580.] 165 



articles by Prof. Karl Sajd, in the " Ent. Nachrichten " of November 1st, on the 

 discovery in Hungary of the hitherto unknown macropterous forms of Blissus 

 Dorics, Ferrari, and on the capture of several macropterous examples of Plinthisus 

 convexus, Fieb., hitherto very rare. I quote his remark on the most probable means 

 of procuring fully developed forms: "According to my experience hitherto I can 

 say that the larvae are the best guides to the obtaining of macropterous examples. 

 Where there are many larvae and at the same time but few examples perfected, there 

 may the most assiduous search be made ; but where many brachypterous forms are 

 already developed and only few larvae left there is not much to be expected, at least 

 I have sought in vain in such places. Perhaps this happens because the macroptera 

 are first developed and then fly off. I am quite convinced that all the species of 

 Plinthisus have a macropterous form." — Id. 



Bothynotus pilosus at St. Leonards. — During June or July last year my brother 

 brought me, with some Rhopalotomus ater, a developed ? of the above from 

 the Cuckmere District. Thinking it was a variety of Rhopalotomus I did not make 

 a note of the date or ask him the exact locality. Mr. E. Saunders kindly determined 

 it for me later on. — E. P. Collett, 12, Springfield Eoad, St. Leonards : November, 

 1880. 



Bothynotus pilosus, Boh. (Hfinki), near Hastings. — Two years ago my friend, 

 Mr. Frank Collett, met with a fully developed female of this species somewhere near 

 St. Leonards. This autumn (September 28th) I have taken two undeveloped females 

 in a sand-pit within a short distance of the Eectory here. The sand-pit is situate 

 on the outskirts of a wood of considerable extent. The occurrence of this species in 

 the South of England is, I think, of considerable interest, since the only previously 

 recorded station in Britain is, " On the hills between Loch Long and Loch Lomond," 

 as recorded in Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. ii, p. 276, where the insect is fully described. 

 Both sexes of the insect are figured in Ent. Ann., 1866, where it is said to be " of 

 great rarity on the Continent." — E. N. Bloomfield, Gruestling Rectory : Novem- 

 ber 19th, 1880. 



[These captures of Bothynotus in the South of England are of great interest. 

 Reuter says it lives on Pinus abies, and he mentions that he took a 3 in Finland in 

 August and the larva in July. It is to be hoped, therefore, that a diligent search on 

 the spruce firs in August and September may be rewarded with more specimens. 

 The ? of this species is generally brachypterous, and a fully developed specimen, 

 such as that taken by Mr. Collett, is of great rarity. — Eds.] 



Capture of British Hemiptera-Heteroptera. — On the 31st July of this year, I 

 revisited the locality (Crohamhurst, Croydon), where I took the 3 $ of Atractotomus 

 magnicomis (noted in the last Vol. of this Magazine), the year before, this time I 

 got about a dozen ? and 1 3 , I expect I was too late for the $ , and that they 

 should be looked for in the beginning of July. 



On the 28th July, I went to the locality on "Wimbledon Common where my 

 nephew, Mr. F. Saunders took Lygus limbatus last year, and I succeeded in finding 

 one $ , after a long search, on the sallows. I went again on the 14th August, and 

 got two more ; my nephew has also taken two, but this year, at any rate, it seems to 

 be very scarce, all the specimens I have seen are ? . Last year in August I took 



