236 [Octobei-, 



several shorter ones. Dermis with four eye-shaped pores, two over rostrum and two 

 near the end of the abdomen ; there are also very numerous short spines having a 

 bulbous base. 



Long, 1, wide, "3 — "5 mm. 



Sah. : chiefly on roots of sea pink {Armeria vulgaris, Willd.), 

 but also on grass. St. Seiriol or Puffin Island, Anglesea, North Wales, 

 June, 1895. 



I was only fortunate in finding three adults, but the immature 

 examples were fairly common, and often occurred four or five inches 

 below the surface ; they were most numerous on isolated plants of the 

 Armeria, growing fully exposed to the sun in the rock fissures. The 

 adults were all found near the crowns of the plants, and almost di- 

 rectly after they were taken, began covering their bodies with the 

 loose cottony material. Several specimens were found on grass roots, 

 but they were more partial to the Armeria. 



An aberrant form, in having but seven joints to the antennae, and 

 in this respect is \\\e Dactylopius {Bergroihia) Townsendi, Cockll. (An. 

 and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1893, p. 40i), and D. vastator, Mask. (Trans. N. 

 Z. Inst., 1895, p. 65). The large glands (figs. 2) easily separate it 

 from these species. The eye-shaped glands in the second stage $ are 

 almost identical with those in Bipersia terrestris, and for this reason 

 I at first thought the species a Ripersia, but as the glands are not 

 retained in the adult, and for reasons stated above, I think the species 

 is more correctly placed in Dactylopius. 



Chester : July 8th, 1895. 



SALDA MUELLERI, GMELIN, AN ADDITION TO THE LIST OF 

 BRITISH HEMIPTERA, WITH NOTES ON ALLIED SPECIES. 



BY EDWARD SAUNDERS, P. L. S, 



In the pages of this Magazine for June, 1866 (vol. iii, p. 13) Salda 

 morio was introduced as a new species to this country by Messrs. 

 Douglas and Scott, on the authority of six specimens, " one taken in 

 Scotland by Mr. Robt. Hislop, four at Scarborough by Mr. T. Wilkin- 

 son, and one by Mr. Somerville, locality not recorded." Since then 

 it has only been recorded (so far as I know) from Whittlesea Mere 

 (Dale), Loch Kannoch (Marshall), Brumstead Common, Norfolk 

 (Edwards), Horning and Aviemore (Champion), Buxton (myself). 



In the autumn of last year Dr. Eeuter asked me to send him 

 specimens of our morio, which I did, and he returned them as belonging 

 to two distinct species— the female, which I had from Mr. Wilkinson's 



