1878.] 113 



bours in their own country, I hope it will soon be possible to form an idea in outline 

 of the Neuropterous riches of France. I will only say here that there are probably 

 many new species of Trichoptera in Mr. Eaton's collections : at present no systematic 

 examination is possible, almost my whole time being occupied in relaxing and pre- 

 paring the insects for study. — R. McLachlan, Lewisham : 12th September, 1878. 



Rhophites quinque-spinosus and Acronycta ahii near Hastings. — I have been for- 

 tunate enough to meet with a second specimen of Rhophites quinque-spinosus, having 

 taken a specimen here (a female) on the afternoon of the 4th of August. It was at 

 rest in a head of Centaurea nigra, and was so sluggish that it did not move when 

 touched with my finger. On August 21st, I took a larva of Acro7iycta ahii on some 

 palings near Baldshow Mill. It was, I think, full fed, and would not eat after I got 

 it. — E. N. Bloomfield, Guestling Eectoi-y, Hastings : September 18th, 1878. 



Is " Cyllocoris fiavonotatus," Boh., a Qlobiceps or a Cyllocoris ? — When Professor 

 Boheman described the above-mentioned insect under the name of Cyllocoris flavono- 

 tatus in " Nya Svenska Hemiptera," p. 71, the close relations between the genera 

 Cyllocoris and Globiceps were not set out, for this we have subsequently to thank 

 Fieber. These genera are characterized by him in the " Europaischen Hemiptera." 

 pp. 69 and 282 : to the first he refers only C. histrionicus, Linn., the genus Globiceps 

 consisting of the following species : sphegiformis, Rossi, Picteti, Fieb., dispar, Boh., 

 flavonotatus, 'Boh., flavomaculatiis, Fabr., and selectus, Fieb. 



I would now examine the characters which Fieber gives for the geniis Globiceps : 

 at page 69 (No. 51), he puts "Kehle sehr kurz" as being a character common to 

 Cyllocoris and Globiceps. Globiceps sphegiformis has, however, a very long gula ; 

 further, on the same page (No. 52), is "Kehle schief;" and concerning the genus 

 Cyllocoris it is said: "Kehle aufrecht." But this difference does not exist in 

 reality, and the gula in Cyllocoris is also oblique. There is, however, a difference 

 between the structure of the bucculce in Cyllocoris histrionicus and Globiceps flavono- 

 tatus on the one side, and the other species of Globiceps on the other side. In the 

 former, the bucculce on each side of the base of the rostrum are greatly extended 

 (laminato-explanatse) , while in the latter they are very narrow, linear, and often 

 scarcely distijiguishable ; further on, in the descriptidn of Globiceps, is " Schnabel an 

 das Ende der Hinterbrust reichend, schwach-gliederig, Wurzelglied dick, etwas auf 

 den Xyphus reichend ;" and the genus Cyllocoris is characterized, "Schnabel an das 

 Ende der Mittelbrust, Glieder stark, 3 und 4 verdickt, Wurzelglied weit auf den 

 Xyphus reichend." In Globiceps flavonotatus, the rostrum reaches only to the apex 

 of the mesostethium ; the difference between the thickness of the joints of the 

 rostrum in Cyllocoris and Globiceps is very difficult to make out, and the same is the 

 case concerning the difference of the length of the first joint. The last two joints 

 of the rostrum in Cyllocoris are by no means " verdickt," although they appear to 

 be tliicker than the second joint, if this is wrinkled after death, which often happens. 

 I have, however, specimens of C. histrionicus, in which the second joint is distinctly 

 stronger than the last two. We read further, " Mittelbrust hinten breit aus- 

 geschweift;" and concerning Cyllocoris: "Mittelbrust hinten eingekerbt." The 

 mesosteruum of Globiceps flavonotatus is quite similarly constructed as in Cyllocoris, 

 and in these two species it is very much more convex than in any other species of 



