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Pse^idophloeus falleni, Schill.*t : coiiimon on the sandhills at Kidwelly 

 and Pendine, chiefly iinder Erodium. The eg-gs of this species evidently hatch 

 at intervals during the summer, for in August I have fovmd recently disclosed 

 imagines, together with larva; in all stages of development. They are difficult 

 to see amongst the sand, on which they often lie inactive, and the younger 

 examples are very prettily and daintily coloured, often with various shades of 

 pink upon an ochreoiis ground. Stenocephalus agilis, Scop.*t : I found a large 

 number of larvae under a tall species of Euphorbia (apparently E. paraiias) that 

 grows abundantly where the sandhills shade off into shingle at St. Ishmael's, 

 near Perryside. They ran about amongst the boulders, and were not on the 

 plant ; it is evidently the habit of the youngest to keep very close to the plant, 

 but as they grow older they wander further afield. There was one adult with 

 them, but whether this was her brood, and whether she was in any sense 

 " looking after them," I could not determine. Therapha hyoscyami, L.f : 

 abundant at Pendine, under Erodium, and on the flowers of Senecio at the 

 beginning of September, 1907. I also found a few specimens on Ononis at 

 Llanstephan and Ferryside, together with a nymph at the latter place. This 

 may easily be recognised by its brownish coloiu" and its hairy surface. The 

 only i-epresentative of the brilliant red which makes the adult such a hand- 

 some insect, is a number of small scattered pinkish spots which are hardly 

 noticeable except under a lens. Corizus parumpunctatus, Schill. : I have not 

 found the typical form in the county, biit on the sandhills at both Kidwelly 

 and Pendine, a ciu'ious variety is abixndant. It is less brightly colotired than 

 the type and has a greyish tinge ; the connexivum is generally more or less 

 spotted, and there are certain small structural diffeiences. It is found chiefly 

 under Erodium and readily takes wing. Chorosoma schillingi, Schml.f : on 

 Psamma arenaria, at Ferryside. 



Berytid.*;. 



Neides tipularius, L.f : this insect, usually of merely casual occurrence, I 

 found commonly at Pendine amongst Ononis. The larvae, which are green, 

 were present as well as the imagines in August. The imago is very particular 

 about the condition of the thickened terminal joint of the antennae, frequently 

 cleansing it by passing it between the front tarsi. This may perhaps be 

 necessitated by the viscidity of the Ononis amongst which it lives. Berytus 

 signoreti, Fieb.: Carmarthen. Metacanthus elegmiSfCwrt.*^ -. abtandant amongst 

 Ononis at Kidwelly, Ferryside, and Pendine. 



Nysius thymi, Wolff : Sandhills at Ferryside ; also Careg Cenen Castle. 

 Cymus claviculus, Fall.* : Conwill. Heterogaster urticse, F.* : on the sandhills, 

 Kidwelly. I foimd one in a tuft of Iris in March, 1910. Bhyparochromus 

 praetextatus, H.S. : Sandhills. R. chiragra,F. : in moss on the sandhills, Ferryside, 

 in March. Stygnocoris rusticus. Fall. : Llanstephan. 8. pedestris, Fall. : generally 

 distributed. S. fuligineus : Sandhills, Ferryside, March and August. Trapezo- 

 notus arenarius, L. .- on heathy ground near Sanian. Drymus sylvaticus, F. : 

 generally distributed. D. brunneus. Sahib. : Ferryside, in March. Notochilus 

 contractus, U.S.: Ferryside. Scolopostethiisaffinis, Schill: Kidwelly. S.thomsoni, 

 Reut. : generally distributed. S. decoratus, Hahn. : under Calluna, Conwill. 



