THE ENTOMOLOGIST 



Vol. XXXIX.] AUGUST, 1906. [No. 519. 



ON A FEW ORTHOPTERA COLLECTED IN SOUTHERN 

 DALMATIA AND MONTENEGRO IN 1900. 



By Malcolm Burk, B.A., F.E.S., F.L.S., F.G.S. 



Having recently come across a few notes on some Orthoptera 

 taken in Dalmatia and Montenegro in the summer of 1900, it 

 occurred to me that they might be of sufficient interest to repay 

 publication, if only for the sake of the localities, as little collect- 

 ing is done in those countries. Want of time prevents me from 

 working out all the material that I have been able to get to- 

 gether on the Orthoptera- fauna of the eastern shores of the 

 Adriatic, but I hope at a later date to be able to make a more 

 satisfactory contribution to our knowledge of the insects of these 

 interesting countries. 



As the neighbourhood is comparatively little known to 

 British entomologists, the following notes on the localities may 

 be of interest. 



In Dalmatia, Trau is a small but ancient port in the northern 

 part of the coast, and Sebenico is an important naval base not 

 far from it ; these two places were only visited during the brief 

 call of the Austrian Lloyd steamer bound for Cattaro. The 

 Bocche di Cattaro is the famous inlet of the sea in southern Dal- 

 matia, recalling the finest scenery of the Scandinavian coast. 

 Budua is a small walled town south of the Bocche. Castellastua 

 is a small village some five hours' ride further south along the 

 coast ; Spizza is a tiny village at the extreme south of Dalmatia; 

 it marks the limit of Austrian territory, for a few minutes' walk 

 further south brings the traveller to the Montenegrin portion of 

 the coast-line. Prisdan is a collection of cottages on the coast, 

 which act as the port of Antivari, an important town about two 

 miles inland ; the latter has gained in importance since its 

 annexation to Montenegro, and is the chief port of the princi- 

 pality. The Sutorman is a wooded pass over the Rumija range 

 of mountains, which separate the Lake of Scutari from the sea. 

 Podgoritza is an important commercial town on the east of the 



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