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Xantholinits tricolor, ¥., one at the De.verenx Pools (Wood). Lathrobium boreale, 

 Hocli., Stoke Edith (one). L. quadratum, Pk., lluntsham Pool and Holme Lacy, 

 rare. L. terminalum, Or., Matlion. Medon hrunneus, Er., Cusop Dingle, one in 

 moss. Steiiiis biffulfafus, L., generally eommon on sandy banks of rivers ; it is 

 equally conmion in Worcestersliire on the banks of the Severn, in suitable spots. 

 S. bipunctatus, Er., rare on the Wye at Kerne Bridge. S. gidtula, Midi., on the 

 Teme and tlie Sapey. 6'. meJanopua, Marsh., Mordiford, Kilpeck, and Stoke Edith. 

 iS. incrassatus, Er., rare in Stoke Edith park. S. melanarius, Steph., Holme Lacy 

 and Stoke Edith. »S\ canalictilatus,Qy]\., one at Mordiford. S. pusHlus, Er., scarce 

 at Kerne Bridge and West Malvern. 6'. bifoveolatus, Gryll., rare at West Malvern 

 and Sapey Bridge. .S'. foveicuUh, Kr , one at Colwall. S. paganus, ICr., West 

 Malvern among dead leaves, Bled'ms fracticornis, Pk., Huntsham Pool, red form 

 only. Oeodromicus nigritn, Midi., Cusop Dingle, one in wet moss. Lesleva 

 sharpi. Rye, and punctata, Er., sparingly in the Cusop Dingle. Deliphrum tectum, 

 Pk., Cusop Dingle, one in moss. Proteinus macropterus, Gryll., one at the Devereux 

 Pools. 



Sto;ieley, Alexandra Road, Reading : 

 October Uth, 1909. 



{To be continued). 



ODONTOSCELIS DORSALIS, Fabricius, A BRITISH INSECT. 

 BY E. C. BEDWELL. 



Mr. Edward Saunders, in his work on the British Hemiptera- 

 Heteroplera, writing of the genus Odontoscelis, Lap., draws attention 

 to the fact that the above species occurs in Prance on the sandhills 

 of the north coast and may yet be added to our list. This expecta- 

 tion has now been realized by my capture of eight specimens of the 

 species under Erodium, on June 21st last, in a sandy spot in the 

 Lowestoft district, several miles from the Suffolk littoral. 



The species was diagnosed by Fabricius in his " Systema Rhyngo- 

 torum " (1803), page 139, but a more detailed description is given 

 by Mulsant et Rey, "Histoire Naturelle des Punaises de France" 

 (1865), page 24, as follows : — 



" Ovalaire ; peu ciliee dans sa jjeripherie. Dessus dii corps hriin au 

 moins sur la tete et sur la moitie anterieure du pronotum, soitvent autrement 

 colore sur le reste. Jones garnis de polls d'un gris ou cendre argente. Pro- 

 notum et ecusson garnis sur les cotes et pares de quatre handes ou lignes de 

 ■polls semblahles. Sutures genales prolongees par un sillon jusqu'au vertex. 

 Dessous de la tete et poitrlne revetus de polls d'un qrls ou cendre argente. 

 Pieces prehasilalres non relevees en lame sur les cotes du sillon rostral." 



0. dorsalis, Fab., can be at once separated from 0. fuliginosus, 



