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that any other species except migratoria have heen taken. — T. Vernon Wollaston ; 

 Jesus College, Cambridge, September \3th, 1846. 



Occurrence of the Locust at Camberwell. — A specimen of the locust was taken 

 within a quarter of a mile of this house yesterday, 16th of September, 1846. — /. F. 

 Stephens ; Eltham Cottage, Brixton, September 17th, 1846. 



Occurrence of the Locust near London. — I send you a specimen of the locust, cap- 

 tured this morning at Walthamstow ; a second was taken in Copenhagen Fields, near 

 Islington, on the 16th ; and a third near Highgate, which has just been brought to 

 me. — Thomas Hall ; 7, City Road, September \8th, 1846. 



Occurrence of the Locust near Epping. — A female of this species was caught in a 

 corn-field in the early part of the present month. — Henry Doubleday ; Epping, Sep- 

 tember 20th, 1846. 



Occurrence of the Locust near York. — A specimen of this insect was found alive in 

 this city a few weeks back, and since then eleven others have been (to my knowledge) 

 captured in and near York. I had two specimens brought to me alive during the past 

 week, one of which was taken on the 14th inst., by some boys in the Cattle Market, 

 close by the city walls, after rather an amusing chase among the sheep-pens ; this I 

 have killed and set: the other is still alive, and eats, but very seldom, of some grass, put 

 under the glass along with it ; this was captured near the village of Shipton, upon the 

 Great North Road, about five miles from York. — Robert Cook ; 30, Colliergate, York, 

 September 2\st, 1846. 



Occurrence of the Locust in Cornwall. — On the 15th instant, a man brought me a 

 living specimen of Locusta migratoria, which he caught on the cliffs here ; and I have 

 since received another, taken at Penzance. — William Noye ; St. Just, Penwith, Sep- 

 tember 22nd, 1846. 



Occurrence of the Locust near Richmond, Surrey. — Last week I received a speci- 

 men of the locust, captured the preceding week near Richmond, Surrey. — J. F. 

 Stephens ; Eltham Cottage, September 28th, 1846. 



Occurrence of the Locust near Leicester.. — A pair of locusts were captured in a 

 barley-field, near the Old Abbey, by Mr. Robert Warner, in the first week in Septem- 

 ber : the male measures 4f inches from the tip of one wing to the other, and 2| inches 

 in the body, which is of a brownish green ; the upper pair of wings are spotted over 

 with similar coloured markings, and the under pair are delicate green. I have received 

 from several correspondents, accounts of the capture of locusts, one by a lady at Skef- 

 fington, and others from various villages in Leicestershire, proving, that its range is 

 more extensive than usual, and that the summer heat has developed the species in 

 great abundance. — John Plant ; Leicester, September 28th, 1 846. 



Occurrence of the Locust at Camberwell. — On the 16th of August I had a very fine 

 specimen brought me by a gardener, who caught it on cabbages in Cold Harbour Lane, 

 Camberwell; and on the 29th of September I received a second specimen from 

 the same locality. — /. Jenner Weir ; 17, Grosvenor Park North, Camberwell, Septem- 

 ber 30th, 1846. 



Occurrence of the Locust near Worcester. — A specimen of this destroying insect was 

 taken on a marygold in a small garden at the back of one of the houses in Broad- 

 street, in the city of Worcester, on the 13th of September; it was presented to the 

 Museum alive, and is now in the course of drying, to be added to this already very in- 

 teresting collection. Another specimen was taken the same day in front of St. Cle- 



