1891.) 131 



Scolopostethus decoratus , Ilalin. 



Pyrrhocoris apterus, Lin. — Two specimens. 



Monanthia cardui, Lin. — Common. 



Hydrometra stagnorum, Lin. — Occasionally abundant. 



Yelia currens, Fab. — Common. 



Aepophilus Bonnairei, Sign. — Several specimens of this curious species were 

 taken by Mr. Marquand at low water mark on our south coast, and I captured a 

 single specimen in the same locality on September 28th, 1890. 



Gerris thoracica, Schum. — Common. 



Nahis lativentris, Boh. — Not rare. N. rugosus, Linn. — One. 



Cimex lecttilarius, Lin. — Common in some houses in town, scarcely to be found 

 in the country parishes. 



Lyctocoris campestris, Fall. — One. 



Temnostethus pusillus, H.-S. — One. 



Anthocoris nemorum, Lin. 



Miris IcBvigatus, Lin. — Very abundant. 



Megalocerma rujicornis, Fourc. — One. 



Phytocoris tilicB, Fab. — Several specimens. P. varipes, Boh. — Not common. 



Calocoris hipunctatus, Fab. 



Oncognathus binotatus, Fab. — Very common. 



Lygus pratensis, Fab. — Extremely abundant. L. paiulinus, Lin. — Several. 



Heteroptera merioptera, Scop. — Several specimens. 



Nepa cinerea, Lin. — Not common. 



Sanatra linearis, Lin. — Rare. 



Notonecta glauca, Lin. — Very abundant in most ponds. N. glauca, var. macu- 

 lata. — Not so common as the type. 



Corixa Oeoffroyi, Leach. — Very abundant. C. atomaria. — Very common. C. 

 moBsta. — I have taken one specimen. 



Guernsey : April 6th, 1891. 



Pimpla graminellce. — I have again been favoured with cocoons of Pi^npla gra- 

 minellcB from Mr. Gardner, Hartlepool, who found them spun up in the webs of 

 Orgyia antiqua ; from one of these batches I bred one male and four females. The 

 principal reason of this record is that the species of the genus Pimpla have been 

 looked upon as solitary parasites ; these cocoons are very similar to those from which 

 I bred Pimpla ritfipleura, and which I compared when describing them to a cluster 

 of Macroceatus cocoons. — G. C. Bignell, Stonehouse, Plymouth : April 8th, 1891. 



The habits of Humble Bees in New Zealand. — In No. 1 of the resuscitated 

 " New Zealand Journal of Science " (January, 1891) — which we wish all success — 

 is a long and interesting article on the introduced Bomhi in New Zealand, by Mr. 

 Geo. M. Thomson, P.L.S., full of information, and ending with a list of plants of 

 which the flowers are visited by the bees. Our readers will remember that the 

 primary object in introducing the bees into the Colony was the fertilization of the 

 red clover. We take the following extract as showing how modification of sur- 

 roundings influences habit : — 



