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clear shallow water near the edges of the ponds ; the other was 

 Beuibidiii in f am li/atnm, Dnit., this latter was quite common; I have 

 only once before taken it (sparingly) at Dagenham, in Essex ; these 

 two insects were new records for the district. With F>.fm))i<iat>iiv occm^red 

 /)'. varium, 01., and 7>. /)7Vo/«r, Bedel, and ulso Anchoiiienitf: puellns, Dj., 

 in the utmost profusion; the water-net brought up Coelamhiis ixwdllelo- 

 f/rammus, Ah., Berosus spinosus, Ster.,andL'. affinif;,Jivi\ll. But to our 

 disgust only one specimen of H.^piiiOHin^ Avas secured. Working the refuse 

 round the edge of the ponds we obtained Bai/oii^ fiit, Hbst., Enhyychius 

 velatHs, Beck., and Litodacti/lus leiicor/aster, Marsh. Sluicing the mud 

 by the side of a ditch secured a fine series of Heterocerus fuscnlm, Kies. 

 A most successful day was finished up by securing that very local 

 insect Ptinus (lermanun, F., in rotten timber fences. — Ibid. 



Omophlus armeriae. Curt., at Weymouth. — After a few seasons' 

 unsuccessful search, perseverance was rewarded, and I am pleased to 

 record the rediscovery of OinnjiJdus armeriae in this district. I was 

 able to take this very local and rare insect in some numbers. It is 

 noteworthy how considerably the males predominated over the females 

 in number. — A. Forsyth, 20, Ranelagh Road, Weymouth. 



<DRTHOPTERA. 



A FEW Orthoptera from Northern Persia. — In 1897 Miss 

 Chawner, of Lyndhurst, very kindly gave me a small collection of 

 Orthoptera, captured by Miss Sykes at Kermanbalk, in northern 

 Persia. All the specimens come from the same locality. The 

 collection works out as follows: — Forficularia. — Anechura hipunctata, 

 Fabr. — One ? . This species is found in all the mountains of central 

 and southern Europe, sometimes at a great elevation, and extends as 

 far east as Samarkand and Kashmir. Blattodea. — Periplaneta tartara, 

 Sauss.— The original description is in Russian, and consequently I 

 have some hesitation in definitely referring the three specimens to this 

 species. It has been previously captured at Askabad (Redt.) and 

 Kokan, in Turkestan (Sauss.). Heteroijamia aer/yptiaca, Linn. — One ? . 

 This species is widely distributed through eastern Europe and western 

 Asia. Mantodea. — Iris oratoria, L. — One ? . Acridiodea. — Truxa- 

 liilae. Epacromia titalassina, Fabr. — One ? . Stauronotics maroccanus, 

 Thunb. Two J s. In spite of its name, this species is common in 

 the Mediterranean subregion ; it is 8. maroccanm, which caused such 

 damage in Cyprus, and led to energetic measures being taken for its 

 extermination. Oedipodidae. Oedipoda pratiosa, Serv. — Onet? , one?. 

 This beautiful species is common and widely distributed in Asia Minor, 

 Persia and Turkestan. Sphinr/onuttis satrajjes, Sauss.- — One ^ ; 

 previously recorded from Turkestan (Redt., Sauss.) and Persia (Sauss.), 

 and also from Seir, in north-western Persia, where it was taken by 

 Mr. R. T. Giinther (Burr, Linn. Soc. Journ. Zool., xxvii., p. 417. 

 1899). Acrid iidae. Acridium. aepijptiuvi, L. — One 3" • ScJiistocerca 

 peretirina, Oliv. — Two 3- 3 , two larvffi. This species has a very wide 

 distribution. It infests northern Africa, and also the north-west 

 provinces of India. Pampliapidae. Tropidauchen secnricolle, Sauss. — 

 One ? . This is quite the most interesting specimen of the collection. 

 It is somewhat smaller than the type of de Saussure, and the pronotum 

 has the crest less strongly arched, and it approaches more nearly to 



