19 main season for mature specimens is from mid- July to the end of October, in normal conditions, and all records should be sent to me at:- 27 Wesley Avenue, Colchester, Essex, C04 3AT. Addresses of the Biological Recording Centres are as follows:- Colchester and Essex Museum, Museum Resource Centre, 14 Ryegate Road, Colchester, Essex, COl 1YG. Southend-on-Sea Central Museum, Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 6EX. Passmore Edwards Museum, Romford Road, Stratford, London, E15 4LZ. Finally, I intend to organize a field meeting this summer, at a time and place to be arranged (if you are interested, please contact me, Colchester (0206) 861602), and next winter, perhaps an indoor meeting could be arranged with an exchange of views and ideas. Please try and involve yourself in the Essex Orthoptera recording scheme, so that we can add knowledge on this little known group of insects. ALAN J, WAKE