INSECTS 



author have been given on the authority of J. F. Stephens {Illustrations 

 of British Entomology). 



FoRFicuLiD^ AcridiiDj?: {continued) 



Labia minor, L. Tettix bipunctatus, L. 



Forficula auricularia, L. — subulatus, L. 



Chelidura albipennis, Meg. Norwich LocustidjE 

 BLATTiDiE Leptophyes punctatissima, Bosc. 



Ectobia panzeri, Steph. Meconema varium, Fab. Arminghall 



Phyllodromia germanica, L. Xiphidium dorsale, Latr. Horning^ Ran- 



Periplaneta orientalis, L. worth 



AcRiDiiDiE Locusta viridissima, L. 



Mecostethus grossus, L. Horning Thamnotrizon cinereus, L. 



Stenobothrus viridulus, L. GRYLLiDi*: 



— bicolor, Charp. (?) CEcanthus pellucens, Scop. Halvergate 



— elegans, Charp. Cley^ October (Haworth fide Stephens) 



— parallelus, Zett. Gryllus campestris, L. 

 Gomphocerus maculatus, Thunb. — domesticus, L. 



Pachytylus migratorius, L. Yarmouth Gryllotalpa vulgaris, Latr. Stoke Holy Cross 



(Stephens) 



NEUROPTERA' 



Three families in this order, namely, the stone-flies {Perlidce)^ the 

 May-flies {Ephemeridce) , and the alder-flies {Sialidce), contain insects 

 which are well known to anglers as excellent baits. Owing to the 

 absence from Norfolk of swift torrents and waterfalls the Perlida are 

 represented by very few species, although individuals are sufficiently 

 numerous in the neighbourhood of water. The Ephemerida, apart from 

 the interest attaching to the mode of flight in some species, are worthy 

 of notice on account of the development of the eyes. These organs, 

 which are more highly developed in the males than in the females, are 

 very large and prominent. The males of certain species bear on the 

 head, in addition to the two globose compound eyes and the three simple 

 eyes [ocelli), twoshort, stout, slightly diverging pillars, the top of each of 

 the latter being occupied by a large compound eye ; so that the insect has 

 in fact, seven eyes in all. The dragon-flies {Odonatd), notwithstanding 

 their forbidding appearance, may really be caught and handled without, 

 risk of injury — although it would be difficult to persuade a rustic to handle 

 a ' horse-stinger,' as they are sometimes called. They may occasionally 

 be taken when at rest after sundown or in dull weather, but otherwise 

 the capture of the larger species calls for the exercise of much patience 



^ In the following list of Neuroptera the determinations of species recorded from the 

 collection of the author have been made or confirmed by R. McLachlan, F.R.S. In the case 

 of species wrhich have not occurred to the author, the names of the captors or recorders have 

 been added after each entry. The entomologists referred to in this list are : C. G. Barrett, 

 F.E.S. ; John Curtis, in British Entomology ; W. E. Leach, M.D., etc. ; W. J. Lucas, F.E.S., 

 in The Entomologist, xxxiii. p. 201 ; R. McLachlan, F.R.S. ; Edw^ard Newman, F.L.S., F.Z.S. ; 

 C. J. and J. Paget, in A Sketch of the Natural History of Great Yarmouth and Neighbourhood ; 

 J. F. Stephens, in Illustrations of British Entomology ; H. J. Thouless of Norwich. 



For the Trichoptera the nomenclature and sequence is that of McLachlan, Trans. Ent. 

 Soc. Lond., 1882, p. 329 ; and for the Ephemerida that of Eaton, Ent. Mo. Mag. xxv. p. 10, 

 et seq. 



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