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lime, &c.) ; ` Gryllus domesticus, Linn, (in houses) ; and Gryllo- 
aig gryllotalpa, Linn. Less likely, but still possible, are :— 
Forficula lesnei, Finot ; Apterygida albipennis, Meg. ( (on flowers) ; 
Ectobia livida, Fabr. ; Stenobothrus rufipes, Zett.; S. elegans, 
harp. ; Gomphocerus rufus, Linn.; Locus usta viridissima, Linn. ; 
Thamnotrizon cinereus, Linn.; Platycleis grisea, Fabr. ; P. bra- 
chyptera, Lipi s and Gryllus campestris, Linn. Details of 
records follow 
1. Anisolabis ammalia, Lucas. Two specimens from Ootan 
adras Presi 
em.—One specimen which came to Kew in su 
Mauritius, August, 1894.—An geo ature female found in a case 
received from Penang about 26th October, 1898. One Indian’ 
that from Pen s immature, a y are named therefore 
with a little diffidence, t sponga there i z practically no doubt about 
their identity. In the species has been found in two or 
e places, but an ps live o ai o ors. It is a somewhat 
aryen insect. The female was figured in the “ Entomologist,” 
vol. xxx., p. 125. (Fig. 5,x3; fig. 5a, antenna 
2. — minor, Linn. Three specimens, two male and on 
female, m pani soil heap in Arboretum Pits, 14th April, 1897. 
It is a pre mmon British species, which readily takes to the 
wing, m is dius cin found around. manure-heaps 
3. Forficula auricularia, Linn. The common earwig, only too 
abundant everywhere. It is by nature an animal feeder. Does 
it do as much damage as is supposed ? 
4. Chelisoches morio, Fabr. 'Two, a male and a female, arrived 
in sugar-cane from Mauritius in August, 1894. "This species had 
not previously been e ien Britain. They were Sd in 
the “ pre tede "yol. , pl. teps <49- (Fig. 3,9 x3; 
fig. 4, 4 x3.) 
5. Phyllodromia germanica, Linn. An immature specimen (no 
doubt this spocie) from Ootacamund, on rite plants, April, 
189 his species is now established in Britain 
6. Ischnoptera sp. A single specimen fo iid i in a Wardian 
= roe from Mr. J. McClounie, of the Scientific Depart-. 
t, Zomba, British Central Africa. The genus isa large one 
aid: the s epe are not clearly de 
7. Blatta orientalis, Linn. Three female specimens from 
Mee quer 1897. No other specimens s have been sent me at any 
me, so I — the species is not established in the gardens. 
8. Blatta , Lin large specimen found in the. 
tropical propagsting - pits, April, 1897.—One mature and three 
immature specimens found alive in a case received 18th October, 
1898, from the Belgian Congo State. Four fine specimens found 
in a case of plants from Singapore, June, 1899, and two mature 
specimens in a package from Burma, March, 1900. This species, 
ich has established itself at the Toe Gardens in Regent's 
Pak, and elsewhere, does not seem to have done so at Kew. (Fig. 2) 
