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L., common: L. ferrugata Fall., two odd specimens only; Monalocoris filicis L., 

 common on fei-ns, foxglove, and other plants ; Pantilius tunicatus F., rare, on 

 alder in the Caldew Valley in late ax\tvimn ; Phytocoris populi L., P. tiliae F., 

 and P. dimidiatus Kb., all beaten sparingly from oak in the Carlisle district ; 

 P. ulmi L., very common on hawthorn, bramble, etc. ; Calocoris ochromelas var. 

 fornicatus D, and S., swept in a grassy lane ; C. striatus L., not very common, 

 at Orton, in July ; Dichroosnjtiia rufipennis Fall, a few specimens on Scots Fir 

 at Morton ; Lyyus hocoriim Mey., on alder, commonly ; Liocoris tripustulatus F., 

 occasionally in the sweep-net ; Aetorhinus angulatus F., common on alders ; 

 Cmnpyloneura virgula H.-S., local, on oak ; Orthotylus ericeforum Fall., quite 

 common on heather ; 0. chloropterus Kb., and 0. marginalis Eeut., also occurred, 

 biit much more sparingly ; Malacocoris chlorizans Fall., very local, on hazel, in 

 August ; Phylus nielanocephahis L., and P. palliceps Fieb , found together on 

 oak, palliceps being much the rarer of the two ; Psallus fallenii Rent., found by 

 general sweeping, and P. alnicola D. and S., beaten from alder, both late in the 

 year ; Nepa cinerea L., in Thurstonfield Lough : also taken in Lake Ullswater ; 

 Corixa striata L., not uncommon in several of our ponds. 



Almost all these records refer to the neighboiirhood of Carlisle. Mr. E. A. 

 Butler has, with his usual kindness, helped me much with the determination of 

 my captures.— Jas. Murray, 2, Balfour Road, Carlisle: April 2nd, 1917. 



On the genus Paltodora. — Under the name Paltodora I (and others) have 

 been confusing three good genera, distinguishable as under by scaling of palpi 

 and neuration of forewmgs, and differing in superficial appearance, geographi- 

 cal rang-e, and larval habit (so far as known) : — 



Paltodora Meyr. — Second joint of palpi clothed beneath v/ith long, rough, 

 spreading hairs ; forewings with (5 separate, 7 and 8 stalked. Larva on bracken 

 fern (Pteris). Type (and only species): cytisella Curt.: Europe. 



IsoPHRiCTis, n.g. — Second joint of palpi clothed beneath with long, rough, 

 spreading hairs throughout; fore-wings with 7 and 8 out of 6. Larva in 

 flowerheads of Compositae. Type: striatella Hiibn. ; includes also nearly all the 

 European and North American species hitherto referred to Paltodora. 



Ptncostola, n.g. — Second joint of palpi with compact projecting apical 

 tuft of dense scales beneath ; fore-wings with 7 and 8 out of 6. Larva (only 

 one known) in heliciform case, food-plant unrecorded. Type: sperosa Meyr., 

 mainly developed in Africa (whence I have already described over a dozen 

 species), and includes also the Eiu'opean hohemiella Nick., and the three 

 Aiistralian species. 



The nearly allied Megacraspedus Zell. has palpi as in Pynrostola, fore-wings 

 with 6 separate or 6 and 7 out of 8. Larvae probably mostly on Gramineae. — 

 E. Meyrick, Thornhanger, Marlborough : Ax>ril llth, 1917. 



