A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



Fhyllodromiidce. Phyllodromia germanica, L., Hastings (B), Bognor 

 (G), and Eastbourne. Common in storehouses and restaurants in most 

 English towns. 



Periplanetida. Blatta orientalis, L. The only too familiar black- 

 beetle (which is neither black, nor a beetle) is too abundant in many 

 places. 



Panchloridce. Leucophcea surinat?iensis, L. This cockroach is dis- 

 tributed throughout the tropical regions, and can only live in warm 

 climates. Two, probably imported in bananas from Madeira, were once 

 taken at Bognor (G). It is hardly likely to establish itself in this 

 country, as the two previously mentioned species have done. 



ACRIDIODEA 



Short-horned Grasshoppers and Locusts 



T'ruxalidce . Stenobothrus lineatus, Panz. This is not a common 

 species ; in Sussex it has been taken at Selsea, Goodwood and Cocking 

 (G). S. viridulus, L. This is common, especially on downs and grassy 

 uplands. It has been taken at Ewhurst (B), and Goodwood and Cocking 

 (G), and Forest Row and East Grinstead. S. rujipes, Zett. This is less 

 common than the above ; it has been taken at Guestling (B). S. bicolor, 

 Charp., and S. paralielus, Zett. These are our two commonest and most 

 widely distributed grasshoppers. In the later summer months they are 

 to be found on almost any patch of grass or turf throughout the county. 

 S. elegans, Charp. This is a somewhat local species. In Sussex it has 

 been taken at Ewhurst (B) and Pagham Marsh (G). Gomphocerus rufus, 

 L. Goodwood and Eartham (G) ; a locally distributed species. G. 

 maculatus, Thunb. This is one of our smallest and prettiest grasshoppers ; 

 it has been taken at Dallington (B), Eartham, Cocking and Pagham (G), 

 Forest Row and in Ashdown Forest. 



CEdipodida. Pachytylus danicus, L., and P. migratorius, L. These 

 two migratory locusts are generally confused. The former is the com- 

 moner and more widely distributed throughout the Old World, whereas 

 the latter is confined to eastern Europe and the neighbouring parts of 

 Asia. One specimen of each species has been taken at Fairlight, one of 

 the former at Ore, Aug. 1901 (B), and one supposed to be P. tnlgratorius 

 has been recorded in the West Sussex Gazette by Mr. E. V. Bond, from 

 Lower Beeding. Mr. Denison Roebuck mentions two P. migratorius at 

 Battle and three at Newhaven. In the Hope Museum, Oxford, there is 

 one from Littlehampton, dated ' 1846,' with Westwood's initials. 



Tettigid^e. I'ettix bipunctatus, L. This little grasshopper is common 

 enough everywhere, especially in dry sandy places ; it has been taken at 

 Guestling (B), Dale Park (G), and Forest Row and Ashdown Forest. 

 T. subulatus^ L. I can find no actual record of this species, though I 

 have taken it on the Surrey side of the border near East Grinstead, but 

 it is a fairly common insect, and certain to occur in Sussex. 



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