164 LDeccmber, 



I have been giving a good deal of attention lately to the small black species of 

 Salictus, belonging to the group that includes minutus, and I find in my collection 

 tvt'o species which I tliink are certainly new to this country. I have two or three of 

 each of them. They both differ from minutus in having the punctuation of the 

 thorax much stronger ; in one, the face is considerably longer than in mimitus, in 

 the other, decidedly shorter. The short-faced one Mr. F. Smith has identified for 

 me with pauxillus, Schenck, a specimen of which he brought for my examination ; 

 the long-faced one has yet to be made out. The specimens that I possess of each 

 are females, and I am very anxious to get as many males as possible of this section 

 to examine, hoping to be able to find mates for my two new females. Should any 

 of the readers of this Magazine have any which they would entrust to my care, they 

 "would greatly oblige by letting me see them. — E. Saunders, Holmesdale, Upper 

 Tooting : Is^ November, 1877. 



Notes on Semiptera taken at Soicthwohl. — During my stay at Southwold, I took 

 two rare species of Jlemiptera, one of which, so far as I know, has not occurred 

 before in this country, viz., Orthotylus prasiniis, Fall., Reut. In the August No. of 

 this Magazine, p. 62, Dr. Reuter points out the differences between Orth. prasinus, 

 viridinervis, and Scotti. Scotti is the one we have all known for so long under the 

 name of viridinervis, D. & S., = prasinus of my synopsis ; viridinervis was added 

 to our list by Dr. Renter, who took it last year in Scotland, and Mr. Norman has 

 taken it there commonly since ; the true prasinus is now brought forward as British 

 for the first time. I only found a single specimen on an ash tree, but its characters 

 are so well defined, that I have no hesitation in referring it to Fallen's species, ac- 

 cording to Dr. Reuter's diagnosis, which so exactly points out the distinguishing 

 characters between this and viridinervis, Kirsch., that I need not repeat all the 

 differences. The shorter basal joint, and the absence of longer hairs on the second 

 joint of the antenna, are among the most prominent of them. 



The other species worthy of note is Brachysteles pilicornis, of which I took two 

 females under an elm hedge by sweeping ; I also saw one or two larvas. Had I 

 known at the time that the species was to be found under elm bark, I have no doubt 

 I should have found many more ; but I had no books with me to refer to, and did 

 not find out about it till too late. So far as I know, only one specimen has been 

 taken in England before by Dr. Power, without note of locality .^Id. 



On the occurrence of Orthotylus prasinus, Fall., in England. — In the August 

 No. of this Magazine (p. 62 ante). Dr. Renter has clearly demonstrated that Ortho- 

 tylus prasinus of Mr. Saunders' " Synopsis " is not identical with the insect described 

 by Fallen under that name. I have two specimens in my collection, taken off a 

 plum tree, in all probability in Yorkshire, that agree in every particular with j»?-a6i- 

 nus. Fall., only excepting the third joint of their antennse, which has a length of 13^ 

 to 7 in the fourth joint, consequently, the fourth joint is slightly in excess of half the 

 length of the third. Dr. Reuter, however, states, that in his typical specimen of 

 prasinus, Fall., the third joint is about twice the length of the fourth, and, from 

 what he subsequently mentions, I understand him to imply that the fourth joint is 

 rather under than over half the length of the third ; notwithstanding this, there is 

 no doubt that my insect is the true prasinus. Fall., and quite distinct from Orthotylus 

 Scotti, Reuter. — A. Bucitan-Hepburn, Junior CrfHton Club : November 3rd, 1877. 



