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them, as they show much engerness for tliis form of diet, snapping 

 them from one's fingers. 



83. LioGRYLLUs mMAOULATUS de Geer. This species is very 

 widely distributed throughout East Africa. At Mkomasi I dis- 

 covered two crickets beneath a,n old battered biscuit tin ; one 

 wjiH nh'oady de.'id and dismeni1)ered, the otlier in tlio jaws of a 

 .scorpion [Odoitiurvs denia1,i(,s Karscli), which was busily engaged 

 sucking its juices. As 1 was pulling the cricket away from the 

 scorpion a San'd-snake's head was protruded from the tin. 

 (Mkomasi, 2. vi. IG.) 



T E T T I G O N T I D ;E = L O U S T I D yTH. 



84. Enyaliopsis sp. I caught two of the wingless long-horned 

 grasshoppers which are very common here. I woke tip with 

 one on my face the other night, and several of my comrades have 

 found them in their blankets. (Dutumi, 20. ix. 1 G.) 



85. Larva of a species of Guyllacrin^. On my table for a 

 week past has been lying a newspaper cutting — a portrait. This 

 morning I found it mutilated in circular fashion as might have 

 been done by a rose-cutter bee. The cut-out portion had been 

 tvu")ied up flap-Avise and carefully cemented down to form a, little 

 cell without entrance ; neither was there any trace of cement or 

 silk. Opening this I found within it a pink larva. (Lumbo, 

 25.ix.18.) 



86. Clonia waijlbeugi StSl. A native brought me a specimen 

 of this peculiar insect, the like of which 1 had never seen before. 

 (Morogoro, ll.i. 17.) Two were subsequently taken at Kilosa, 

 where they had apparently come to light. (Kilosa, 18.xii.20 

 andl8. i. 21.) 



87. PsRUDORiiYNCUius PUNGENS Scha.um. Heavy rninfall last 

 night and to-day ; the countryside is teeming with thcsSe Ortho- 

 ptera. They were just as thick as locusts, in a. I'ubber plantation 

 near here. One had to shield the eyes to protect them from 

 the storm of insects Avhicli flew against one's face and body. The 

 brown forms were greatly in the niinoi"ity, being about 5 per 

 cent. They showed no selection in choosing sites, as they settled 

 on bright green rubber-leaves just as readily as in the dry brown 

 grass. (Kilosa., l.xi.20.) 



The insects are plentiful here also — i.e., some six miles from 

 Kilosa. (Miombo, 4. xi. 20.) 



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88. Lamarckiana sp. I put one ©f these cryptically- 

 coloured grasshoppers into a tin as food for a large Mygale spider 

 {Plerinochihts sp. : Avicul.aridfe), but on opening the tin found 

 that the gi'asshopper had killed the spider by biting its abdomen. 

 (Nr. Moshi, 17.iii. IG.) 



