THE ENTOMOLOGIST 



Vol. XLIIL] OCTOBEE, 1910. [No. 569 



BRITISH ORTHOPTERA IN 1909. 

 By W. J. Lucas, B.A., F.E.S. 



W. J. Lucas, photo. 



Tetrix siihuUttiis, with wings expanded ( x 3-25). 



Nothing of first-rate importance seems to have been noted 

 in connection with the British Orthoptera during the season of 

 1909 ; but the following short notes may nevertheless be of 

 interest. 



Forficulodea. — On August 3rd, in one of its known localities 

 near Christchurch, Hants, I found three examples of Lahidura 

 riparia — two females and a poorly developed male, with callipers 

 of a not very pronounced type. A pair I retained for observa- 

 tion, and noticed on the morning of August 10th that the female 

 had eaten the greater part of the male. On December 24th 

 Commander J. J. Walker gave me a fine pair of Anisolabis 

 annulipes, taken at Queenborough on August 17th. It seems 

 that both this species and Labia arachidis are found in this 

 locality, not only indoors, but also in the open amongst old 

 sacks. As, however, these sacks are to some extent decom- 

 posing, there is perhaps a temperature above the normal, just as 



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