INSECTS made by Dr. Chaster of Southport of occurrences of the order in that district. There is no doubt that very many more species exist and will be recorded as the attention of local students is directed to this generally neglected order. The nomenclature here followed is that of the Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands, by E. Saunders, the most recent work on the order. Pentatomid^ Corimelaena scarabaeoides, L. This dis- tinctly southern species has been taken near Southport by Dr. Chaster Piezodorus lituratus, F. Manchester Berytid^i: Neides tipularius, L. On the coast sandhills Berytus minor, H.S. „ „ MetacanthuspunctipeSjGer. „ „ Nysius thymi, Wolff. Southport Rhyparochromus chiragra, F. „ Stygnus rusticus, Fall. „ — pedestris, Fall. Generally distributed — arenarius, Hahn. „ „ Ischnorhynchus geminatus, Fieb. General on heather Trapezonotus agrestis, Fall. | q^^^^^„ Drymus sylvaticus, F. distributed Scolopostethus neglectus, il,d.J TlNGIDID^ Serenthia laeta, Fall. Southport district Orthostira parvula, Fall. „ „ Derephysia foliacea. Fall. „ „ Monanthia cardui, L. „ „ Aradid^ Aradus depressus, Fab. Manchester Hydrometrid^ Hydrometra stagnorum, Linn, "l Qgjjg^ally Velia currens, Fab. distributed Gems lacustns, Li. j — thoracica, Schum. Bolton district — costae, H.S. „ „ — odontogaster, Zett. „ „ Reduviid^ Reduvius personatus, L. Warrington Nabis major, Cost. Common — limbatus, Dahlb. „ — ferus, L. Southport — rugosus, L. „ Ploiaria vagabunda, L. Manchester Saldidje Salda pilosa, Fall. Southport — saltatoria, L. „ — littoralis, L. „ — orthochila, Fieb. Greenfield — scotica, Curt. Shores of Windermere Ceratocombus coleoptratus, Zett. South- port [Generally I tributed dis- Manchester district ClMICiDiE [continued) Lyctocoris campestris, F. ' Anthocoris nemoralis, F. — sylvestris, L. Piezostethus galactinus, Fieb. Acompocoris pygmaeus, Fall. Triphleps minutus, L. — majusculus, Reut. Southport Microphysa elegantula, Baer. „ Capsid^ Pithanus maerkeli, H.S. Manchester Miris calcaratus. Fall. Generally common — laevigatus, L. „ „ Megalocerasa erratica, L. „ „ — ruficornis. Fall. „ „ Leptopterna ferrugata, Fall. „ „ — dolobrata, L. Near Manchester Phytocoris tiliae, F. Not uncommon — dimidiatus, Kbm. „ — ulmi, L. „ Calocoris sexguttatus, F. „ — fulvomaculatus, De G. „ — bipunctatus, F. „ Plesiocoris rugicollis, Fall. Southport Lygus pratensis, F. Generally distributed — viridis. Fall. „ „ — pabulinus, L. „ „ — pastinacae. Fall. „ „ Liocoris tripustulatus, F. „ „ Poeciloscytus unifasciatus, F. Southport Rhopalotomus ater, L. Common Orthocephalus saltator, Hahn. Southport Dichyphus epilobii, Reut. — pallidicornis, Fieb. Cyllocoris histrionicus, L. ^torhinus angulatus, Fall.. Globriceps cruciatus, Reut. — dispar, Boh. Mecomma ambulans, Fall. Cyrtorrhinus caricis, Fall. Heterotoma merioptera, Scop. Macrotylus paykullii, Fall. Conostethus salinus. Sahib. — roseus, Fall. Amblytylus brevicollis, Fieb. Phyllus palliceps, Fieb. Psallus ambiguus, Fall. Plagiognathus arbustorum, F. — viridulus, Fall. Manchester district Southport 143
