1898.] Hai^bkrt. — Kenmare Conference. — Hemiptera. 2i7 



Q.Qik^u:)2^.—Syromastes marginatus, this fine plant bug is characteristic 

 of the south-west ; it has not as yet been found in any other part of 

 Ireland ; occurs on heaths. Coretts denticulatus, a single immature example 

 swept up from an open heathy spot, in a wood, at the foot of Mucksna. 



Lyg^ID^ Cymus grandicolor, abundant in damp places. Stygmcs pedestris. 



S. arenariiis. Drytnus sylvaticus. D. bninncus^ a few specimens in the woods, 

 Scoloposicthiis neglect us. S. dec or at us. 



TlNGIDID.^. — Monatithia cardui. 



HydromeTRID^. — Hydrotnctra stagnonun. Velia curnns. Gerris najas, this 

 fine species was abundant on the Cloonee Lakes where Mr. Welch took 

 a series in I\Iay, it also occurred on pools in the Sheen River. G. thoracica, 

 not common. G. lactistris. 



REDUVID^. — Nabis latiuenlris. N. Jlavomarginatus, N. liinbatus. N. nigostis. 



Sai^did^. — Salda saltatoria. S. scotica, abundant on rocks in the bed of 

 the Sheen liver. S. Mueller i, two specimens taken by Mr. Cuthbert on 

 Cromaglaun Mountain. 



CiMiCiD^. — Teiiinostethus pusillus. Anthocoris neinoralis, A. sylvestris. 

 Microphysa elegantula, abundant on some old lichen-covered Blackthorns 

 near Kenmare ; it has occurred in a similar habitat at Clonbrock, Co. 

 Galway. 



CapSID^. — Pithanus Maerkeli, common. Mir is calcaralus. M. laevigatus. 

 Megalocercca ruficornis. Tetratocoris Saundersi, obtained commonly by 

 sw^eeping rushes in a salt-marsh on the south side of Kenmare Bay ; the 

 species is widely distributed though local, I have met with it in Galway, 

 Louth, and Dublin. Leptoptema ferrugata. Monalocoris filicis, Phytocoris 

 varipes, Calocoris striatelhis,voiri\dX\xrQ.o^Odi}&s,. Csexguttatus. C. bipunctatus. 

 C. roseoniaculatus. Oncognathus binotatus, frequent in meadows. Plesiocoris 

 rugicollis, off willows. Lygus pratensis. L. containinaius. L. pabulinus. 

 L. pastinacce. L. cervinus. Liocoris tripustulatus. Rhopalotonnis ater. Labops 

 saltator. Caiiipyloneiira virgula. Cyllocoris histrionicus. Mecomma ainbulans. 

 Orthotylus niarginatus. O. chloropterus , one specimen off Broom, new to the 

 Irish list. Heterotoiita ?>ieriopiera, immature ; the structure, however, of 

 the second antennal joint is characteristic. Phylus inelanocephahcs, Psallus 

 ambiguus. P. lepidus. P. varians. Plagiognathus viridulus. P. arbustorum. 



Nepid^. — Nepa cinerea, frequent in the lakes. 



CORIXID^.— Corixa striata. C. Limmi^ 



About twenty species of Homoptera were collected, but most of these 

 yet await examination. Oliarus hporimcs, Linn., however, is worth recording 

 here. This local species occurred commonly amongst a growth of coarse 

 grass and Sweet-Gale about the Upper Lake. It is local in the south and 

 west of England, and I have no record of its previous capture in Ireland. 



Science and Art Museum, Dublin. 



