INSECTS' 



A comparatively small county like Surrey, some considerable part 

 of which is absorbed by south London and the suburbs, cannot of 

 course be expected to have an insect fauna equal to any one of the 

 adjoining counties of Hampshire, Sussex or Kent, each of which has not 

 only a much larger acreage but an extensive coast line. 



Whilst making allowance for the size of the county as compared 

 with that of any one of those just named, the suburban character of the 

 north-eastern portion of it, and the absence of sea coast and conse- 

 quently of all maritime species, it must be confessed that considering 

 the varied geological formations of Surrey and the great extent of its 

 heaths and woodlands, the number of species in one or two orders is 

 smaller than would be expected, the Rhopalocera (Butterflies) being 

 especially poorly represented.* It is believed that no other county in 

 England of similar size possesses anything approaching the extent of 

 wooded common land and heaths, and in proportion to its acreage 

 Surrey includes more wasteland than Yorkshire. 



ORTHOPTERA 



Earwigs, Cockroaches, Grasshoppers and Crickets 



The list of Orthoptera known to have been taken in Surrey is very 

 meagre ; in fact only the generally distributed forms occur, with a very 

 few of the more restricted species. This may possibly be due to want 

 of observation, for several good collecting grounds are within the borders 

 of the county. The fact remains however that the list compares very 

 unfavourably with that of Hants or of Kent. Such a rarity as Decticus 

 verrucivorus, L., the Wartbiter, has occurred in both these counties, but 

 has yet to be recorded for Surrey ; Platycleis roese/ii, Hagenb., and 

 Apterygida albipennis, Meg., have also been taken in Kent, which should 

 encourage entomologists to search carefully for them in Surrey. The 

 number of localities, too, from which Orthoptera have been recorded is 

 small, and a very little trouble will doubtless greatly add to the number 



1 The sequence of the orders here followed is that adopted by Dr. D. Sharp, F.R.S., in the 

 Cambridge Natural History, 1889-92. H. G. 



* I have to express my cordial thanks for valuable assistance received to Mr. R. Adkin, F.E.S. ; 

 Mr. Ernest E. Austen ; Mr. C. G. Barrett, F.E.S. ; Mr. Alfred Beaumont, F.E.S. ; Mr. E. B. Bishop ; 

 Mr. C. A. Briggs, F.E.S. ; Mr. Thomas H. Briggs, M.A., F.E.S. ; Mr. G. Bowdler Buckton, F.R.S. ; 

 Mr. Malcolm Burr, F.L.S., F.Z.S. ; Mr. G. C. Champion, F.Z.S. ; Miss Ethel F. Chawner, F.E.S. ; 

 Major A. Ficklin ; Mr. J. G. Hewat ; Mr. W. J. Kaye, F.E.S. ; Mr. R. W. Lloyd, F.E.S. ; Mr. W. J. 

 Lucas, B.A., F.E.S. ; Mr. Robert McLachlan, F.R.S. ; the Rev. F. D. Morice, M.A., F.E.S. ; Mr. 

 Percy Richards ; Mr. Edward Saunders, F.L.S. ; and Mr. Sydney Webb. H. G. 



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