A HISTORY OF LEICESTERSHIRE HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA Bugs Although the county has never been systematically worked for Hemiptera, yet Mr. John Stanyon has put in a good deal of hard work, and Mr. Marshall did some collecting, and coleop- terists have added some notes. In the appended list 109 species are recorded, many of the notes being interesting for a Midland county. The most important record is Globiceps ater, of which a single specimen was taken by Marshall, and on his authority added to the British List ; since then it has not been taken in England as far as I am aware. Corizus parumpunctatus, a rare species, is recorded from Kirby Muxloe. Myrmus miriformis, a southern insect, has occurred at Swithland Wood ; there is no other Midland record, neither is it noted from the west or north. A rare species, Macrolophus nubi/us, found on Stachys sylvatica, was unrecorded for the Midlands till Marshall took it near Leicester. Orthotylus bi/ineatus, a rather rare insect found on aspens, is recorded from Leicester. 0. ochrotrichus, taken at Bradgate, has not hitherto been taken outside the southern and London districts. Piallus quercus, taken at Leicester by Marshall, is only recorded from four other localities. Atractotomus mall is rather local, and there are only four other records ; Mr. Stanyon took it at Lea Lane. Plaglonathus saltitans is also a rather local species. The following list must not by any means be taken for a complete record, as much work remains to be done in the county (in common with most of England) before we shall have a thorough knowledge of the Hemiptera. In the following list the writer is indebted to Mr. John Stanyon for most of the notes ; others have been furnished by coleopterists who have taken chance specimens. GYMNOCERATA CYDNIDAE Sehirus, Am. S. bicolor, L. One specimen PENTATOMIDAE Pentatoma, Oliv. (Subgenus Carpocoris) baccarum, L. Charntvood Forest. R.mk herbage Tropicoris, Hahn. rufipes, L. Stvitkland Wood Acanthosoma, Curt. - dentatum, De G. Stvitbland Wood (Subgenus Elasmostethus) - A. interstinctum, L. Swithland Wood COREINA CoREIDAE Corizus, Fall - parumpunctatus, Schill. Kirby Muxloe Myrmus, Hahn - miriformis, Fall. Swithland Wood (Marshall) LYGAEINA LYGAEIDAE Nysius, Dall - thymi, Wolff. Cnfston Reservoir (Stanyon) Ischnorhynchus, Fieb. resedae, Panz. Bar Jon Hill geminatus, Fieb. Charntcood Forest LYGAEINA (cominued) LYGAEIDAE (continued) Scolopostethus, Fieb. affinis, Schill. v. c. neglectus, Edw. c. - decoratus, Hahn. Bradgate in turf (Stanyon) Drymus, Fieb. - sylvaticus, F. In moss. - brunneus, Sahib. Groby Parks Gastrodes, Westw. ferrugineus, L. Leicester (Marshall) TlNGIDIDAE Orthostira, Fieb. - parvula, Fall. Netvtown Linford Dictyonota, Curt. strichnocera, Fieb. Croft Hill Derephysia, Spin - foliacea, Fall. Leicester Monanthia, Lep. cardui, L. c. HYDROMETRINA HYDROMKTRIDAE Hydrometra, Latr. stagnorum, L. Plentiful on running water Velia, Latr. currens Gerris, F Najas, De G. thoracica, Schum. lacustris, L.
