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Of the first seeiion {Stenobothrus, sensu strictiorc, BoL), we have only 

 S. lincatiis, Pauz. With us it is moi'e or less local, but it is found 

 throughout Europe, except in the extreme north. The other members 

 of this section are purely southern. 



Of the second section (Omoccstus, BoL), we have no representative. 



Of the third section (which together with section A^Staaroderus, 

 Bol.), we have two closely allied forms, -S'. viridulus, L., found through- 

 out northern and central Europe, and *S'. nijipes, Zett., with a similar 

 distribution, but rarer in the north, and not penetrating so high in the 

 mountains as the former. Very closely allied to the latter is S. 

 hacmorrhoidalis, Charp., which is found in central Europe. It may 

 possibly occur also in our southern counties. 



Section 5 of Brunner, included by Bolivar in the same subgenus 

 as the last species, includes S. hicolor and S. higutttdus. Of these the 

 former is perhaps our commonest species, Avhile the latter remains to 

 be discovered. S. hicolor is equally common throughout Europe, but 

 S. higiMalus less so ; it is to be found, however, from Scandinavia to 

 the Alps, and might well be a native of this country. This subgenus 

 Stauroderus contains a large number of species, occurring chiefly in 

 the south and east of Europe, which are not known in Great Britain. 



The last part of section 5 {Cliortliippus, Fieb., Bolivar) contains 

 at least two British species. S. paralldus, Zett., occurs throughout 

 Europe from Norway to Greece, and is perhaps in Britain our commonest 

 grasshopper. Its near ally, S. lomjiconm, is found in central France, 

 and should be looked for in our southern counties also. .S. clegans is 

 very local with us, though abundant where it does occur ; on the 

 continent it is widely distributed, but does not seem to be conunon. 

 It has been recorded as occurring in Belgium, Berlin, Sweden, Austriti, 

 and in the south, Istria, Croatia, Hungary, Transsylvania, Servia, Mol- 

 davia, and Bosnia. A closely allied species with a wider distribution is j^. 

 dorsatus, Zett., which would be more naturally expected to be a native 

 of England than S. elcyam ; it is common in most places throughout 

 northern and eastern Europe. x\nother member of the same group is 

 S. pulvinatm, Fisch. de W., which has been found in Jersey and in the 

 north of central France. The small genus GomphoccrKs is represented 

 by G . nifus and G. viacvlatus, both being common in north and 

 central Europe. 



No species of Oedipodidac, Acridiidac, Pamphaijidae and Piinjomorphidac 

 are found in England, though all are more or less well represented in 

 Europe. Of the large family Tcttiijidae, we have but two known in 

 Britain, both of Avliich are widely distributed in Europe ; another 

 species T.falkiinosm is known from Sweden and Lapland, and should 

 be sought for in Scotland. 



The largest family of the Locustodea is the I'kaneropteridae, of 

 which there are two distinct types, the apterous and the winged forms. 

 In Britain we have only the common wingless Leptnphyes punctatissima, 

 Bosc, but it is quite conceivable that some forms of Barbitistes or 

 Orphania may some day turn up in our hills and forests. 



The Mci-oiicniidae are a restricted family, and we are not likely to 

 have anything more than the common M. varium, which is widely 

 distributed in central Europe. 



The genus Platijdeis contains a large number of species, some with 

 very restricted distribution. Our three species are well spread over 



