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CYMUS OBLiqUUS, HoEV., AN ADDITION TO THE LIST OF 

 BRITISH HEMIPTERA. 



BY E. A. BUTLER, B. Sc, F. E. 8. 



Eor a good many years, 1 have had standing in my collection as a 

 variety of Cymus i/laiidicolor, Hahn, a series of specimens belonging 

 to a form which I have long suspected to be a distinct species, and 

 which 1 have frequently taken on Solanum dulcamara. Through the 

 kindness of Mr. Edward Saunders I have recently had an opportunity 

 of comparing these with authentic specimens of C. ohliquus, Horv., 

 received from Dr Ilorvath himself. I find that my specimens agree 

 e.xactly witli these, as well as with the description given by Horvath in 

 Wien. Ent. Zeit , 1888, pp. 3US)-10 ; this fourth species of Cymus may, 

 therefore, now be added to the British list. 



C. obliqiius agrees witli glandicolor in having a distinct pale central carina to 

 the seutellum, but is a smaller and le.ss elongate insect, having a length of 3f -4 mm., 

 as compared with the 4i-5 mm. of fflandicolor. It also differs in having the 

 pronotum rather more convex and raised posteriorly, the elytra shorter, with more 

 rounded sides, the membrane much smaller and its suture with the corium 

 considerably shorter. The apex of the corium is placed obliquely and not parallel 

 to the sides as it is in glandicolor. I have examined the genital styles of the two 

 species and find that they differ slightly, those of obliquus being blunter and 

 thicker. 



I have taken this insect commonly in the Hastings district. So 

 far tis my experience goes, it always occurs in damp places on 

 Solanum dulcamara, a plant on which I have never found glandicolor. 

 According to Horvath, it is widely distributed on the Continent, he 

 records it from damp meadows in France, Germany, Switzerland, 

 Austria and Hungary, and says that it often occurs in company with 

 glandicolor. The last sentence of the note appended to the description 

 of G. glandicolor, on p. 72 of Saunders' " Hemiptera-Heteroptera of the 

 British Islands," refers to this species. 



56, Cecile Park : 



February 12th, 1909. 



ON THE BRITISH SPECIES OF FRORA (Part II). 



BY JOHN H. WOOD, M.B. 



{Concluded from page 25). 



Crassipes, n. sp, A scarce species. A female swept, 10/8/06, in 

 Stoke Wood, and a few days later in the same locality a pair were 

 taken at the foot of a large fungus-infested beech. Its light coloured 



