S6 I Septciiilicr. 



c? black-brown, clothed with very short grey hairs. Antenna; dark luteous ; 

 2nd joint incrassated and compressed ; hemelytra much longer than the abdomen, 

 fuscous, cuneus, and the cubital nerve of the corium brownish-ochreous, the base of 

 the cuneus pale ; cell-nerves brownish-testaceous, a little spot below the apex of the 

 cuneus transparent ; legs dark luteo-testaceous ; tarsi brownish. 



$ brownish-testaceous, clothed with grey hairs. Antenn«e thin, slightly luteous ; 

 hemelytra testaceous, apex of embolium and the cuneus sub-ochreous, cuneus pale at 

 the base ; cell-nerves of the membrane slightly testaceous, cells and a little spot 

 below the apex of the cuneus pale ; legs testaceous, tarsi brownish. 



Length, 2i — 3 5 mm. 



On Pinus sylvestris, near Perth (Hill of Moncrieff) ; ten speci- 

 mens taken by myself, the 30th June. 



PsALLUS DiMENUTUS, Kirschb. 



Capsus diminutus, Kirschb., Eh. Wiesb. Psallus diminufus, Fieb., . 

 Eur. Hem. ; Reut., Hem. Gymn. Sc. et Fenn., 1. 



Yellowish, covered with deciduous golden hairs intermixed with black ; 

 antennse and legs pale testaceous ; the 2nd joint of the antennae almost longer than 

 the last two, the 4th joint about one-third shorter than the 3rd ; thighs spotted with 

 black ; tibise with black spots and rather strong black spines ; hemelytra pos- 

 teriorly bright orange-red, cuneus red, base and apex white ; membrane dusky, nerves 

 pale yellowish, the outer cell-nerve whitish ; inner cell at the base, and a spot below 

 the apex of the cuneus, clear ; head between the eyes, ^-j ( cJ ) or twice (?) as wide 

 as the width of the eye ; genital segment of the ^ not carinated. Allied to P. 

 varians, H.-Sch., but smaller, differing in the structure of the head and of the an- 

 tennae, also by the uncarinated genital segment of the S ■ Length, 3^ — 4^ mm. 



This species is not uncommon on oaks near Cluny Hill, Forres, 

 where many specimens were taken by Mr. Geo. Norman and myself. 



Temnostethus NiORicoR^ris, Zett. 



Anthocoris nifji7'icornis, Zett., Ins. Lap. Temnostetlnis pi^iicola, 

 Frey, Mitth. schweiz. ent. Ges. Temnostethus nicjricornis, E-eut., 

 Ofv. Yet. Ak. Forh., 1871. 



Black, shining ; antenna entirely black, 2nd joint a little longer than the 3rd 

 and 4th together ; i*ostrum reaching nearly to the middle of the mesosternum, dark 

 piccous ; pronotum with the side margins distinctly sinuate, the transverse channel 

 of the disc deep, the base largely cmarginate ; hemelytra developed, brown, cuneus 

 blackish-brown, membrane blackish, the basal half whitish ; thighs piceous ; tibiae 

 and tarsi dark ferruginous. Length, 3^ mm. 



One specimen, taken by myself, on Pinus sylvestris, near Perth 

 (Hill of Moncrieff), the 30th June. 



Lerwick, Shetland, July Wth ; and Forres, August Uh, 1870. 



