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Pentatoma prasina,*^ Linn. ; Nezara viridula, Linn. ; Pie^odorm litur- 

 atm,"'' Fab. \_ = incarnatus, Germ., Puton Catal., 3rd Edn.] ; PJiap- 

 hiijaster i/riseus, Fab., two specimens ; Strachia oleracea,*'-' Linn. 

 This is a variable species as regards colour, though the pattern is 

 generally fairly constant. There are two examples in the collection, 

 one a large crimson-marked aberration, the other small, and marked 

 with white. Strachia decorata, H-S., two specimens, apparently 

 restricted to meridional Europe ; Anna cnstos, Fab., distributed 

 through meridional Europe, but not common. Fam. : Coreid.e. — 

 Stenocejdialns ai/ilis,'^ Scop., two specimens. Fam.: Lyg.eid^. — 

 Lyi/aeus iiiilltaris, Fab. — -This is also another meridional species ; 

 Ischnurhynehus resedae,'''' Pang., var. (jeminatics, Fieb., an exceedingly 

 handsome and common little species, four examples ; Henestaris 

 laticeps,'''' Curt., four examples; Hetenxjaster urticae,^'-' Fab. Fam.: 

 HYDROMETRm.E. — H i/d niiiictra sta(/)wriii}>,^'-^ Linn. ; Gerris najas,^' 

 Geer, three specimens ; (-fiTris (jihbifera,^* Schml., four specimens. 

 Fam.: Reduviid.e. — ri/ijnliiiniiis hidentata,^^ Fourcr. [ = hifurcata, 

 Gmel.] , distributed all over Europe, but rare. Its place in the British 

 list depends upon a solitary record by Rev. T. A. Marshall \^cide, 

 Saunders, Hem.-Hi'tcr. Brit. Id,, 161, 1893]. Pirates hi/bridiis:, Scop. 

 [= stridulus, Fab.].; Xabis viridulus, Spin., two specimens. A 

 Mediterranean sp., occurring on Tamarix ; a great deal has been 

 written on the colour-meaning of this and the other tamarisk-bugs, 

 which are generally greenish, varyingly marked with rose. Fam. : 

 CAPSiDiE. — Psallus, sp. (?), three specimens. Mr. Saunders tells me 

 this is probably aurora, M.R., a species found in meridional France 

 and Spain, but that the condition of these individuals is not sufficiently 

 good for a positive determination ; there are more than 50 Palfearctic 

 species of this genus known, all closely related. 



I have to express my indebtedness to Mr. Edward Saunders for 

 kindly looking over my determinations, and identifying some of the 

 critical species, and to Dr. Chapman for information regarding the 

 localities. 



Some remarks on Dr. Lukis' account of the introduction of 

 Callimorpha hera into Britain. 



By J. W. TUTT, F.E.S. 



It has for many years been an open secret that the late Edward 

 Newman introduced Callimorpha hcra into Britain. By some over- 

 sight I quite neglected, in my article on this species {Knt. Bee, vii., 

 97-101), all reference to the note on this subject which is to be found 

 in the E. M. M., vol. xxviii., pp. 21-22, dealing with the account 

 given by Dr. F. C. Lukis of the share he had in obtaining eggs, etc., 

 for putting the insect down in various parts of England. Attention, 

 however, was drawn to the fact by my friend Mr. Luff {Rut. Flee, vii., 

 pp. 173-174:). On looking over Dr. Lukis' original account {(lucrnsey 

 Liuide, 1863, p. 166) of the request to him for, and subsequent ob- 

 taining of, eggs and larvae, I have just been much struck with the fact 

 that Dr. Lukis makes the insect hybernate in the egg stage. He 

 says : — "The parent moths were carefully collected, and eggs obtained 

 in satisfactory abundance. Doubts and fears still bung over them until 



