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observed tucking in their wings with the aid of the long flexible abdomen, but I do not 

 remember ever seeing the larger species doing so. 



The female earwig is remarkable for the care with which she watches over her eggs 

 and young, sitting upon them like a brooding hen, a fact vouched for by Kirby and other- 

 eminent entomologists. 



During the day, earwigs generally hide in holes and crevices, often concealing them- 

 selves among the petals of flowers, the long spur of the nasturtium being a favourite 

 place of refuge. A few of the smallar species are active during the day, flying about in 

 the sunshine. Earwigs feed on vegetable matter, and in Europe, where they are numer- 

 ous, often do much damage by eating the blossoms of carnations, dahlias, etc. In this, 

 country they appear to be rare insects, only one species being recorded from Canada, the 

 Labia minor of Linnseus, common to both Europe and America. 



So far as known to me, none of the Orthoptera occurring in Canada are double- 

 brooded, with perhaps the exception of Gryllus, and of course, those species which infest 

 houses. Of Gryllus, some individuals at least, go through their transformations in spring, 

 appearing as larva? in April, and being in full song by the end of May. The species of 

 Tragocephala, which go through their transformations at the same time, are all dead by 

 the end of July, and during this month the crickets if not dead are nearly, if not altogether 

 silent, but in August appear again, and in much greater numbers, while Tragocephala 

 is not seen until the return of spring. 



With regard to the species found in houses, winter is unknown to them, the result 

 being a constant succession of broods, which accounts for the short time required for 

 stocking a kitchen with cockroaches. 



PRELIMINARY LIST OF CANADIAN ORTHOPTERA 



Gryllid^e. 



Gryllotalpa borealis, Burm. — Very rare. A pair taken in Essex County, Ont. — ■ 

 Brodie. 



Gryllus luctuosus, Serv. — Rare. Two females in August ; Montreal. — Caulfield. 



Gryllus neglectus, Scudder. — Province of Quebec, very common — Provancher ; Mon- 

 treal, abundant — Caulfield ; Toronto, very abundant — Brodie. 



Gryllus domesticus, Oliv. — Quebec, common — Provancher ; Montreal, common — 

 Caulfield ; Ottawa, rare — Fletcher ; Toronto, rare — Brodie. 



Nemobius vittatus, Harris. — Quebec, common — Provancher ; Montreal, common — • 

 Caulfield ; Ottawa — Fletcher ; Toronto, common — Brodie. 



Nemobius fasciatus, De Geer. — Quebec, Provancher; Montreal, not common — Caul- 

 field ; Ottawa — Fletcher ; Toronto — Brodie. 



Nemobius (Anexipha) septentrionalis, Scudder. — Quebec, one specimen— Provancher; 

 Rat Portage — Brodie. 



(Ecanthus niveus, Serv. — West Farnham, P.Q. — Provancher; St. Hyacinthe, P.Q. — 

 Provancher; Montreal, abundant — Caulfield; Ottawa — Harrington; Toronto — Brodie; 

 London — Saunders. Ent. Reports. 



LoCUSTIDjE. 



Ceuthophilus maculatus, Harris. — Anticosti — Yerrill ; Quebec, common — Provancher; 

 Montreal, common — Caulfield ; Ottawa, common — Fletcher ; Ontario, generally to north 

 of Lake Superior — Brodie. 



Udeopsylla nigra, Scudder. — Common in Manitoba — Scudder and Brodie. 



Phaneroptera curvioauda, De Geer. — Province of Quebec, common in August and 

 September — Provancher; Montreal, common — Caulfield; Ottawa, common — Fletcher; 

 Toronto, common in Ontario generally, to north of Lake Superior — Brodie ; Red River 



