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tents and thousands of earwigs in each. He did not see any 

 var. forcijmta, which he had previously taken at Southport in 

 Lancashire. 



For the Lancashire and Cheshire Fauna records, F.auricularia 

 was reported from a garden in Alexandra Road, Manchester, a 

 rather dark female, April 7th (G. J. Burne) ; also a male from 

 Burton Marsh, Cheshire, August 25th (T. A. Coward). 



Blattodea. — Ectohms panzeri, Steph., was taken in the New 

 Forest on August 21st (W. J. L.). Blattella germajiicn, Linn., 

 was reported as swarming behind hot-water pipes at a Church 

 Army shelter in Swansea, 1916 (H. R. Wakefield). Mr. H. Moore 

 had given him about two dozen Periplaneta americana, Linn,, 

 which were taken in April by Mr. Heath in a warehouse in the 

 City of London, amongst bales of rush baskets from Japan. 

 For the Lancashire and Cheshire Fauna Record a male Blatta 

 orientalis, Linn., was reported from a motor garage at Chorton- 

 cum-Hardy, Manchester. 



Gryllodea. — Nemohius sylvestris, Fabr., was taken in the New 

 Forest on August 8th (W. J. L.), and Mr. G. T. Lyle sent 

 one (a female) out of four specimens which he found about 

 September 10th amongst debris of a decayed Boletus. 



Locustodea. — Metriopteragriseo-aptera, De Geer, was taken in 

 the New Forest on July 28th, and for the next six weeks was 

 found to be common there. Mr. H. J. Burkill tells me that on 

 August 26th he saw six stout-bodied brown grasshoppers of a 

 heavy type near Chepstow, in Monmouthshire. They seemed 

 to keep in pairs and were near the top of a low hedge. They 

 were P. grisen-aptera, a pair having been boxed for identification. 

 Metrioptera brachyptera, hinn., was taken in the New Forest on 

 August 8th, but I did not find them as readily as by recollection 

 I used to do. On September 13th I went to Esher Common, 

 Surrey, to try to get some specimens, but saw none, though I 

 certainly did not make a lengthy search. This species usually 

 lives amongst rather rank herbage in damp spots and conse- 

 quently is not easily captured. After a hop or two it often hides 

 at the base of the herbage, clumps of cross-leaved heath being a 

 favourite habitat. Its mode of progression at times partakes 

 somewhat of the nature of a run or walk. 



Ac'ndiodea. — On September 12th I went with Dr. T. A. 

 Chapman, from Dorking, along the lower road at Denbies towards 

 Pickett's Hole to search for the grasshoppers Stauroderm hicolor, 

 Charp. ; Stenohothru . lineatus, Panz. ; and Gomphocerus riifus, 

 Linn., the last two being usually somewhat scarce species. The 

 weather was dull with some rain, but we succeeded in finding 

 the three species. Dr. Chapman has been investigating the 

 habitat of S. lineatus and G. rufus on the slope of the Downs in 

 this district. He finds them in suitable spots from Reigate to 

 Pickett's Hole, sometimes quite commonly. ABuckland locality, 



