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thighs, which is notched, but perhaps this is fancy. Mr. Kidd, 

 a son of Dr. Kidd, of Godalming, once sent me two of the grass- 

 hoppers supposed to be British, which he had received from 

 Mr. Barrett, who he made the acquaintance of when on a visit 

 to Haslemere. I then wrote to Mr. Barrett, but his memory 

 was at fault. Since I have heard from Mr. Bankes they may be 

 found in the New Forest. I have seen them and the Mecostethus 

 alliaceus on the banks of the Po ; the latter, when they leap on 

 to a reed, crawl backwards, as if they were going down a ladder. 

 Once I saw a male trying or wishing to perform. It is supposed 

 that the males of the genus Pneumora, with bodies inflated like 

 a soap-bubble, that inhabit the Transvaal, make a terrible 

 racket in the evening. I know little of South Africa, but I 

 remember, when riding up the Lion Mountain at the Cape to 

 see the silver trees, being tempted to dismount by some grass- 

 hoppers with coloured wings that I failed to catch. 



(To be continued.) 



