1885.] 277 



This notice has a special interest for us, as the Clinocoris known to us in 

 Britain as CI. griseus is one of the commonest, inhabiting birch trees throughout 

 the summer and autumn, and it may well be that we have also CI. inter stinctus 

 mixed with it in collections. 



In the " Fauna Suecica," Linne described both species consecutively ; No. 926, 

 Cimex griseus, No. 927, C interstinctus. The characteristics to be specially noted 

 are — of the former species ; " griseous, above sprinkled with deep punctures ; scu- 

 tellum more fuscous towards the base ; wings clouded tvith fuscous, dorsum beneath 

 the wings black, the margins of the abdomen with white indentations :" of the latter 

 species ; " Size, aspect and colour agree with the preceding, except that the hue is 

 paler ; scutellum at base and exteriorly more fuscous ; wings white, diaphanous ; 

 dorsum red (wherein it evidently differs from the preceding), towards the base a 

 large black spot, posteriorly, especially at the sides of the abdomen, with black 

 transverse lines." The slight differences on which Linne founded his two species 

 have probably induced many subsequent authors to regard them as sexual or only 

 colour-variations of one species occurring during the active stages of life, which, in 

 two broods, extend over several months. Flor, who unites the two species, and was 

 an acute observer, gives no hint of any structural difference. Not having before 

 me Dr. Eeuter's article, I cannot say if he has detected any such difference, nor do 

 I know how he has arrived at his conclusion of the reality of Linne's two species ; 

 I do not, however, in the least mean to impugn the correctness of his determination. 

 — J. W. Douglas, 8, Beaufort Grardens, Lewisham : April 18th, 1885. 



Ceraleptus lividus, Stein, Sfc, at Chobham.— On the 23rd of February last, while 

 searching along the railway bank in the above locality, in the hopes of meeting 

 with some of the Hymenopterous egg-parasites, I came across a solitary root of 

 meadow fescue grass (F. pratensis), which I at once cut and transferred to a sheet 

 of paper ; tlie result being not only the capture of several good species of Coleoptera, 

 but what was to me more pleasing, that out tumbled no less than eight specimens 

 of Ceraleptus lividus, Stein. This rare Hemipteron has not, I believe, before been 

 met with so far inland in this country, and, in fact, has been looked upon as a coast 

 insect. Messrs. Douglas and Scott, and also Mr. Saunders in his Synopsis, give the 

 localities of Deal and neighbourhood on the Sandhills, while my friend, Mr. E. P- 

 Collett, met with it in 1882 on the Sandhills at Camber. The extreme rarity of this 

 insect led me to think it might not be uninteresting to record its capture from the 

 above locality ; the same tuft of grass produced me no less than seven species of 

 Pezomaclus, viz., Pezomachus rufulus, Forst., tener, Grr., timidus, Forst., Neesii, Gr., 

 agilis, 'Forst., insoleris, Gy., geochares, Forst., and one specimen of Aptesis nigro- 

 cincta, Panz.— T. R. BiLLUPS, 20, Swiss Villas, Coplestone Eoad, Peckham, S.E. : 

 April, 1885. 



Coleoptera at Llangollen.— On Friday last, April 3rd, I had a pleasant day's 

 collecting among the hills surrounding this charming Welsh village, being accom- 

 panied by another entomological enthusiast. Dr. J. W. Ellis. Before ascending the 



