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1520 ment's Church, on the western side of Worcester. Two or three otlier specimens have been taken in the vicinity. — George Reece; Worcester, October 3rd, 1846.

Occurrence of the Locust near Nottingham. — A lady, whose entomological know- ledge and extensive travels, make it probable she is not mistaken, assures me she has lately seen Locusta migratoria in her own garden at Lenton, near Nottingham. — J. Wolley; Beeston, near Nottingham, October 3rd, 1846.

Occurrence of the Locust near Redcar. — Seven specimens of the locust were taken during the past September near this place. — T.S. Rudd; Redcar, October 5th, 1846.

Occurrence of the Locust near Uppingham. — Towards the end of August, an exam- ple of the locust tribe was taken alive at Preston, a village about two miles from Up- pingham. The following unscientific account, will perhaps, determine the species : — expansion of the upper wings, which were pale brown, rather faintly marked in a some- what tessellated manner with darker brown, 4¾ inches ; length of the body, which with the head and thorax, were dark brown, 2 inches ; lower wings paler than the upper ones, shading into a greenish yellow towards the anal angle, near their tips were two dashes of darker brown. When the insect was alive, the belly and lower part of the body were tinged with rosy. — William Turner; Uppingham, Oct. 6th, 1846.

Occurrence of the Locust near Chelmsford. — A week or two ago I took a locust in the streets of Chelmsford, and a friend of mine has taken another, but I do not know what species to refer them to. — Alfred Greenwood; Chelmsford, October 6th, 1846.

Occurrence of the Locust near London. — Several specimens of this foreign insect have made their appearance in several parts of London, no doubt attracted by the mildness of the season. — H.J. Harding; 1, York Street, Church Street, Shoreditch, October 6th, 1846.

Occurrence of Locusts in the North of England. — We have, in common with other localities, been visited by an extraordinary number of locusts. The following para- graph appeared in the 'Newcastle Journal,' of August 15th, 1846. "A large flight of locusts passed over Sunderland on Monday evening last; they hovered over the neigh- bourhood of Hendon, and numbers alighted on the hedges there ; till on a crowd be- ginning to collect they took flight towards the south. They appeared to conduct their migration in close company. Several of them were caught." I have made many en- quiries with regard to this "flight," but without being able to ascertain more than that a great many locusts have been taken in the locality indicated (Sunderland), where many people have them now alive as curiosities. This also is part of an extract from the above paper of the same date. "A specimen of that destructive insect, the locust {Gryllus migratorius), was caught this week in the streets of this town, and another was taken at Marsden, both of which are in the Museum of the Natural History Society." This it quite correct, and since then I have seen and heard of several others having been taken in the town and neighbourhood. On their last field-day (September 11th), some members of the "Tyne-side Naturalist's Club" chased a specimen without suc- cess, on the sea-coast near Marsden ; and on Friday last (October 2nd), I had a living specimen brought me, which had been taken at Linten, a village three or four miles east of Morpeth. — Thomas John Bold; 42, Bigg Market, Newcastle-on-Tyne, October 6th, 1846.

Occurrence of the Locust near Yarmouth. — A considerable number of the migratory