1903- lOI 



SOME HEMIPTKRA FROM KENMARK. 



BY J. E- MASON. 



The following species of Plant-bugs were collected in the 

 neighbourhood of Kenmare during the summer of 1899. A 

 few of the common species are omitted, as they have already 

 been recorded in the Kenmare Conference number of the 

 Irish Naturalist} The seven species marked with an asterisk 

 have not been previously recorded from Ireland. 



Pentatomld8B. — Piezodtrus lituratus, Fab., abundant in October. Picro- 

 merus bidens, Linn., plentiful. Acanthosoma htemorrhoidale, Linn., found 

 on hawthorn in June. A. dentatum, De G. 



LygraelddB. — Gastrodes ferrugmeus, Linn. 



Ccrrldae.— 6'^;^m najas, De G., May, Finnahy River, just out of Ken- 

 mare. G. argentata^ Schuni. 



Capsldse. -* Phytocoris dimidiatus^ Kb. Pygus viridis, Fall. L. lucorttm, 

 Mey. L. pabulinus, Linn., Kenmare and Valentia. ALtorhimis angulatus 

 Fab. Orthotylus tenellus, Fall. *0. 7iassatus^Vah.,^\x\y. *0. prasinus. 

 Fall. *0. Scotti, Reut. ; this and the preceding species occurred on 

 Blm, 23rd June. O. ochrotrichus, D. and S. * Phyhis palliceps, Fieb. 

 on Oak. Psallus ambiguus Fall., on Crab-apple {Pyrus Malus). P. 

 beluleti. Fall. P. variabilis, Fall., on Oak. *P. alnicola, D. and S., 

 23rd June. Asciodema obsoktuvi, D. and S., Kenmare and Valentia. 

 *A. Fieberi, D. and S., 6th July. 



Corlxidae. — Corixa sahlbergi, Fieb., and C. moesta^ Fieb., Cloonee Lakes. 



Lincoln. "^ 



IRISH SOCIETIES, 



ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Recent gifts include a Diana Monkey from Capt. J. Runbury Eames. 

 a Chameleon from Mr. W. A. V. Findlater, a Proteus from Mr. P. J. 

 Donnelly, a Sparrowhawk from Mr. F.^A. S. Boyd, a pair of Meerkats 

 from Col. S. Hickson, three White Java Doves from Miss Stein, and a 

 Magpie from Mr. W. W. Despard. A pair of Red-throated Divers, a 

 Three-toed Sloth, a Racoon and a Porcupine have been purchased. 



The Council have passed a warm resolution of congratulation to their 

 President, Prof D. J. Cunningham, on his appointment to the Chair of 

 Anatomy in the University of Edinburgh. 



^ Irish Naturalist, vol. vii., 1898, pp. 216-217. 



