INSECTS 



ORTHOPTERA 



The only attempt at a systematic study of the Orthoptera of any 

 part of the county appears to be the scanty account contributed by the 

 late Mr. Edwin Brown to the Natural History of Tutbury. This was 

 written in 1863, and forms a portion of his list of the fauna of the 

 neighbourhood of Burton-on-Trent (pp. 1635). He only mentions 

 fourteen species, many of which are well known. S. Glover (Hist, of 

 the County of Derby ^ i. 173) mentions the mole cricket ; but no reliance 

 can be placed on the statement, which has not been confirmed by any 

 subsequent writer. Periplaneta australasice is now a resident in one locality 

 in south Derbyshire. Abbreviations used : 



E.B. = Edwin Brown H.H.C. = Hugo Harpur Crewe G.P. = G. Pullen 



ORTHOPTERA 



FORFICULARIA 



Anisolabis maritima, Bonelli. Has occurred 

 in Burton (E.B.) 



Labia minor, L. ' Frequently taken . . . 

 in my garden and elsewhere ' (E.B.) ; 

 not uncommon (G.P.) 



Forficula auricularia, L. Common every- 

 where 

 BLATTODEA 



Blat(a orientalis, L. Common in towns 

 and many villages 



Periplaneta americana, L. Already estab- 

 lished for some years in Burton in 

 1863 (E.B.) ; occasionally in Derby 

 (G.P.) 



australasiae, Fb. First noticed at Calke 



Abbey in 1897 ; accidentally im- 

 ported with plants from Queensland 

 and now established (H.H.C.) 

 [At least one large exotic species of cock- 

 roach occurs occasionally in the 

 greengrocers' shops at Derby, but is 

 not known to be resident (G.P.) 

 ACRIDIODEA 



Stenobothrus viridulus, L. Common in 

 the lowlands on sunny banks 



bicolor, Charp. South Derbyshire 



parallelus, Zett. Also occurs 



ACRIDIODEA (continued) 



Gomphocerus maculatus, Thnb. (bigutta- 

 tus, Charp.). Said to have been 

 taken near Burton (E.B.) 



Pachytylus migratorius, L. Occurs occa- 

 sionally ; Elton Moor, Youlgreave 

 (Zoo/. 1848, p. 2001), etc. 



cinerascens, Fb. One near Derby in 

 1842 (Zoo/. 1843, p. 123); one 

 near Burton (E.B.) 



Schistocerca peregrina, Oliv. Visited the 

 south-eastern counties in some num- 

 bers in 1869, spreading into Derby- 

 shire, Staffordshire, Notts, etc. No 

 later records 



Tettix bipunctatus, L. Common in Bretby 

 Park (E.B.) 



LOCUSTODEA 



Locusta viridissima, L. One brought to 

 the Derby Museum for determina- 

 tion five or six years ago, caught 

 not far from Derby (G.P.) 



Thamnotrizon cinereus, L. Repton Shrubs, 

 but rare (E.B.) 



Platycleis brachyptera, L. Repton Shrubs (?) 



(E.B.) 

 GRYLLODEA 



Nemobius sylvestris, Fb. Willington once 

 (G.P.) ? introduced 



Gryllus domesticus, L. In houses 



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