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where he knew them previously, but where they are scarce, is 

 part of the same slope of the North Downs several miles to the 

 east. No doubt further search would reveal a still more extended 

 habitat. Their companion, S. bicolor, is of course a very common 

 insect : it was met with on the South London Natural History 

 Society's excursion to Box Hill on July 22nd, and was noted in 

 the New Forest on August 4th. Gomphocerus maculatus, Thunb. 

 was also found at Box Hill on July 22nd, and was noted in the 

 New Forest on August 2nd. Mr. T. A. Coward sent me two 

 females from Thurstaston, Cheshire, taken August 20th, 1916, 

 and both sexes from Ainsdale, Lancashire, August 29th, 1916, 

 for the Lancashire and Cheshire Fauna Kecord. Omocestus 

 viridulus, Linn., was taken at Box Hill on July 22nd, and in the 

 New Forest on August 3rd. At Marlborough Deeps, in the New 

 Forest, mature Omocestus rujipes, Zett., seemed fairly common, 

 but nymphs were to be found also. Two were brought away, 

 one of which matured, while the other escaped. The only food 

 given them was grass, which I did not often see them eating. 

 Chorthippus elegans, Charp., was found in some numbers at a 

 known habitat nea'r Beaulieu Eiver, in the New Forest, on 

 September 8th. Chorthippus parallelus, Zett., was noticed at 

 Box Hill on July 22nd, and in the New Forest on August 2nd ; 

 while Mr. Coward sent two females from Thurstaston, taken 

 August 20th, 1916, and a male from Ainsdale, August 29th, 1916. 

 Mecostethus grossus, Linn., were found mature in the New 

 Forest on August 9th and again on August 26th. On August 11th, 

 in the New Forest, three Tetrix subulatus, Linn., only were taken 

 mature : they were readily and plentifully captured on September 

 7th. The more common Tetrix bipunctatus, Linn., was captured 

 on several occasions in 1916 — in the New Forest, on April 28th, 

 one of two taken having a broad, pale, mid-dorsal stripe ; one on 

 the South London Natural History Society excursion to Netley 

 Heath, etc., Surrey, on June 24th; on the Box Hill excursion 

 on July 22nd ; New Forest, August 12th ; and one (apparently 

 immature) at Ainsdale, xlugust 29th, sent by Mr. Coward for the 

 Lancashire and Cheshire Fauna Eecord. 



Some notes contributed by Mr. Bracken, of Plymouth, I have 

 not distributed under the various suborders, since they all relate 

 to Devonshire. They are as follows : 



" On June 10th many newly-hatched nymphs of Pholidoptera 

 griseo-aptera and Leptophyes punctatissima, Bosc, were taken by 

 sweeping nettles at Plympton, near Plymouth. These were added 

 to on June 17th in a similar manner while collecting at Bere Alston 

 on the Eiver Tavy. Several of these were fed on rose-leaves almost 

 to maturity, but being in one breeding-cage the majority were 

 eaten' by their companions. On August 17th a visit to Cawsand 

 (Cosdon) Beacon produced a good series of Gomphocerus maculatus 

 --very dark forms, as they generally are on our moorland 



