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HEMIPTERA IN CARMARTHENSHIRE. 



BY E. A. BUTLER, B.A., B.Sc, P.E.S. 

 (Concluded from page 111). 



Saldid^. 



Salda scotica. Curt* : on the Towy, at Twm Shon Catti's Cave, near 

 Llandovery. Salda orthochila, Fieb. : Sandhills, Kidwelly. S. saltatoria, L. : 

 common. S. c-alhiim, Fieb.* : on rocks in R. Gwili, March and August, and in 

 R. Cothi, August ; S. pallipes, F. : common. 



ClMICID^. 



Cryptostemnia alienum, H.S.* : on shingle on banks of R. Gwili in March. 

 The testaceous larva was also present. Lyctocoris campestris, F. : common. 

 Piezostethus flavipes, Rent. : in a corn store at Carmarthen I found a specimen of 

 this insect, which has not yet been found in Britain outside of buildings in 

 human occupation (see Ent. Mo. Mag., XLIII, p. 14). Anthocoris confusus, 

 Reut., A. nemoralis, F., A. nemorum, L. : common. Microphysa elegantula, Baer. : 

 a few ? ? found on dead trees at Carmarthen had the fore parts much darker 

 than usual, and the pubescence much longer, bvit otherwise they agreed with 

 the type. Myrmedohia tenella, Zett. : the ? ^ common in moss on Merlin's Hill. 



Capsid^. 

 Pithanus maerkeli, H.S., Miris calcaratus, Fall., M. Ixvigatus, L., M. holsatus, 

 F., Megalocerosa erratica, L., M. ruficornis, Fourc. : all common. M.psanimxcolor, 

 Reut. : on Psamma, sandhills, Kidwelly. Leptopterna ferrugata, Fall., and L 

 dolahrata,L. : Carmarthen. Monalocorisfilicis,!!.: on ieviis. Bryocorispteridis, 

 Fall. : very abundant on Lastrma and Athyrium, with a fair proportion of 

 macropterous examples. Phytocoris longipennis, Flor, P. ulmi, L., and P. va7-i2)es, 

 Boh. : common. Calocoris sexguttatus, F.* : sweeping amongst long grass in 

 damp places, Carmarthen. C. iipunctatus, F.f : common. C. liiieolatus, Goeze : 

 on Ononis at Pendine. Stenotus binotatus, F* : common. Plesiocoris rugicollis, 

 Fall. : abundant on dwarf sallows at Kidwelly and Pendine. Lygus pahulinus, 

 L. : common. L. viridis. Fall. : on alder, most of the specimens with very little 

 dark coloration of the clavus. L. JucoruiH, Mey.,* L. spinolse, Mey., L. pratensis, 

 L., L. cervinus, H.S., L. pastinacm, Fall., L. kalmii, L. : all more or less common. 

 Camptozygum pinastri, Fall.* : on fii-s, Carmarthen. Pceciloscytus palustris, 

 Reut. : this insect occm-s chiefly at roots of rushes and grasses in damp places 

 on the Pendine sandhills. I have also found it in a damp spot amongst rushes 

 jiist outside Carmarthen. On the continent it is said to occur on Galium 

 paliLstre (see Ent. Mo. Mag., XL VI, p. 141). Liocoris tripustiUatus, F. : common. 

 Capsus ruber, L., and Bhopalotomus ater, L. : Carmarthen. Allodapus rufescens, 

 Btu'm. : one specimen on heathy ground near Sarnau. Systellonotiis triguttatus, 

 L, : one specimen on Kidwelly sandhills. Pilophorus clavatus, L. : abundant on 

 dwai-f sallows at Kidwelly. Orthocephalus saltator, Hahn* : Carmarthen. Also 

 sandhills at Ferryside, where the specimens are more thickly covered with white 

 scales than usual. Macrolophus nuhilus, H.S.* : on Bubus at Conwil. DicypMis 

 epilobii, Reut., and D. errans, Wolff : Carmarthen, D. stachydis, Reut.* : one 



