212 THE entomologist's record. 



Europe, but one other P. hicolur, Pliil., a native of central Europe, 

 might yet turn up. Z*. r/risea is common throughout Europe ; P. 

 hrachyptcra is common in northern and central Europe, but does not 

 occur in the south ; P. roesclil has a similar distribution, but is rarer 

 in the north, and is further spread in the south ; Brunner gives 

 Croatia, Istria, Mehadia and Servia, and I have taken it in Bosnia, as 

 far as I know, the most southerly point of its occurrence. 



Thamnotfhoii includes about twenty species, most of which are 

 confined to the southern and eastern parts of the continent, but T. 

 cincrcus is common throughout northern and central Europe. 



Dectictts rerrucivorus, L., is even commoner and more widely 

 distributed than the last species, and it is surprising that it is so rare 

 in Britain, it is numerous in Sweden in the north, and in the south I 

 have taken it abundantly in the plains of Wallachia. The other two 

 species of the genus are essentially meridional. 



Locmta vindissima, L., is common from Sweden to Sicily ; I have 

 taken it in numbers near Stockholm, and again in the south. An 

 allied species, L. cantam, occurs in the mountains of central Europe, 

 and might possibly be taken in our hills. L. caudata is even a finer 

 species than L. riridis-'iinw, but is rarer and is found only in the south 

 and east of Europe. 



Xiphidium is a very large genus, found throughout the Avorld in 

 temperate and tropical zones. The commonest European species is 

 X. fusciim, which strangely enough is not known in this country. I 

 have taken it in Germany aiid in Dalmatia, but it is not found in 

 Scandinavia nor in Belgium. X. dorsale is a much rarer species, but 

 is commoner in the north than X. fitscum, and occurs in Sweden and 

 Belgium, where the other is unknown. 



Nemobius si/Ifestris, Fab. is with us confined to the New Forest, 

 but it is abundant in all woods in central Europe. Why it has not 

 been discovered in other parts of England is a mystery, and there is 

 no reason why it should not be found in many other localities. The 

 other three European species of the genus are southern. 



Ori/Ihi!< cairqiestris, L., is found throughout Europe except in the 

 extreme north ; with us it is distinctly local, but occurs in a few sandy 

 places. In the " Hope collection" at Oxford, there is a specimen with 

 fully developed wings, which may be a variety of this species or the 

 allied himacidatns, which is unlikely, as the latter is purely a southern 

 form. It may be distinguished from 6'. cmnpcstri^ by having the head 

 not broader than the pronotum. The long-Avinged variety of Cr. 

 cam pest ris is a rare form, and should be carefully sought. 



(Tyijllotalim is a genus which is also very widely distributed through- 

 out the Avorld. Our species is common in all Europe, and in some 

 places is even a nuisance. The variety with short wings {(t. copJita, 

 de Haan), should be carefully looked for. 



On a feav Orthopteea fkom Suffolk. — Mr. Claude Morley has been 

 so kind as to send me a few Orthoptera from Sufiblk. There is nothing 

 very rare among them, except Stenobothnis elerjans, Charp., which is a 

 very locally distributed species. My only justification in writing the 

 following note lies in the fact that few if any Orthoptera have been 

 recorded from Suffolk, so that the chief interest lies in the localities. 

 StennhothrH^ rirididn^, L., Baruby Broad, August 11th, 1898, ^ and 



