144 The Insects qf Cambridgeshire 



T. bipunctotus, L. Bottisham (Jenyns). Probably 



mon everywhere. 



LOCUSTODEA. 



Family P 1 1 A N i-; u < >PTERIDAE. 



Leptophyes punctatissima, Bosc. Gamlingay Wood on 

 trees in August; Bottisham Park on poplars (Jenyns); 

 common at Wicken (Porritt). 



Family MECONEMIDAK. 



Meconema varium, Fabr. "The Backs" (D. S.). Common 

 in the autumn near Bottisham (Jenyns); beaten out of trees 

 in plenty at Chippenham (Porritt). 



Family CONOCEPHALIDAE. 



Xiphidium dorsale, Latr. Burwell and Bottisham Fens 

 near Cambridge (Jenyns); in abundance on Chippenham Fen, 

 also on Wicken Fen, but less commonly (Porritt). This species 

 is very locally distributed in England. "Another unnamed 

 species allied to this" is referred to by Jenyns, but its 

 identity is doubtful. 



Family LOCUSTIDAK. 



Locusta viridissima, L. Very common in the fens and in 

 hedges, etc., in many places (Jenyns). This fine species ap- 

 pears to be less common than formerly. 



Family DECTICIDAE. 



. Thamnotrizon cinereus, L. Gamlingay, near Wharesby 

 Park, in August among plants and grass by the roadsides, 

 Shudy-camps (Jenyns). 



GRYLLODEA. 



Family GRYLLIDAE. 

 Gryllus domesticus, L. Common in houses (Jenyns). 



Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa, L. I n plenty at Fu 1 1 >< >i i r 1 1 ; in 

 the park at Bottisham near the canal (Jenyns). 



