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clear shallow water near the edges of the ponds; the other was 
Bembidium fumigatum, Duft., this latter was quite common; I have 
only once before taken it (sparingly) at Dagenham, in Essex; these 
two insects werenewrecords for the district. With B. fumigatum oceurred 
B. varium, Ol., and B. iricolor, Bedel, and also Anchomenus puellus, Dj., 
in the utmost profusion ; the water- net brought up Coelambus parallelo- 
grammus, Ah., Berosus spinosus, Ster., and B. affinis, Brull. But to our 
disgust only one specimen of B. spinosus was secured. Working the refuse 
round the edge of the ponds we obtained Bayous frit, Hbst., Hubrychius 
velatus, Beck. ., and Litodactylus leucoyaster, Marsh. Sluicing the mud 
by the side of a ditch secured a fine series of Heterocerus Ficevilus, Kies. 
A most successful day was finished up by securing that very local 
insect Ptinus germanus, F., in rotten timber fences.—Iniw. 
OMOPHLUS ARMERIAE, Curr., at Weymourn.—After a few seasons’ 
unsuccessful search, perseverance was rewarded, and I am pleased to 
record the rediscovery of Omophlus 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. Forsyru, 20, Ranelagh Road, Weymouth. 
@RTHOPTERA. 
A Frew OrtHoprera FROM NortHern Perrsia.—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 :—Forricutarta.—Anechura bipunctata, 
Fabr.—One @. This species is found in all the mountains of central 
and southern Kurope, sometimes at a great elevation, and extends as 
far east as Samarkand and Kashmir. Buarropra.—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.). Heteroyamia aegyptiaca, Linn.—One @ . 
This species is widely distributed through eastern Hurope and western 
Asia. Mantopra.—Iris oratoria, li.—One 2. Acripiopra.—Tru«a- 
lidae. Epacromia thalassina, Pabr.—One 2. Stauronotus maroccanus, 
Thunb. Two ¢s. In spite of its name, this species is common in 
the Mediterranean subregion; itis S. maroccanus, which caused such 
damage in Cyprus, and led to energetic measures being taken for its 
extermination. Oedipodidae. Ocdipoda gratiosa, Sery.—Oneg , one? . 
This beautiful species is common and widely distributed in Asia Minor, 
Persia and Turkestan.  Sphingonotus satrapes, Sauss.—One J 
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. Gunther (Burr, Linn. Soc. Journ. Zool., xxvi., p. 417. 
1899). <Acridiidae. Acridium aegyptiwn, L.—One $. Schistocerca 
peregrina, Oliv.—Two $ 3, two larve. This species has a very wide 
distribution. It infests northern Africa, and also the north-west 
provinces of India. Pamphayidae. Tropidauchen securicolle, 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 
