THE INSECTS OF JERSEY. 485 



The Hymenoptera AcvJeata (Ants, Bees and Wasps) 

 have been well worked by Mr. Edward Saiuiders, F.R.S., 

 the greatest British authority on tlie order, who, as the result 

 of two visits to the island from oth to 24th of July, 1902, 

 and the first fortnight in .June, 1903, has recorded 164 species, 

 18 of which are non-Britisli. One of these, Ainmoplnhi J.ujffii, 

 is new to science. 



In the list of IHptera are several non-British species, the 

 most striking of wdiicdi is Anthrax vehitiiKi^ a species wdth jet 

 black wings. It has the habit of resting on the sand at St. 

 Ouen's Bay, and is very consincuous, but very difficult to 

 capture on account of its rapid movements. 



The late Mr. R. McLachlan, F.R.S., &c., visited the 

 island in September, 1891, and recorded the result of his 

 observations on the Neiiroptera in the E)itoniolo(jisfs Monthhj 

 Macfuzinc. He says : " The most productive streams are the 

 short ones which have their origin in the north side of the 

 island and are very rapid. The longer streams flowing 

 through more level country furnish very little. They are 

 prone to lose themselves in moist ground before entering the 

 sea, due largely to the requirements of artificial irrigation. 

 The stream in St. Peter's Valley is one of the longest in the 

 island, and looked promising, but it yielded nothing vi'hatever. 

 At first I thought that this was due to several suspicious look- 

 ing mills along its course ; but these on closer acquaintance 

 seemed to be of a harmless nature (so far as poisoning the 

 water is concerned), and I was forced to the conclusion that 

 the absence of life, ])oth animal and vegetable, in this stream, 

 is caused l)y irrigation, whi(;h for a part of the year diverts 

 the water and leaves the natural course dry. The most 

 interesting species is PJiilopotarniis montaniis^ variety cesareus, 

 which is very abundant at Greve de Lecq, where it was 

 originally found by Mr. LufF. There seems little reason to 

 doubt that this beautiful foi'm and the Ph. iiisularis of Guern- 

 sey are only insular conditions of Ph. 7iiontaiiv.s^ of which the 

 typical form is unknown in the islands." 



In his i)aper on " The Orthoptcra of the Channel 

 Islands," Mr. Malcolm Burr, F.Z.S., F.E.S., records two 

 species of non-British Grasshoppers from Jersey which have 

 not been recorded for Guernsey, viz., Stenohothrus vagans and 

 aV. h(Bmorrho'ulalis. Gryllns cdmpestris^ the Field Cricket, is 

 not uncommon, although not found in Guernsey. G^dijwda 

 cfBriih'sccns^ the Blue Under-winged Grasshopper, is abundant 

 near St. Ouen's Bay. Mr. Burr says " The three specimens re- 

 corded from England were very possibly imported from Jersey." 



