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up the leaf-stalks as well. Pupae occurred on March 29th, niany 

 on April 4th, and winged females commenced to appear on 

 April 10th. The apterous females resemble Myzus ribis, but the 

 alate forms are very distinct, having green cornicles and different 

 abdominal ornamentation. Some of the alate females appear to 

 have five, some three, curved bristles on the papilla on the 

 under wings. I also found it swarming on hothouse strawberries 

 in May at Eudgwick and doing much damage. A succession of 

 winged broods kept on appearing until mid-June. 



METRIOPTERA ROESELII. 



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



Yet another record of this somewhat elusive grasshopper 

 has come to hand. Mr. W. West, of Lewisham, Curator of the 

 South London Entomological Society's Collections, when work- 

 ing for Coleoptera and Homoptera, makes a point of not neglect- 

 ing " other fish that come to his net." Consequently he has 



W. J. Lucas, photo. 

 M. roeselii ( x 3). 



more than once been able to help those who work at the Ortho- 

 ptera. They have now to thank him for adding another locality 

 to the two or three that we already possessed for M. roeselii. 



On September 3rd, 1911, he took five specimens, three males 

 and two females, in a reed-patch on the bank of the Thames, a 

 few miles below Gravesend. They were not recognised at the 

 moment, but Burr's description enabled Mr. West to identify 

 them. Two pairs are placed in Mr. West's collection, and the 



