18G [Januarj-, 



Captures of HemipteraSeteroptera in Scotland. — During my stay in Scotland, 

 in the summer of 1876, I collected Hemiptera in Morayshire, mostly in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Forres, from 2ith July to 12th August, and having found the following 

 species, which are not noted by Mr. Norman in his Morayshire list, p. 165 cmte, I 

 think that it will be interesting to mention them. Trapesonotus agrestis, Dictyonota 

 strichnocera (Forres), Acalypta nigrina (Sanquhar Wood, in moss), Teratocoris 

 viridis (Dava, very frequently, 2nd August), Phytocoris longipennis (on oak, maple, 

 etc.), P. dimidiatus (on Fagus, Burgie), Globiceps fulvipes (on Salix repens near 

 Culbin Sands), O. dispar (Culbin Sands, Duuphail), Orthocephalus saltator (Bm-gie), 

 Orthotylusconcolor,'K\vschh.,'R9u.t., Conostethus brevis,'Reut. (Kinloss), Temnostethus 

 pusillus (Burgie), Acanthia (= Salda) lateralis (Kinloss), Gerris lactistris and 

 odontogaster (Sanquhar Wood).* 



Perhaps the Hemipterists in Britain will be interested to know the scarcer 

 species, found by me in other localities in Scotland, namely, the neighbourhood of 

 Perth, Aberdeen, and Edinburgh. In the first of these places I have taken the 

 following : Phytocoris longipennis and. pini, Calocoris sex-guttatiis, Dicyphus pallidus 

 (on Symphytum), Orthotylus tenellus (on oak), 0. chloropterus, 0. concolor, and O. 

 adenocarpi, Plesiodema pinetellum, Psallus variabilis and var. Whitei {an maple), 

 P. varians, P. diminutus, and P. lepidus, Agalliastes saltitans and A. Wilkinsoni 

 (both with developed elytra and wings !), Microphysa pselaphiformis, Tetraphleps 

 vittatus, Temnostethus nigricornis, Anthocoris sarothanini, Cryptostemma alienum, 

 Coranus {= Nahis) limhatus, Acanthia scotica, A. c-albuni, Hebrus rujiceps, Corisa 

 socia, vernicosa, and semistriata. 



Near Aberdeen: Berytus pygmaus (Muchalls), P/eswa quadrata (Muchalls), 

 Teratocoris Saundersi (Scotston), Lygus cervinus and pattinacce, Coriscus Jlavomar- 

 ginatus (Muchalls), Gerris Costm (Muchalls). 



At Edinburgh : Phytocoris distinctus, P. longipennis, and P. dimidiatus (all 

 in the Botanical Garden), P. ulmi, L., Fall., Malacocoris chlorizans (on a Si- 

 berian Corylus), Tinicephalus ohsoletus, Microphysa elegantula, and Temnostethus 

 pusillus (the last two in the Botanic Gardens on Fagus). 



From the 6th to 14th July, I w^s in the Shetland Isles, where Hemiptera were 

 very scarce, and I could only observe the following species : — Leptopterna ferrugata, 

 Pithanus Mcerkeli (not uncommon), Chlamydatus ambulans (rather common), Acan- 

 thia littoralis (common), A. fucicola, A. orthochila ( on almost dry stony places), 

 Velia currens : — only seven species of the Gymnocerata. The Cryptocerata were 

 more numerous: Corisa socia, C. cognata (dark), C. Wollastoni, C. vernicosa, C. 

 Fabricii, and var. nigro-lineata, C. Scotti (Brcssay), C. variegata : — in all, eight 

 species. 



In the Orkney Islands I collected, from the loth to 23rd July, and found : 

 Miris holsatus (not uncommon), Megalocercea ruficornis (not uncommon), Terato- 

 coris viridis (Orpliir and ^tennis), Leptopterna ferritgata {also &\ong-vfmgeA. ?), 

 Calocoris 2-punctatus (very common), Pithanus Mcerkeli (common, also long-winged), 

 Chlamydatus ambulans {Ycvy coravaon) , Acanthia littoralis, A. fucicola, Gerris Costce 



* I have also taken a long-winged Ceratocombus viuscorum (!). Li/gus cervinus was not uncom- 

 mon on Tilia, I'rvnuf padus, Corylus, and Abies peel inatoM 



