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large Locustid, Diestrammena marmorata, de Haan (fig. 3), which 

 Mr. M. Burr brought up to the Entomological Society for 

 exhibition on October 1st. It appears that Rev. E. N. Bloom- 

 field received three specimens that had been taken on September 

 23rd, October 19th, and November 12th, in an outhouse at 

 St. Leonard's. It seems clear that the origin of these insects 

 was to be found in Relfe's Nursery at St. Leonard's, whence 



W. J. Lucas, photo. 

 Fig. 3. — Diestrammena marmorata, de Haan, $ , uat. size. 



Mr. Bloomfield received six more specimens, they being not un- 

 common in a fern-house. D. marmorata is a native of Japan, 

 but has been taken under conditions very similar to those at 

 St. Leonard's in several places on the Continent. Nor are these 

 the only British examples ; for, strange to say, I received on the 

 same day (October 1st) some decomposing fragments of Lo- 

 custids from Mr. Harwood, of Colchester. They came from a 

 wall covered with "virgin cork," at Sir Ernest Cassel's residence 

 at Ipswich ; but whether the wall was indoors or not was not 

 mentioned. Though considerably decomposed, there was but little 

 doubt about their belonging to the species under notice. D. mar- 

 morata is a large insect with very long appendages of all kinds, 

 and is very spider-like in appearance and movements. Its 

 colouring is a mixture of different tints of bright brown. I 



