HEMIPTERA-HOMOPTERA TAKEN IN THE NEW FOREST. 9 



by ]\Ir. Butler, who discovered it ou the opposite shore of the 

 Solent and mIso found it plentifully at Lymingtou (E.M.M. xlviii, 

 p. 13). In 1898 very littie of the grass was growing on the 

 Solent mud fiats, a few isolated clumps only shewing, but now 

 the whole of the flats have the appearance of verdant fields. 

 Longshoremen have told me that the plant was introduced 

 during tlie hard winter of 1895, when roots were transfiorted 

 from Southampton water frozen in ice floes which grounded on 

 the flats. I was myself a witness to its marvellously rapid 

 spread. 



Deltoceplialus, Burm. 

 Socialis, Flar. Very plentiful on heather. 



Alh/gus, Fieb. 

 Mixtus, Fab. Abundant on oak and occasionally taken on 

 birch, July to October. 



Tkamnotetdx, Lett. 



Dilutior, Kbm. On oak ; also swept from bracken. 



Siihfii'icida, Fall. Fairly plentiful on oak in May. On blossom 

 of wood spurge, April •24th, 1912. 



Criientata, Panz. Common in the bogs and in damp places 

 on heaths. I have very mau}^ times swept it from heather and 

 beaten it from young birch trees. 



Splendidnla, Fab. Common. 



L'uniiotettix, Sahl. 

 Striold, Fall. Usually to be found in damp places on heaths. 



Cicadala, Fieb. 



Septemnotata, Fall. Plentiful amongst herbage in ditches. 

 F'a^cifrons, Stal. Mr. Butler so named a female which I 

 took on broom, Seiitember 18th, 1910. 

 Sexnotata, Fall. Very common. 



Alehra, Fieb. 



Albostriella, Fall. This handsome and variable insect is 

 common on oak and beech. 



Dicraneiua, Hardy. 



MoJUciila, Boh. A few on hazel in a lane at Brockenhurst. 



Kyhos, Fieb. 



Sntaragdult, Fall. Common on sallow and birch. 



Chlorita, Fieb. 



Flavescena, Fab. Beaten from holly in November. 

 Viridula, Fall. Common ; passes the winter in thick 

 conifers, holly or ivy. 



