(JtJ [March, 



very locul ; but in a subsoqiient issue {Id., 1894) the author points out that 

 this is an error for Acetropis gimmerthali and that M. holsatus does not occur 

 in Norfolk. 



It is difficult to conjecture the reason for this peculiarity in distribution. 

 The insect usually occurs in damp, g'rassy places or among-st bracken growing- 

 in siiady woods, and as there are plenty of such localities in the avoided 

 Counties, the absence of the insect can scarcely be due to botanical caixses ; 

 moreover, in N.E. Yorkshire I have found it abundantly in the open and also 

 on roadside banks. Nor does it seem likely to be due to g-eological features, 

 for many different formations, both secondary and tertiary, are represented in 

 the area, which they cross diagonally, and they are continued into coimties 

 where the insect occurs commonly. Nor can the proximity to the North Sea, 

 with the special climatic conditions it produces, be the efficient cause, seeing 

 that the species occurs abundantly in N.E. Yorkshire and throughovit Scotland 

 and even the Orkneys, which are equally exposed to the E. and N.E. blasts that 

 sweep across the waters of that inhospitable sea. — E. A. Butlek, 56, Cecile 

 Park, Crouch End, N : February, 1916. 



Cumberland Hemiptera-Heteroptera. — The year 1915 was a good on(! for 

 Hemiptera in this district ; a mikl winter, followed by a dry and prolonged 

 summer without any great heat, evidently suiting these insects. The larger 

 Pentatomids were rare, my only new capture being Acanthosoma interstinctum 

 Linn, (dentaturn De G.), at Ortonand Burgh. Berytus minor H. S., rare at I'oots 

 of rushes, at Newby Cross. Stygnocoris podestris Fall., common on heathex". 

 Castle Carrock Fell, etc. S. rusticus Fall., by sweeping a h.edge at Burgh. 

 S. J ulujineus GeoSr., rare, in Gelt Woods. Trapezonotus arenarius Linn., also 

 rarely, in Gelt Woods. Drynius brunneus Sahib., common in moss, Orton, etc. 

 D. piceus Plor, rare, ixnder stones among heather on Castle Carrock Fell. 

 Scolopostethus thomsoni Reut., odd specimens at Cummersdale and Orton. 

 Acalypta parvula Fall., Dictyonota strichnocera Fieb., and Derephysia foliacea 

 Fall., were all swept in the lane at Prior Eigg. Gerris lateralis var. costae H. S., 

 was not rare on Orton pond in July. Nabis flavomarginatus Scholtz, not 

 uncommon on Castle Carrock Fell. Salda pilosa Fall., a few on Bui-gh Marsh, 

 near the water. Lyctocoris campestris Fab., Gelt Woods, in June, where I also 

 took Calocoris ochromelas Gmel., by sweeping. Lyguspratensis Linn, was common 

 and variable ; I have taken this species in moss in winter. L. contaminatus 

 Fall, and L. viridis Fall, were both uncommon at Orton. Phytocoris longipeniiis 

 Flor, odd specimens at Orton and Burgh. Poeciloscytus gyllenhalii Fall., not 

 vxncommon on Foxglove at Orton and Port Carlisle. Rhopalotomus ater Linn, 

 and Strongylocoris leucocephalus Linn., were both common in the sweep-net at 

 Port Carlisle. Dicypihus exnlobii E.eut., was swept in Gelt Woods. Heterocordylus 

 tibialis Hahn was abundant on broom at Orton in July. Plagiognathus arbus- 

 torum I'ab., common on nettles, etc, everywhere, Corixa geoffroyi Leach was 

 common at Cummersdale in April, with C. nigrolineata Fieb. Micronecta minu- 

 tissima Linn, was fished from the River Caldew. — Jas. Murray, 2, Balfour 

 E/Oad, Carlisle. — January 21st, 1916. 



