■iig [October, 
Hemiptera at Loch Rannoch. — The following short list of species taken in June 
and July in this locality may interest some readers. At that time insects of this 
order were, of course, few, not being fully developed. Rhacognathus punctatus, L., 
on sallow, near the place were Crypto cephalus lO-pundatus is found. Mr. Rye also 
secured one. Behirus higuttatus. Miris holsatus, F., and ruficornis, Pall., both 
equally common. Drymus brunneus, Sahib., and Scolopostethus affinis, Schill., sole 
representatives of the Lygceidce. Sphyrops ambulans, Fall., abundant. Lygus pra- 
tensis, F., and campestris, L. Rlwpalotomus ater, L. A single S of Zygonotus 
pselapMformis, Curt. Agalliastes pulicarius, Fall. Salda morio, Zett., one S taken 
on the beach of the Loch, in company with hundreds of S. littoralis, L. Salda 
riparia, Fall., and Salda saltatoria, L., in wet places of the moor, and on mountain 
sides. Besides the above, there are several which I cannot determine from " British 
Hemiptera," and which probably are novelties. Among them are a new Loponiorphus; 
Nahis allied to limhatus, Dahlh., with, very short hemelytra, but fully developed, 
abundant in a field close to the Loch, males and females constantly seen in copula ; 
two new species of Salda from the mountains ; a pretty Glohiceps {?) with grass- 
green hemelytra, and black head and pronotura, the latter with two yellow spots ; 
a large Fsallus {?), rosy-coloured and black, on birch trees ; Corixa from peat 
ponds, not yet examined ; Hydrometra Costae, H. Sch., with the pronotum broadly 
rufescent (from ditto) ; Derwocoris and Litosoma, not yet examined. At Tummel 
Bridge, near the Inn, I captured four females of a Zygonotus, probably new, and 
saw the winged males, which unluckily escaped. — T. A. Marshall, Milford, S. Wales. 
Homoptera at Rannoch. — The general result of some weeks' hunting for these 
little obscurities in and about the Black Wood is rather disappointing. It would 
appear that the sum total of our species is more nearly reckoned up than in the 
case of any other order, judging from the very few novelties that occurred. These, 
as might have been expected, belong chiefly to Delphax. There are from 3 to 5 
species not before noticed, but they require much labour, and cannot be dealt with 
in this place. Cixius was represented by nervosus, contaminatus, and a large dark 
species with very long hemelytra, and which does not agree with any description. 
A single leporinus also occurred. JJlopa ohtecta at the roots of heather ; and 
Megophthahnus scanicus frequent on the ground. The S of the latter was observed 
in copula with pallidipennis, Curt., thus confirming the theory of their identity. 
Tettigonia viridis and Euacanthus interruptus were both to be found occasionally ; 
the latter is abundant on Ailsa Craig, about the last place where any one would 
look for it, feeding on fern. Idiocerus larvae, probably populi, were on poplars ; 
and Pediopsis fruticola on every birch. One birch tree at Tummel Bridge produced 
nothing but the yellow variety, in unlimited quantity, while the tenants of the 
surrounding trees were all brown. Copious expectorations denoted everywhere the 
presence of Ptyelus. Acocephalus rusticus and agrestis •were hardly to be found ; 
but the pretty tijasciatus was in profusion, both sexes in equal numbers ; I took 
about forty in one spot in half-au-bour. DcUocephalus was represented by socialis 
aijd abdominalis, abundant near the shores of the Loch. The closest search for 
lassus produced only a few of snhfusculus, a number of punctifrons, and a black 
species near fenestratus, H. Sch. The last I proceed to describe, after vain attempts 
to identify it. 
