244 THE entomologist's record. 



SAveeping were t'liUidiiiui aliii, ('rj/jito(rp/iaIiis hiininrtatiis r. lineola, F. ; 

 Anci'dDilcra scri/iittata and StrantjaUa )ii(ira, in fair numbers, (iramop- 

 tna ainilis, Srriciisiinnis hni)i)ifi(s, Mahic/iiiis acncits^ and ApuDi i/cnintaf 

 {off (i(')iist(i). ])eating produced nothing whatever. — Horace Donis- 

 THORPE, F.Z.S., F.E.S., Chiddingfold, Surrey. 



©RTHOPTERA. 



Stenobothrus longicornis, Latr., and Stenobothrus parallelus, Zett. 



By MALCOLM BUER, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



The commonest grasshopper, perhaps, in all Europe, is StciinJiDtlniis 

 paralhiua, Zett. Various names that have been accorded to it, as 

 synonyms, are hnuiicorne, Latr., jinitoruin, Fieb., and montanus, Charp. 

 But the name loiuiiciniir, Latreille (1802) has priority over that of 

 Zetterstedt (1825), and, therefore, the name of Latreille should stand. 

 But Finot has shown that the Arridimii hnviicornc of Latreille is quite 

 a distinct species that has been confused by later writers with iiaralldKs, 

 Zett., and also that iinnitaiuis is a synonym of hnKjinirnc rather than of 

 parallel lis. Mnxtaints has been regarded as the variety alts pcrfvvtc 

 ('.rjdiratis of N. jiayallehix^ by Brunner, in spite of Charpentier's words, 

 ^' alin (liniiilia rli/trnnnii jiartc jiaido majoribus.'" It is highly probable, 

 therefore, that N. hmijinnnis, Latr., is confused with N. jtarallclns in 

 collections. Latreille gives as a locality, the neighbourhood of Paris, 

 and it was at Fontainebleau that Finot took his specimens with which 

 he has vindicated Latreille's species. 



While enjoying a short stay with M. le Capitaine Finot, at 

 Fontainebleau, during August last, I observed among long grass in a 

 marshy spot in the Pare what I took to be S. jiaralliins var. niontaniis, 

 as understood by Iknunier. As this form is rare, I took as many 

 specimens as I could find, and upon my return home I discovered that 

 they were S. loiii/ininiis, Latr. In this species the elytra and wings 

 are often developed better than in S. parallclitu, and so I at once looked 

 through my European collection to see if any were there mixed with 

 the better-known species. Sure enough, I discovered one female, 

 labelled "var. uKintaniis, J . Vosges, Pierrat," from the collection of 

 M. de Bormans. I consider it is highly probable that the two species 

 are confused in many collections of European Orthoptera. It is very 

 abundant in many parts of France, and there is no reason whatever 

 why it should not occur in Great Britain. It should be sought for in 

 marshy fields", where it occurs in numbers, together with .s. 

 pafalldns. 



It is rather ditiicult to distinguish the male from that of N. paral- 

 Icliis, but the female cannot be mistaken. Finot points out the follow- 

 ing distinctions : 



.S'. loiifiicoriiis, Latr. — Pronotum with the typical sulcus placed in the centre. 

 Axillary vein of the elytra confluent with the anal vein at the middle of the latter. 

 Exposed part of the valves of the ovipositor of the female twice as lonj^' as broad. 



,S'. ]Hir(illelii.'<, Zett. — Pronotum with the typical sulcus placed slightly behind 

 the middle. Axillary vein of the elytra of the male free as far as the actual apex 

 of the elytra. Valves of the ovipositor ? as long as they are broad. 



Now, this will appear but scanty ground for the separation of the 



* I took in the same place Mccoxtctliiiis iiro.<^its, L., Xipliiiliiiiii Jiit^ciiiii. Lntv., 

 Apteryyida alhipeniiis, Meg. 



