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and ten, counting the other pair of the superior spines, on the outer 

 side of the shin. The tarsus terminates with a deep sucker which 

 is prolonged beyond the two large sharply-recurved spines which the 

 onychium, or last joint of the foot, carries. If the foot be folded 

 beneath the shank, just as the latter organ was folded beneath the 

 thigh, it will be found to fit between the spines, and its claws will be 

 seen to act as accessory spines to those on the shank. 



The fore and intermediate legs are ordinary walking and climbing 

 limbs, with one special modification, in the presence of ten to 

 twelve small spines on the inner sides of the shanks, and not on the 

 outer, as in the leaping legs. These assist in giving a rigid purchase 

 to the limbs when the straight thrust of the leap is taken. 



On one occasion, not long before it died, this Locust leaped 

 over thirty times its length (2J inches). On rough surfaces the 

 armature of spines gives grip in the leap ; from glass, from which it 

 sprang with apparently equal facility, the suckers, especially the 

 deep terminal ones of the feet, are used. Under both conditions 

 the interlocking of the limbs prevents lateral thrust. 





NOTE— LEPIDOPTERA. 



Notodonta dictaea in Leeds City. — On the 24th of this month I found an 

 example of the Swallow Prominent at rest on mountain ash, at Meanwood, 

 Leeds. — S. W. Judge, Leeds, April 1896. 



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NOTES— BOTANY. 



Rare form of Guelder Rose in Cumberland. — As one approaches the little 



hamlet of Sunderland, five miles N. of Cockermouth, the wooded estate of 

 Sir Wilfrid Lawson is seen in the summer to be gay with beautiful shrubs. 

 Among these the Guelder Rose ( Viburnum opulus Z.) is not the least conspicuous, 

 but among the hundreds of normal plants I have for two years observed one whose 

 peculiarities merit attention. It is entirely destitute of those barren ray florets 

 which give this flower its conspicuous form. It is in fact the very opposite of the 

 snow-ball form found under cultivation. Thus we have three varieties :— -first, 

 the absolutely neutral or barren form ; secondly, the usual form with fertile flowers 

 in the centre and barren florets surrounding them ; and thirdly, this unusual 

 variety with none but fertile flowers. These are very crowded and inconspicuous. 

 HlLDERlC Friend, Cockermouth, 16th June, 1896. 



Bird's Nest Orchis in Cumberland. —In the beginning of the month of 



June a specimen of this plant {Neottia Nidus-avis Rich.) was sent me for 

 identification by the headmaster of the Friends' School, Wigton, Cumberland- 

 It had been collected by one of the boys during their rambles the previous day, 

 but the exact locality is not cited. It was mistaken for another plant, but was 

 sent to me for 4 confirmation or otherwise, because, so far as we know, it is the 

 first time it has been found in our neighbourhood.' It is pleasing to be able to 

 add a new locality for a plant which, though native, is now exceedingly rare m 

 Cumberland.— Hilderic Friend, Cockermouth, i6thjune, 1896. 



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