst the fallen cliffs I also 

 took its less common congener, T. subulatas, which I had not 

 previously captured. As these two grasshoppers are by descrip- 

 tion somewhat alike, and, owing to their very diminutive size, 

 no doubt often overlooked, figures of their dorsal and lateral 

 aspect are given on Plate III. for comparison. Both are unique 

 amongst British grasshoppers in having the pronotum produced 

 posteriorly so as to cover the dorsal surface. With regard to 

 T. hipunctatiis should be noticed its stouter build ; the two black 

 spots on the pronotum, which, however, may be indistinct or 

 absent ; the diminutive wings, and the backward prolongation 

 of the pronotum extending not quite to the knees. T. subidatiis 

 is more slender, does not possess the black spots, has better 

 developed wings, and has the prolongation of the pronotum 

 produced considerably beyond the knees. 



Of the division of the grasshoppers with long antenna 

 (Locustodea) , Leptophijes punctatissima was met with on several 

 occasions in the New Forest, and was there perhaps more 

 common than usual last season. Being wingless, it must either 

 be picked off the herbage, if its colour will allow it to be dis- 

 covered, or else taken with the sweeping net. To preserve the 

 beautiful green colouring the abdomen must be emptied, and its 

 contents replaced by a tiny roll of cotton-wool. In fact, the 

 same must be done with all the Locustodea and the larger 

 Acridiodea. Meconema varium was taken on Oct. 7th from a 

 fence in Kingston-on-Thames. Xipliidimn dorsale was again 

 taken at Hengistbury Head, in Hampshire. On Aug. 8th, at 

 the sandhills near Studland, in Dorset, an immature specimen 

 was observed to be extremely well protected on a blade of grass, 

 where it rested with its legs stretched out in a line with its body 



