1880. J 175 



CoEiscTJS MAJOB, Dougl. and Scott (Cat., p. 57, 5). Messra. 

 Douglas and Scott have I. c. cited Stalia hoops, Schiodte, as synonymous 

 with this species,* but they are two very distinct species, agreeing 

 only in respect of the black or fuscous apex of the femora. Stalia 

 hoops differs by its considerably larger eyes, the head not prolonged be- 

 hind the eyes, the posterior angles of the last abdominal segment in 

 the $ obtuse, the dorsum of the abdomen testaceous or ochreous with 

 three black longitudinal streaks, not plainly black as in major, the 

 body more robust, and lastly, the wings are destitute of a cell-hook. 

 This species forms at least a very good sub-genus, but to this Goriscus 

 major is in no wise to be referred (as Stal has in Enum. Hem., iii, p. 

 111). Stalia hoops is found in Denmark (Schiodte), near Stettin (Stal), 

 and in Finland (Karelia, J. Sahlberg, and I have taken it near Hel- 

 eingfors). Coriscus 7)iajor, Costa, has not yet been observed in Scan- 

 dinavia, Finland. 



(To he continued.) 



List of Semiptera-IIeteroptera occurring at Pitlochry, in Perthshire — I have 

 been spending the past season at the pretty village of Pitlochry, and, as the locality 

 does not appear to have been worked before, I give a list of the better Semiptera- 

 Heteroptera that occurred to me. These have been mostly seen by Mr. Edward 

 Saunders. A list of the Somoptera will follow in a subsequent number. 



The wretched season notwithstanding, I feel pretty svire Pitlochry is a good 

 station for bugs, indeed, to me they seemed to abound there in vastly greater num- 

 bers than here in Morayshire. 



Gerris odontogaster ; Q-. aspera, common, nearly all apterous ; G. CostcB ; G. 

 rufoscutellata, rare ; G. lacustris. Macrolophus nulihis. Harpocera thoracica, on 

 oaks. Calocoris striatus, bred from larvae on oak and crab-apple; C. roseomaculatua ; 

 C. striatellus, swarming on oaks ; C. bipunctatus. PJremocoris plebeius, rare. Poecilo- 

 scytus Gyllenhali ; P. unifasciatus, common on Galium. Nahis Jlavomarginatus. 

 Orthocephalus mutabilis. MegalocercEa rujicornis. Rhopalotomus ater. Stiphrosoma 

 leucocephala, on Galium. I>ichrooscytus rufipennis. Orthotylus bilineatus ; 0. 

 viridinervis, common on elm. Macrocoleus hortulanus. Plesiocoris rugicollis, very 

 common on sallow and Myrica. Pithanus Mcarkeli, macropterous form. Sehirus 

 bipunctatus. Phytocoris tilice ; Ph.pini. Berytus pygmaius. Gastrodes abietis,ra,re, 

 from cones of Abies Douglasi. Derophysia foUacea, rare. Nysius thymi. Bryocoris 

 pteridis, in plenty, quite developed. Psallus lepidus ; Ps. obscurellus. — G. Norman, 

 Cluny Hill, Forres, N.B. : ZQth November, 1879. 



Staiiropus fagi and Acronycta alni in the Forest of Dean. — It may be interesting 

 to record that a fine specimen of S. fagi was taken in Dean Forest on the 20tli of 

 June last. Also on the 5th October, I found a larva of A. alni, feeding on hazel, in 

 a wood near here. — A. E. Hodgson, Coleford, Gl-loucostershire : December, 1879. 



* According also to Dr. Reuter [in litt., 1875), Dr. Puton (Cat., p. 49, 1875); and Mr. B.Saunders 

 (Synops., iii, 626, 1876) cites major, Costa, as the proper name for the species. — J. W. D. 



