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" F. Bond, Esq., near Falmouth, a number of specimens near 

 Plymouth," the other " Cornwall, F. Bond, Esq., 1870." A good 

 many examples of this locust were taken in Britain in 1869, but I do 

 not think any have b3en reoorded for the following year, Tettix 

 siibtdatus, h. — "Cambridge." Some are labelled '■^ hrpunctatus." T. 

 bipunctatits, L. — About 30 specimens without labels. 



LocusTODEA. — Leptophijes pimctatissima, Bosc. — A number of 

 unlabelled specimens. One female " caught October 1st, Coombe 

 1806, dypeata, Pz., Mr. Neale." One 3 , two ? , " Miss Badcock, on a 

 pear tree," another " EpjJiippit/era virescem, Steph., 111., vi., 16, viii., 33." 

 Ephippi(jera virescens, Steph., is known to be a synonym for L. 

 jmnctatissima, but " dyjwata, Panz.," is usually regarded as a synonym 

 of Thamnotrizon cinereus, L. 2Ieconema farivm, Fabr. — One male 

 " Sept. 16th, 1833, Foxley Wood, Norfolk," another " Taken in second 

 week in November, '66, Mr. Briggs, St. John's Coll." This species 

 is one of our latest Orthoptera, and may be taken well into the winter. 

 One female, " Miss Badcock, on a pear tree." Xiphidium dorsalc, Latr. 

 — One male labelled " Acrida fusca,'' and a male " Norfolk, August 

 1st, A.ftisca, Pz.," also four ^ , seven ? and two nymphs, all labelled 

 "fitsciim.'" Stephens obviously confused X.dorsale with X. fuscHin, a 

 very distinct species, which is far more common and widely distributed 

 on the continent than A^ dorsale. Locusta viridissima, L. — One male 

 " Parks, Oxford, 1848 ;" several unlabelled specimens. Tliamnotrhon 

 cinereus, Jj. — One male '^ D. apterus," one ? " near Croydon," one ? 

 '' ephipjxiger" and four ^ and four 5 unlabelled. Platycleis r/risea, 

 Fabr. — Several specimens without labels, one nymph queried " viridis- 

 sima, ex Museo D. Hill." P. hrachyptera, L. — One 3' labelled 

 " hrachyptera " and one " kirhii " also a male labelled " clypeatus " and 

 several nymphs "hirbii." Decticiis verrucirorns, L. — A male ^'hinyleii. 

 Rev. D. Bingley," probably one of Curtis' types, but of the green form, 

 also one female " vernicivorus." 



Gryllodea. — Nemobiiis sylvestris, Fabr. — Several specimens of both 

 sexes, unlabelled. Gryllna campestrU, L. — One male "Weaver, N. F." 

 and several specimens without labels, including one of the very rare 

 variety with fully developed wings, projecting well beyond the elytra, 

 [There is also a specimen with wings projecting far beyond the apex 

 of the abdomen, which I refer with some doubt to G. bimaculatm, de 

 Geer, a meridional species. It may be an extreme form of G. campes- 

 tris, or may have been accidentally introduced.] G. domesticus, 

 several examples, unlabelled. Gryllotalpa (jryllotalpa, L. — Five 3 , 

 four $ , unlabelled. 



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CoLEoPTERA IN CUMBERLAND IN 1899. — The specics enumerated 

 below were taken during the past season, and, without exception, are 

 additions to the lists published by us in the Ent. Eccord, vol. x., p. 126, 

 and vol. xi., p. 103. Xotiophilas palustris, locally common under 

 stones. Dyschirius nitidus, sparingly in burrows of Bledius spectabilis, 

 at the Estuary of the Eden. Bradycellus placidus, rather abundant, 

 but local, at roots of grass, and in moss. Dichirotrichus pubescens, on 

 the beach, at Silloth, rare. Pterostichus aethiops, under stones in the 

 Pennines, scarce. Amara considaris, one specimen. A. similata, a few 

 in flood refuse. A. acuminata, one on a pathway. Calathus fusciis, 



