THE ENTOMOLOGIST 



Vol. XLIII.] OCTOBEE, 1910. [No. 569 



BRITISH ORTHOPTEPtA IN 1909. 

 By W. J. Lucas, B.A., F.E.S. 



W. J. Lucas, photo. 



TeirLv siihulntus, with wings expanded ( x 3-25). 



Nothing of first rate importance seems to have been noted 

 in connection with the British Orthoptera during the season of 

 1909 ; but the following short notes may nevertheless be of 

 interest, 



Forficulodea. — On August 3rd, in one of its known localities 

 near Christchurch, Hants, I found three examples of Lahidura 

 riparia — two females and a poorly developed male, with callipers 

 of a not very pronounced type. A pair I retained for observa- 

 tion, and noticed on the morning of August 10th that the female 

 had eaten the greater part of the male. On December 24th 

 Commander J. J. Walker gave me a fine pair of AnisolaUs 

 annulipes, taken at Queenborough on August 17th, It seems 

 that both this species and Labia arachidis are found in this 

 localitj^ not only indoors, but also in the open amongst old 

 sacks. As, however, these sacks are to some extent decom- 

 posing, there is perhaps a temperature above the normal, just as 



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