Sub-order Homoptera. 

 By J. M. B. TAYLOR, Curator, Free Museum, Paisley. 



ARRANGEMENT FOLLOWED : Catalogue of British Hemiptera : T. M 

 M'Gregor, Perth, 1890 ; (The Homoptera by James Edwards, F.E.S.). 



The records are all recent and cover only a small part of the Clyde basin. 



AUTHORITIES AND CONTRACTIONS : (Cic. Ed.) The Hemiptera-Homoptera of 

 the British Isles, by James Edwards, F.E.S., 1896: (J. E. M.) John E. 

 Murphy ; (M. Y.) The late Morris Young ; Win. Evans, F.R.S.E., and Jno. 

 K. Malloch have also assisted. 



Issus coleptratus, Geoff. Gouk Quarry, Kilmalcolm, Aug.-Sept. 



Cixius cunicularis, Lin. Not c. Paisley (J. E. M.) : Tbornley on broom, 



whin and young birch. 



C. nervosus, Lin. Paisley (J. E. M.) : Thornley wd., Aug. and Sept. 

 Liburnea notula, Germ. Renfrewshire (M. Y.) : marshy places Langbank ; 



Ashton. 



L. lineola, Germ. On Holcus mollis Stanley Wd. ; Old Patrick burn. 

 L. vittipennis, J. Sahl. Neilston Pad, Gleniffer, on short grass and thyme. 



Flies in rain. 



L. pallidula, Boh. On Holcus mollis, etc., Thornley ; Staneley. 

 L. smaragdula, S'tal. On Phalaris arundinacea. Local, Staneley ; White 



Cart. 



L. elegantula, Boh. (aemulatrix, Scott). By sweeping grass Blackstone Wd. 

 L. pellucida, -Fab. Among Holcus mollis Blackstone Wd. 

 L. limbata, Fab. Not c., among rushes glen dam. 

 Dicranotropis hamata, Boh. Paisley (Cic. Ed.) : brachypterous form c., 



macropterous not c., latter at foot of Gleniffer. 

 Stiroma pteridis, Boh. On Pteris, Alt-Patrick ; Auchenbathie. 

 Triecphora vulnerata, lllig. Paisley (Cic. ed.). Not c. Dusky Gl. 

 Aphrophora alni, Fall. Renfrewshire (M. Y.) : Garelochhead (J. E. M.) : 



Staneley Wd. 

 Philaenus spumarius, Lin. Abund. many parts Renfrew. ; appears July ; 



Ardrossan ; Carluke (J. E. M.). 



P. exclamationis, Thumb. Langbank ; Clydeside (M. Y.) : scarce. 

 P. lineatus, Lin. Paisley (Cic. Ed.) : Wilderness (J. E. M.). 

 Ledra aurita, Lin. Paisley (M. Y.) : not c., on oak Staneley. 

 Ulopa reticulata, Fab. Paisley (Cic. Ed.). 

 Megophthalmus scanicus, Fall. Paisley (Cic. Ed.). 

 Macropsis microcephala, H.S. Ashton, Renfrew. (M. Y.). 

 M. lanio, Lin. Paisley (Cic. Ed.) ; Luss (J. E. M.) : c. birch June. 

 Bythoscopus alni, Schr. Ashton, Renfrew. (M. Y.). 

 B. rufusculus, Fieb. Ashton (M. Y.) : Carluke (J. E. M.). 

 B. flavicollis, Lin. Paisley (Cic. Ed.) : Luss(J. E. M.) : on birch, Staneley. 

 Pediopsis cereus, Germ. Luss (J. E. M.). 



Idiocerus varius, Fab. Cathcart 10/6/00 (J. E. M.) ; appears early. 

 I. laminatus, FLor. Renfrew. (Cic. Ed.) ; Staneley on Populus tremula. 



