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THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



(January 28th) seems early for eggs ; and, indeed, on April 25th, 

 in the New Forest, I found, in a piece of a decaying branch on 

 the ground, two females of the same species, together with some 

 eggs and some very young nymphs. F. auricularia was noticed 

 at sugar in the New Forest on August 27th and in Kew Gardens 

 on September 22nd. On November 24th Commander Walker 

 took a male F. lesnei in a tuft of grass at Headington Wick, near 

 Oxford. This capture is of special interest as pointing to the 

 fact that of this species also the male hybernates as well as the 

 female. The branches of the forceps were rather more parallel 

 than usual. The same energetic naturalist sent me a number of 

 specimens of Anisolabis annuli'pes from the " sack-heap " on the 

 premises of the Sheppey Glue and Chemical Works, Queen- 

 borough. He says they were more common than he had seen 

 them before, but Apterygida arachidis was quite rare. 



Ectohia panzeri, our smallest cockroach, was found in the 

 New Forest by Blackwater Stream, near Queen's Bower, on 

 August 10th ; near Beaulieu Eiver, on August 18th ; at Holms- 

 ley (two dark ones), on August 21st ; and near Ober Water 

 Stream, not far from Brockenhurst (one dark specimen), on 

 August 31st. Neither E. lapponica nor E. livida, though specially 

 sought for, could be found. 



This season a mature Gomphocerus macidatus was found on 

 Esher Common as early as June 23rd, while a Stenohothrus 

 viridulus was taken mature in the same place on July 3rd. The 

 latter species I was pleased to receive from Mr. K. J. Morton, 

 taken at Carluke, in Scotland, on August 6th ; and at E my vale, 

 Co. Monaghan, in Ireland, July 20th-30th. In the New Forest, 

 on September 2nd, I attempted to catch what I took to be a pair 

 of the large hornet-fly {Asilus crahroniformis). One flew away, 

 however, as I approached, and the other fell to the ground. 

 What was my surprise to find that the latter was a male Meco- 

 stethus grossus, dead, or apparently so! The prey was as large 

 as the captor. Stenohothrus hicolor was noted or received from 

 several localities — near Lulworth Cove, August 28th ; at Kings- 

 ley, Bucks, September 5th ; on the White Horse Hills, Berks, 

 near the "Blowing-stone" and Letcombe Bassett, September 

 8th ; near Newland's Corner, Surrey, September 11th : Great 

 Malvern ; Kew Gardens ; the Royal Horticultural Gardens at 

 Wisley, Surrey; and at Chiswick (A. Sich), on October 8th, in 

 the road near a meadow. The last record is of interest owing to 

 the approach of London in that direction. On August 21st, near 

 Holmsley Station, in the New Forest, S. clegans was met with in 

 large numbers near boggy ground. Several localities for the 

 common S. parallelus were noticed — near the Itchin at Eastleigh, 

 August 14th ; near Lulworth Cove, August 28th ; near Ilmer, 

 and at Kingsley, Bucks, September 5th ; on Chilswell Hill, 

 Berks, September 7th ; near the " Blowing-stone " and Let- 



