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side of the Tamar), April 24th,1915. All my previous captures were 
made at Bude and Braunton Burrows. Gomphocerus maculatus, 
Thunb., was present in dozens on the slopes of a deep valley at 
Trebarwith, North Cornwall, this August. The specimens were, 
almost without exception, of various shades of brown. ‘This 
species is very local in the South-West, and cannot be called 
common. I have taken it sparingly at Ugborough (S. Devon) 
and at Lee Woods (N. Devon)—at both these places the insects 
were nearly all black.” 
Dr. T. A. Chapman sent me from Dorking, Surrey, S. bicolor, 
C. parallelus, and Gomphocerus rufus, Linn.; a few days later, 
on September 7th, he sent me a female of Stenobothrus lineatus, 
Panz. The last two are amongst our less common Acridians. 
Mr. K. J. Morton reports the capture of O. viridulus near 
Emyvale, Co. Monaghan, in Ireland, September 9th—11th, and 
Dr. W.M. Tattersall at Grassington, Lanes., June 26th to July 3rd. 
Mr. W. Evans adds to our knowledge of the distribution of 
Scottish Acridians by the following records: ‘‘ O. viridulus— 
Killantringan, Wigtonshire, ¢, August 27th, 1918; Upper 
Glen Spean, West Inverness, common, July 23rd—25th, 1915 ; 
Carfrae Common, Lammermuirs, Berwickshire, several ¢ and 
2, September 8th, 1915; East bank of Dean Burn, above 
Pogbie, East Lothian, common, September 8th, 1915; West 
bank of Dean Burn, below Soutra Hill, Midlothian, common, 
September 8th, 1915. C. parallelus—Balquhidder, S.W. Perth, 
a few, August, 1902; Upper Glen Spean, W. Inverness, 
abundant, July 28rd—25th, 1915 ; Rannoch Moor, near head of 
Loch Laidon, mid-Perth, several, July 26th, 1915; East bank 
of Dean Burn, above Pogbie, East Lothian, abundant, ¢ and 
9, September 8th, 1915. 7’. bipunctatus—Upper Glen Spean, 
W. Inverness, a few, July 25th, 1915.” 
With the following interesting note submitted by Mr. G. T. 
Porritt I conclude this short report: ‘“‘ As everyone knows, 
St. Anne’s-on-Sea is a modern, and now very pretty, seaside 
resort, built upon the sandhills of the Lancashire coast. On the 
outskirts of the town there are often small sandy spaces left 
between the houses, and in some of these ashes and other rubbish 
from the houses have been thrown, the consequence being that 
the sand has become of dirtier and darker appearance. Insuch 
situations S. bicolor still flourishes, but there is a very perceptible 
difference in the colour of the specimens as compared with the 
ordinary forms, the tendency to become darker being so marked 
that some of them are already absolutely black. On the open 
sandhills the colours of the species, though variable as usual, 
are quite normal.”’ 
Kingston-on-Thames, February, 1916. 
