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is found on the wliitethorn blossom, and clings rather stronj^dy to the 

 bloom, requiring- powerful beating to dislodge it. In bright^sunshine 

 it takes to wing very readily. 



(hpJn/a hipioirfata, Fab., " Syst. Knt.," p. ^OG (1775); Muls., 

 "Col. Fr.," p. 109 (1856); Fowler, "Col. Brit.," v., p. 49 (1M91). 

 Ancrpx, Staphs.," Man.," p. 389 (1839). <? Clariprs, 01.,"Enc.," 8, 385 

 (1811). Biwacidata, Stephs., " Illus. Brit. Fnt.," v., p, 59 (1832). 

 2 1'rariista, 01., " Enc," 8, 385 (1811). Type.— J Elytra greyish- 

 black, sometimes yellowish-red at the margins, posterior femora 

 strongly thickened. "■' 



a. ill), murulatn, n. ab.— Elytra grey-black, apical half reel-brown, margins red- 

 brown. [The general appearance of the coloration is exceedingly like the brown 

 and black form of To.i-otus ;«eru?m»».s]. 



Type.— ? Thorax red with two black spots varying in size, elytra 

 brownish-red, apex black, posterior femora simple. " 



/3. ab. impunctata, n. ab.— Thorax without spots, apex of elytra only just black. 

 [Mr. Donisthorpe has captured specimens intermediate between this and the tvpe, 

 the spots being only just visible.] 



y. ab. ■i-puiictata, n. ab.— Elytra with two small black humeral spots, in addi- 

 tion to the two on the thorax, the margins of anterior angles of elytra black ; apex 

 also black. 



In addition to these forms the size of the spots varies considerably, as 

 does the apical black marking of the elytra. — Frank Bouskell, F.E.S., 

 F.R.H.8., Market Bosworth, Nuneaton. 



* I am informed by Mr. Donisthorpe that he has taken, in Huntingdonshire, a 

 form of the male with the femora quite simple. 



ORTHOPTERA. 



Flights of locusts in Natal. — I am much interested in the 

 series of articles on " The Migration and Dispersal of Insects," now 

 being published in the Knt. Ilccovd. We had some large locust flights 

 here last December, one of which lasted from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. There 

 was very little wind at the time they were flying. They passed in a 

 northerly direction, and the flight appeared to be of great extent, 

 though not dense. Some of the insects Avere so high that one could 

 hardly discern them, whilst others flew through the streets, striking 

 against people and houses as they passed. The whole black i)opula- 

 tion turned out striking pails and tins or anything to make a noise. 

 They did not appear to have alighted until Zululand was reached, but 

 the exact place has escaped me. — E. M. Cheesman, care of John 

 Garson, 63, Railway Street, Durban, Natal. Ait;iiist lOtli, 1899. 



Orthoptera at the Warren, Folkestone. — During a stay at 

 Dover I took the opportunity of visiting the Folkestone Warren, where 

 so many of our more local Orthoptera are found. My chief object was 

 to take some more specimens of Forjinila Ics/tn, Finot, which I had 

 taken there first in 1896. Steady sweeping for some time produced no 

 result, until at one corner I found four examples at once in the net. I 

 took a few more, but had little time to spare for further search. I took 

 no species that had not been before captured at the Warren, but found 

 (jitiiijiliiH-rnt^ nif'iis, L., in some numbers. This local species had been 

 very numerous in 1K96, but not a specimen was to be seen in the 



