298 [November, 



Pupa very dark brown, polished, much paler between the segments ; wing 

 cases, &c., very distinct ; there are two small hair-like projections from the last 

 segment. 



The moths began to emerge on May 6th, 1889. 



I find that the imago, like its relative,. G. elvtata, will lly on 

 nights when scarcely anything else is on the wing, but it is not, so far 

 as I have seen, an abundant species, and is also local. I only take it 

 here in one place, though there is plenty of sallow in the neigh- 

 bourhood. 



I delayed tlie publication of the above in order to obtain fuller 

 information on one or two points, and have been unable to secure eggs 

 until the present year. 



Monte Video, near Weymouth : 

 Sepiemher \Wi, 1891. 



ADDITION TO THE LIST OF BRITISH HEMIPTERA. 

 BY EDWAKD SAUNDERS, P.L.S. 



Henestaeis halophiltjs, Burm., Hand., II, i, p. 292. 

 = rjeocoriccfs, Antess. 



In examining my series of what I believed to be the ordinary H. 



laticei^s, Curt., I was surprised to find this very distinct species mixed 



with it ; the few I have were taken near Heme Bay, and I remember 



noticing at the time their more uniform and darker coloration, but I 



put them away with Jaticeps, and thought no more about them till I 



re-examined them the other day. The two species are so distinct, 



that I feel ashamed of myself for not having noticed the difference 



before, and what makes the matter worse, I find them similarly mixed 



in my European Collection ; possibly others may find them mixed 



also. I give below its chief distinctive characters. 



Head with the eyes less produced than in laticeps, and on wider stalks, which 

 are inclined slightly backwards, but not upwards ; the distance between the eye and 

 the pronotum is not nearly as long as the eye itself, and the eyes tend to embrace 

 the anterior margin of the pronotiim ; the antennas have their apical joints as long as 

 or longer than the 3rd ; pronotum much shorter than in laticeps, squarer and less 

 raised posteriorly. In colour the whole insect is generally darker, sometimes nearly 

 black, but I have seen some as pale as laticeps, which is also variable in colour. 



Ilab. : in a saltmarsh at Hampton, near Heme Bay. 



Mr. Champion has taken it at Whitstable and Sheppey, and 

 records its capture also from AVhitsand Bay, Cornwall, by Mr. J. J. 

 "Walker. 



St. Ann's, Woking : 



October Uth, 1891. 



