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rence of the locust, I beg to say I have another fine female specimen, captured at 

 Duxford, Cambridgeshire, September 10th, 1847. — Fredk. Bond ; Kingsbury, October 

 6, 1847. 



Occurrence of the Locust near Thome. — I have just received three fine specimens of 

 the locust, captured on the levels near Thorne, on the 3rd of September, by some har- 

 vesters, while passing a field of wheat : one of them was taken on the wing. — Joseph 

 Richardson ; Bank, Thome. 



Occurrence of the Locust near Hertford. — A specimen of Gryllus migratorius was 

 brought to me on the 16th of 8th mo., 1847. It was taken on some cabbages in a 

 cottage garden near Hertford. — E. Manser ; Hertford, \bth of 10 th mo., 1847. 



Occurrence of the Locust near Wisbeach. — I possess a specimen of this rare insect, 

 which was captured alive, three weeks since, in a potato field not far from this locality. 

 I have also heard of several others having been found in the neighbourhood. — Robert 

 Marris ; Lynn Road, Wisbeach, October 11, 1847. 



Occurrence of the Locust in Lincolnshire. — Two instances have come within my 

 knowledge where the locust has occurred, that is, Stamford and Millthorpe in Lincoln- 

 shire, but in both cases the wings were very much split and worn. — Wm. Turner ; 

 Uppingham, October 13, 1847. 



Occurrence of the Locust at Whitley, and near Newcastle-on-Tyne. — My brother 

 caught a locust on the sea -banks near Whitley, on the 27th of September: another 

 specimen was taken in the vicinity of Newcastle a day or two previous. The speci- 

 men caught on the 24th of August (Zool. 1900) continues alive and active, feeding 

 freely on lettuce. — J. J. Bold; Neivcastle-on-Tyne, October 5, 1847. 



Occurrence of the Locust in Derbyshire. — I feel happy to be able to add another lo- 

 cality to your list of places where locusts have this year occurred, and which may be 

 more inland than usual. A fine and perfect specimen of this locust was taken on or 

 about the 12th instant, upon Elton Moor, in this county. It is now in my cabinet. — 

 Thomas Bateman ; Yolgrave, October 23, 1847. 



Occurrence of the Locust in Cornwall. — The more common, or devastating locust 

 (Gryllus migratorius) has been known from the earliest periods in the countries of 

 Western Asia, and the parts of Europe that border on that division of the world. It 

 is also abundant on the African borders of the Mediterranean Sea ; from whence, ra- 

 ther than from its more eastern haunts, it is known at uncertain periods to cross into 

 Italy and Spain ; and the former country in particular has sometimes been subjected 

 to its desolating ravages, to as great an extent as the countries of Asia, and with even 

 more formidable results. But the advance of this insect into the cooler regions of 

 France and England is a rarer occurrence ; and it is even more so than has been sup- 

 posed, for it is beyond a doubt that a species of dragon-fly, probably Libellula depres- 

 sa, has been mistaken for it ; and this error is the more likely to be committed from 

 the degree of resemblance which they may bear to each other when on the wing, — at 

 least in the estimation of those who are not closely acquainted with either of those 

 creatures ; and as this dragon-fly in its ordinary habits is solitary, its casual assembling 

 in such immense multitudes may easily lead to this mistake. But notwithstanding 

 the rarity of the occurrence, it is on record that the true locust has been sometimes 

 seen to visit the British Islands. In the year 874, after devastating France, they at- 

 tempted to cross the British Channel ; and such multitudes were drowned and thrown 

 on the shore, that their putrefaction was supposed to have been the cause of a pesti- 

 lence that soon after followed ; (Ruysch's ' Theatrum Animalium'). But the Channel 



