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stituency, and includes among its votaries men of very 

 different attitudes of mind, and every degree of scientific 

 attainment ; many of whom, like myself, would no doubt be 

 glad to be able, without risk of being misunderstood, to 

 speak on ordinary occasions of our Marsh Tit and our Cole 

 Tit as Parus palustris and Parus ater respectively, reserving 

 the use of the sub-specific additions dresseri and britannicus 

 (some day it may have to be scoticns) for special occasions, 

 when greater precision is necessary or desirable. Species- 

 making, like other good things, may easily be overdone ; and 

 I cannot help feeling that the very laudable practice of 

 occasionally naming plants and animals after outstanding 

 personages is also rapidly assuming undue proportions. 

 Linncea borealzs, for instance, is excellent in every way — a 

 tribute to the memory of a great naturalist, descriptive of 

 the plant, euphonious, simple ; but as much can scarcely be 

 said for the majority of names (already too numerous) 

 of the Scarabceus schneideri type. 



A LIST OF THE HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA 

 AND HOMOPTERA OCCURRING IN PERTH- 

 SHIRE. 



By T. M. M'Gregor 

 (Perthshire Society of Natural Science). 



HETEROPTERA. 



Sehirus bignttatus, Lin. — Pitlochry (Norman) ; Loch Ran- 

 noch (Marshall). 



Pentatoma baccarum, Lin. — Kinnoull Hill in April, on 

 Hespcris and Verbascum (Dr. F. Buchanan White). 



Piezodorus lituratus, Fab., Still. — Perth, on broom and furze, 

 in autumn (Dr. F. Buchanan White). 



Tropicoris rujipes, Lin. — Perthshire (Dr. F. Buchanan White). 



Picromerus bidens, Lin. — Perthshire (Dr. F. Buchanan White). 



Asopus punctatus t Lin. Kinnoull Hill in May, upon blae- 

 berry (Dr. F. Buchanan White); Rannoch (Marshall). 



