A HISTORY OF SURREY 



of species known to occur and also to the localities in which the more 

 interesting forms have been taken. 



Of the twenty-six l species recorded in the following list, five are 

 introduced, and established more or less permanently under artificial 

 conditions, leaving the poor total of twenty-one indigenous forms. 

 Species which should be most carefully sought for are Apterygida albi- 

 pennis, Meg., recorded from Ashford and Norwich ; Ectobia panzeri, 

 Steph., which occurs more or less frequently in the southern counties ; 

 Locusta viridissima; L., in thickets, etc. ; Stenobotbrus e/egans, Charp., on 

 sandy heaths ; Mecostetbus grossus, L., and Xiphidium dor sale, Latr., in 

 marshy places ; Platycleis grisea on chalk hills, especially among Rest 

 Harrow (Ononis aruensis) ; PI. roeselii, Hagenb., in grassy fields ; Decticus 

 verrucivorus, L., the Wartbiter, on barren and arid spots, clearings in 

 woods, etc. The Field Cricket (Gryllus campestris, L.) and the Mole 

 Cricket (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa, L.) may also be found in warm sandy 

 commons, and the latter too in moist spots, where the soft ground 

 permits it to make its well known burrows. 



FORFICULARIA 



Earwigs 



Labia minor, L. The Lesser Earwig is by no means rare on warm 

 evenings in the early summer, and has been found at Dormans, at 

 Leatherhead by C. A. Briggs, and at Kew Gardens and Kingston-on- 

 Thames by W. J. Lucas. The Common Earwig (Forficula auricularia, L.) 

 is abundant everywhere. Forficula lesnei, Finot, is common at Box Hill 

 and Reigate, and also close to Leatherhead, and should be found in other 

 localities ; it is best taken by sweeping flowery thickets and hedges. 

 Cbelisoches morio, Fabr., an exotic species, has been taken at Kew 

 Gardens. 



BLATTODEA 



Cockroaches 



Ectobiidee. Ectobia lapponica has been taken at Horsley, Albury, 

 Byfleet, Gomshall and Oakham Common. Ectobia livida, Fabr. This 

 cockroach has been taken at Box Hill (C. A. Briggs) and Mickleham 

 (W. J. Ashdown). 



Phyllodromiida. Phyllodromia germanica , L., the German Cockroach, 

 is an imported species, which is now abundant in many hotels, restaurants 

 and warehouses. 



Blattidee. The common Cockroach or Black Beetle (Blatta orient- 

 alls^ L.) is of course generally distributed. Periplaneta australasice, 

 Fabr. This is a cosmopolitan species which is now so thoroughly 

 established at Kew Gardens as to be a pest. It has also been taken in 

 an orchid-house at Camberwell. 



1 There are thirty-six species recorded for Hampshire. H. G. 



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