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 A HISTORY OF SUSSEX Fhyllodromiidce. Phyllodromia germanica, L., Hastings (B), Bognor (G), and Eastbourne. Common in storehouses and restaurants in most English towns. Periplanetida. Blatta orientalis, L. The only too familiar black- beetle (which is neither black, nor a beetle) is too abundant in many places. Panchloridce. Leucophcea surinat?iensis, L. This cockroach is dis- tributed throughout the tropical regions, and can only live in warm climates. Two, probably imported in bananas from Madeira, were once taken at Bognor (G). It is hardly likely to establish itself in this country, as the two previously mentioned species have done. ACRIDIODEA Short-horned Grasshoppers and Locusts T'ruxalidce. Stenobothrus lineatus, Panz. This is not a common species ; in Sussex it has been taken at Selsea, Goodwood and Cocking (G). S. viridulus, L. This is common, especially on downs and grassy uplands. It has been taken at Ewhurst (B), and Goodwood and Cocking (G), and Forest Row and East Grinstead. S. rujipes, Zett. This is less common than the above ; it has been taken at Guestling (B). S. bicolor, Charp., and S. paralielus, Zett. These are our two commonest and most widely distributed grasshoppers. In the later summer months they are to be found on almost any patch of grass or turf throughout the county. S. elegans, Charp. This is a somewhat local species. In Sussex it has been taken at Ewhurst (B) and Pagham Marsh (G). Gomphocerus rufus, L. Goodwood and Eartham (G) ; a locally distributed species. G. maculatus, Thunb. This is one of our smallest and prettiest grasshoppers ; it has been taken at Dallington (B), Eartham, Cocking and Pagham (G), Forest Row and in Ashdown Forest. CEdipodida. Pachytylus danicus, L., and P. migratorius, L. These two migratory locusts are generally confused. The former is the com- moner and more widely distributed throughout the Old World, whereas the latter is confined to eastern Europe and the neighbouring parts of Asia. One specimen of each species has been taken at Fairlight, one of the former at Ore, Aug. 1901 (B), and one supposed to be P. tnlgratorius has been recorded in the West Sussex Gazette by Mr. E. V. Bond, from Lower Beeding. Mr. Denison Roebuck mentions two P. migratorius at Battle and three at Newhaven. In the Hope Museum, Oxford, there is one from Littlehampton, dated ' 1846,' with Westwood's initials. Tettigid^e. I'ettix bipunctatus, L. This little grasshopper is common enough everywhere, especially in dry sandy places ; it has been taken at Guestling (B), Dale Park (G), and Forest Row and Ashdown Forest. T. subulatus^ L. I can find no actual record of this species, though I have taken it on the Surrey side of the border near East Grinstead, but it is a fairly common insect, and certain to occur in Sussex. 112