A HISTORY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 



SMINTHURIDAE ENTOMOBRYIDAE (continued) 



Sminthurus viridis (Linn.). Ollertm Orchesella cincta (Linn.). Very common everywhere 



Papirius cursor, Lubb. Wollaton villosa (Geoff.). Rather widely distributed and 



ornatus, Nic. Oxton Bogs ; Strelley ; Arnold not uncommon 



minutus (O. Fabr.). Oxton Bogs Isotoma viridis, Bourlet. Common and widely dis- 



tributed 



ENTOMOBRYIDAE palustris (Mall.). Nottingham ; Day brook ; Best- 



Tomocerus vulgaris (Tullb.). Bulwell Wood "><* Prk ; Burton Joyce 



tridentiferus (Tullb.). Generally distributed and nrnetaria (Linn.). Nottingham, under flower-pots 



very common ' n garden 

 Lepidocyrtus curvicollis, Bourlet. Nottingham (in 



cellar of house) ACHORUTIDAE 



lanugmosus (Gmel.). Widmerpool ; Burton Joyce, 



etc. Achorutes viaticus (Linn.). 1 ) 



etc. Achorutes viaticus (Linn.). ^ ., , , , . 



/r _ ... . .. T . L i /T \ I Abundant under a board 



cyaneus (Tullb.). Strelley. Lipura ambulans (Linn.). } . 



L i- /T \ \ T> nu in a garden at Bramcote 



tomobrya nivahs (Linn.). ^ ... .. ,. ., , mermis, Tullb. ) 



muscorum (Nic.). I AU generaiy di ited Neannii mnKornm (Temri.) Mapperley Park ; Bas- 



. .. . v ,', . and fairly common ,. , \ r / rr j 



multifasciata (Tullb.). ) ' ford, etc. 



ORTHOPTERA 



The British insects of this order belong to the families Forficulldae (Earwigs), Blattidae 

 (Cockroaches), Acridiidae (Grasshoppers), Locustidae (Green Grasshoppers), and Gryllidae (Crickets). 

 The remarkable Praying insects (Mantidae) and Stick and Leaf insects (Phasmidae\ which also 

 belong to this order, are unrepresented in the British Islands. In Nottinghamshire the Orthoptera 

 have hitherto received very little attention, and only sixteen species are on record for the county. 

 Even of this small number we can only claim ten as truly native species, all our local Blattidae 

 having been introduced by human agency. We have two members of the Forficulidae, the common 

 and the lesser earwigs. The former is strictly nocturnal in its habits, and is remarkable for the fact 

 that although possessed of most beautiful and elaborate wings it apparently rarely or never uses them, 

 while the lesser earwig may often be seen flying freely in the daylight. The truly British species 

 of Cockroaches, belonging to the genus Ectobia, are only three in number, and none of these have 

 so far been detected in Nottinghamshire. They are relatively small insects found among dry leaves 

 and moss and about the undergrowth in woods. The other species which are found here attach 

 themselves to human habitations, greenhouses, and other places where artificial warmth is provided ; 

 of these the common cockroach or ' black-beetle,' found only too abundantly in kitchens and bake- 

 houses, is the most familiar ; but several other species occur, having been introduced with vegetable 

 or other produce from abroad. 



The Grasshoppers (Acridiidae] are also well-known insects, both on account of their jumping 

 powers and their cheerful chirping notes ; we possess most of the commoner species. Two species 

 of the migratory locusts (Acridium aegyptlum and Schistocerca peregrma) have occurred in the county, 

 the latter apparently as a voluntary immigrant, the former as a mere casual imported with fruit. 

 On the other hand, the Locustidae and Gryllidae are very poorly represented in Nottinghamshire, 

 only two species of the former and one of the latter group having as yet been found. 



A nearly complete list with localities and authorities is given by Mr. Eland Shaw in the 

 Entomologist's Monthly Magazine for April, 1903, and forms the basis of the list which follows. 



FORFICULIDAE 



Earwigs 



Labia minor, Linn. Nottingham and RetforJ districts 



Forficula auricularia, Linn. This, the common earwig, is abundant everywhere 



BLATTIDAE 



Cockroaches 



Periplaneta americana, Linn. Worksop (J. T. Hough- Stylopyga decorata, Brunner. This handsome species 



ton) an accidental importation has been taken at 



australasiae, Fab. In greenhouses at Wiseton Worksop by Mr. J. T. Hough ton 



(E. Shaw) Panchlora exoleta, Klug. Nottingham and Worksop, 



Stylopyga orientalis. The common cockroach or I93 probably brought from the West Indies 



' black-beetle ' is abundant in bananas 



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