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Kaltenbach (' Die Pflanzenfeinde,' p. 521, 1874) lists the 

 following insects on this shrub : Graptndera hippopha'es, Aube ; 

 Vanesiia v-album, Gmel ; Deilenhila hippopha'ca, 0.; Gelechia 

 acnpediella, v. Heyd ; Capans Jiippophaes, Mey. ; C. rhodani. May. ; 

 as well as the Aphid recorded here. 



Houard ('Les Zoocecidies des Plantes d'Europe,' torn. sec. 

 p. 749, 1909) also records Eriophyea hippophaenus, Nalepa, 

 Psylla pJueopiera, F. Low, and Trioza hinotata, F. Low. 



It will be interesting to see if any parasites occur amongst 

 the Brown-Tail Moth in this area. I brought away some 

 hundreds of larvae for this purpose. Numerous parasites have 

 been recorded attacking it in Europe, but the only one I bred 

 from great numbers of larvae collected in 1901 in the orchards of 

 East Kent was the Tachinid fly, Theh/morpha vertiglnona, FL, 

 which undoubtedly was the prime agent in stamping out what 

 was for a short time a serious pest in the Kentish fruit 

 plantations {vide ' The Insect and Other Allied Pests of Orchard, 

 Bush and Hot-house Fruits,' pp. 22-26, 1909). 



NOTES ON BRITISH OETHOPTEEA IN 1918. 

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



During the season of 1918 the notes of chief interest in 

 connection with our Orthoptera are concerned with the Acridians. 

 Of the other sub-orders but little information has come to hand. 



FoRFicuLODEA (enrwigs). — On August 13th I looked for Labi- 

 dura riparia, Pallas, on the shore between Southbourne and 

 Pokesdown, but after a long search found only two nyinphs. 

 The next morning the larger of the two was found to have eaten 

 its companion. The former was kept alive till October 20th, 

 when in the evening it seemed to be moribund, so it was killed 

 and mounted. Perhaps its food was not satisfactory, or possibly 

 it ought to have hibernated out-of-doors. The capture proves 

 that so far the species had not quite disappeared from the 

 Hampshire coast. South took a Forficnla auricularia, Linn., 

 var.forcipata, Steph., in August at Harpenden, Herts. 



Blattodea (cockroaches). — A female Ectobius lapponicus, 

 Linn, was captured on August 6th in Pound Hill Inclosure, 

 New Forest, on the ground amongst the stems of Juncus com- 

 munis, Meyer. On January 27th, a damaged and nearly dead 

 Periplaneta americana, Linn., was found on the floor of the large 

 reptile-house at the Zoological Gardens, Eegent's Park. What 

 an excellent breeding-ground the warm houses in the Gardens 

 make for this species ! 



Gryllodea (crickets). — The only note on this sub-order is 

 that Nemobius syLvestris, Fabr., was found near Gritnam in the 

 New Forest on August 12th. 



