THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Vol. XXII.] 



JULY, 1889. 



[No. 814. 



BRITISH ORTHOPTERA. 



By Edward Ingleby Miller. 



12 3 4 5 



6 7 8 9 10 



1, head of Odontura imnctatUsima ; 2, head of Meconevia varia ; 3, apex of 

 abdomen of Meconema varia, ^ ; 4, head of Xipliidium dorsale; 5, head of Phasgo- 

 nura viridissiina; 6, head of Thamnotrizon cinereus ; 7, head of Decticus hrevi- 

 peniiis ; 8, head of Stenohothrus parallelus : all twice magnified. 9, pronotum of 

 Locusta peregrina, natural size. 10, head of CEdipoda carulescens, twice magnified. 



Few of our British insects have been so much neglected as 

 the Orthoptera, no work having been published since * British 

 Entomology,' by Curtis (1824 — 39), and 'Illustrations of British 

 Entomology,' by Stephens (1828 — 36) ; this is the more remark- 

 able, as they are both large and handsome, besides being easily 

 preserved and retaining their colours fairly with the exception 

 of the green on many species. The larvae and pupEe strongly 

 resemble the perfect insects, the latter only having the rudiments 

 of wings, and the former none at all. 



Many of these large and beautiful insects are found abundantly 

 in dry meadows, pastures, grassy places, &c., during summer 

 and autumn, where they may be caught in large numbers with a 

 net; some occur upon trees (these latter having long antennae), 



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