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of navigation weirs lower down the river the Lamprey used frequently 

 to ascend the Severn even beyond the Welsh border, but it is now of 

 very rare occurrence, though another was taken in exactly the same 

 spot as the above in June, 1899. — H. E. Forrest. 



INSECTA. 



The Mole-Cricket (Gryllotalpa vulgaris) in Dorset. — In response to 

 the request, on p. 437 of the last volume of this magazine, for records 

 of the occurrence of the Mole-Cricket in England, I may mention that 

 specimens have been brought to me very occasionally from various 

 parts of the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, in which it is evidently widely 

 distributed. The last example I received was captured therein on 

 June 1st, 1903, and caused some excitement, for, after gnawing a hole 

 through the stout piece of cotton-rag covering the glass jar in which 

 it arrived (the jar had been laid on its side), it jumped off the top of a 

 cabinet, four feet high, on to the floor, and was rapidly making for a 

 sanctum behind the furniture when its recapture was fortunately 

 accomplished. — Eustace R. Bankes (Norden, Corfe Castle). 



