A HISTORY OF KENT 



Deal, and should be sought for in marshy places, and may best be taken 

 by sweeping. 



Locustida. The Great Green Grasshopper {Locusta 'uiridissima, L.) is 

 one of our largest British insects. It is common along the south coast, 

 and very numerous at Deal, on the cliffs by Dover, in the warren at 

 Folkestone, and one was recorded from Broadstairs by the Rev. Canon 

 Fowler. 



Decticida. That widely distributed and by no means uncommon 

 species Thamnotrizon cinereus, L., is frequently to be heard chirping on 

 warm autumn evenings in hedges and thickets, especially before rain ; it 

 is very abundant at the Folkestone warren, and occurs also at Edenbridge, 

 at Evington near Wye and near Strood. Platycleis grisea, Fabr., is com- 

 mon on open dry places, especially among rest-harrow and on chalky cliffs. 

 It is abundant on the Deal sandhills, on the Dover cliffs, in the warren 

 and on the cliffs at Folkestone. Mr. W. J. Lucas reports the capture 

 of one specimen between Walmer and Dover. P. roeselii^ Hagenb., is one 

 of our rarest grasshoppers, but has been taken at Heme Bay. The Wart- 

 biter {Decticus verrucivorus, Linn.) is one of our finest grasshoppers, but 

 is far from common. A specimen taken at Rochester by Professor 

 Henslow is recorded by Stephens and Curtis, and the species has been 

 twice taken at St. Margaret's Bay. D. albifrons, Fabr., a purely meri- 

 dional form, was taken at Ramsgate in 1850,' certainly an accidental 

 occurrence. 



GRYLLODEA 



Crickets 



GrylUda. Gryllus domesticus, L., the House Cricket, is common 

 in many old houses and in bakeries. The Field Cricket (G. campestris, 

 L.) and the Mole Cricket {Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa, L.) will probably be 

 discovered in Kent before long, but cannot up to the present be recorded 

 from the county. 



NEUROPTERA 



Dragonjiies, Stom-JIies, Lacewings, Caddis-fies, etc. 



Although some divisions of the insect fauna (the Lepidoptera, 

 Coleoptera and Hymenoptera, for instance) of the county of Kent have 

 been well worked out, this seems to be far from the case with most of 

 the Neuroptera. The numerous marshes must produce a plentiful caddis- 

 fly (T'richoptera) fauna, and probably a number of species of may-flies 

 {Ephemeridid), while no doubt the Planipennia (lacewings, etc.) would 

 repay working, especially in the hop gardens and orchards. That the 

 minute Psocidia have not been sought after is not surprising, and probably 

 owing to the absence of rapid streams the stone-flies [Perlidid) are not 

 well represented. Of the distribution of the most conspicuous group, 



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