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no means common in the valley of the Forth. We have 

 only met with it, as yet, in the two localities under- 

 mentioned. 



Local data.— Kosslyn "Woods (Midlothian), Oct. 1897 ; oak wood behind 

 Aberfoyle (W. Perth), half a dozen among dead leaves, Sept. 1897. 



Sminthurus viridis (Linn.). 



Widespread and fairly common in the district among 

 grass and other herbage throughout the summer and autumn 

 months. The only named varieties we have noted are var. 

 cinereoviridis, TuUb. (which seems commoner here than the 

 typical form), var. dorsovittatus, Rent., and var. multipunctatus, 

 Schaff. 



This variable insect has been recorded from Novaya 

 Zemlya, Russia, Hungary, Tunis, Ireland, and numerous 

 intermediate countries, as well as from Japan and La Plata, 

 so that its geographical distribution seems to be even more 

 extensive than that of the preceding. 



Local data. — Among mint in garden at Morningside (Edinburgh), July 

 1896, common, some fairly typical ; Morton, near Edinburgh, July and Oct. ; 

 Pentland Hills, above Carrie, var. cinereoviridis, oflf heather, Oct. 1897; Braid 

 Hills, May 1898; Luffness (E. Lothian) and Elie (Fife), common among 

 grass, etc., mostly said var., Aug. 1896; Uphall (Linlithgowshire), a few, 

 one of var. multipundatus, Sept. 1896 ; near Dunfermline (Fife), Oct. 1897 ; 

 Edgelaw (Midlothian), Oct. 1898 ; Kirknewton (Midlothian) and Inverkeith- 

 ing (Fife), var. cinereoviridis, common in May and July ; Bavelaw Moss 

 (Midlothian), several of type, and one of var. dorsovittatus, July ; etc. 



Sminthurus novemlineatus, Tullb., var. insignis, Reut. 

 [Plate VI. Figs. 1-4] 



The rich yellow unstriped variety (insignis) of this species 

 is locally common in summer on heather, cotton-grass, sedges, 

 etc., in boggy places both inland and on the coast. The 

 typical nine-striped form we have not yet seen. 



The long bristles on the inner side of the dentes, and the 

 broad elliptical mucrones, serve to distinguish this species, 

 which is recorded from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, 

 Germany, and Bohemia — the var. insignis from the first 

 three countries only. 



