INSECTS ORTHOPTERA The only attempt at a systematic study of the Orthoptera of any part of the county appears to be the scanty account contributed by the late Mr. Edwin Brown to the Natural History of Tutbury. This was written in 1863, and forms a portion of his list of the fauna of the neighbourhood of Burton-on-Trent (pp. 1635). He only mentions fourteen species, many of which are well known. S. Glover (Hist, of the County of Derby ^ i. 173) mentions the mole cricket ; but no reliance can be placed on the statement, which has not been confirmed by any subsequent writer. Periplaneta australasice is now a resident in one locality in south Derbyshire. Abbreviations used : E.B. = Edwin Brown H.H.C. = Hugo Harpur Crewe G.P. = G. Pullen ORTHOPTERA FORFICULARIA Anisolabis maritima, Bonelli. Has occurred in Burton (E.B.) Labia minor, L. ' Frequently taken . . . in my garden and elsewhere ' (E.B.) ; not uncommon (G.P.) Forficula auricularia, L. Common every- where BLATTODEA Blat(a orientalis, L. Common in towns and many villages Periplaneta americana, L. Already estab- lished for some years in Burton in 1863 (E.B.) ; occasionally in Derby (G.P.) australasiae, Fb. First noticed at Calke Abbey in 1897 ; accidentally im- ported with plants from Queensland and now established (H.H.C.) [At least one large exotic species of cock- roach occurs occasionally in the greengrocers' shops at Derby, but is not known to be resident (G.P.) ACRIDIODEA Stenobothrus viridulus, L. Common in the lowlands on sunny banks bicolor, Charp. South Derbyshire parallelus, Zett. Also occurs ACRIDIODEA (continued) Gomphocerus maculatus, Thnb. (bigutta- tus, Charp.). Said to have been taken near Burton (E.B.) Pachytylus migratorius, L. Occurs occa- sionally ; Elton Moor, Youlgreave (Zoo/. 1848, p. 2001), etc. cinerascens, Fb. One near Derby in 1842 (Zoo/. 1843, p. 123); one near Burton (E.B.) Schistocerca peregrina, Oliv. Visited the south-eastern counties in some num- bers in 1869, spreading into Derby- shire, Staffordshire, Notts, etc. No later records Tettix bipunctatus, L. Common in Bretby Park (E.B.) LOCUSTODEA Locusta viridissima, L. One brought to the Derby Museum for determina- tion five or six years ago, caught not far from Derby (G.P.) Thamnotrizon cinereus, L. Repton Shrubs, but rare (E.B.) Platycleis brachyptera, L. Repton Shrubs (?) (E.B.) GRYLLODEA Nemobius sylvestris, Fb. Willington once (G.P.) ? introduced Gryllus domesticus, L. In houses 54
