A HISTORY OF LEICESTERSHIRE 

 HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA 



Bugs 



Although the county has never been systematically worked for Hemiptera, yet Mr. John 

 Stanyon has put in a good deal of hard work, and Mr. Marshall did some collecting, and coleop- 

 terists have added some notes. 



In the appended list 109 species are recorded, many of the notes being interesting for a Midland 

 county. The most important record is Globiceps ater, of which a single specimen was taken by 

 Marshall, and on his authority added to the British List ; since then it has not been taken in England 

 as far as I am aware. 



Corizus parumpunctatus, a rare species, is recorded from Kirby Muxloe. 



Myrmus miriformis, a southern insect, has occurred at Swithland Wood ; there is no other 

 Midland record, neither is it noted from the west or north. 



A rare species, Macrolophus nubi/us, found on Stachys sylvatica, was unrecorded for the Midlands 

 till Marshall took it near Leicester. 



Orthotylus bi/ineatus, a rather rare insect found on aspens, is recorded from Leicester. 



0. ochrotrichus, taken at Bradgate, has not hitherto been taken outside the southern and 

 London districts. 



Piallus quercus, taken at Leicester by Marshall, is only recorded from four other localities. 



Atractotomus mall is rather local, and there are only four other records ; Mr. Stanyon took it at 

 Lea Lane. 



Plaglonathus saltitans is also a rather local species. 



The following list must not by any means be taken for a complete record, as much work 

 remains to be done in the county (in common with most of England) before we shall have a 

 thorough knowledge of the Hemiptera. 



In the following list the writer is indebted to Mr. John Stanyon for most of the notes ; others 

 have been furnished by coleopterists who have taken chance specimens. 



GYMNOCERATA 



CYDNIDAE 

 Sehirus, Am. S. 



bicolor, L. One specimen 



PENTATOMIDAE 



Pentatoma, Oliv. (Subgenus Carpocoris) 



baccarum, L. Charntvood Forest. R.mk herbage 

 Tropicoris, Hahn. 



rufipes, L. Stvitkland Wood 

 Acanthosoma, Curt. 



- dentatum, De G. Stvitbland Wood 

 (Subgenus Elasmostethus) 



- A. interstinctum, L. Swithland Wood 



COREINA 



CoREIDAE 



Corizus, Fall 



- parumpunctatus, Schill. Kirby Muxloe 

 Myrmus, Hahn 



- miriformis, Fall. Swithland Wood (Marshall) 



LYGAEINA 



LYGAEIDAE 

 Nysius, Dall 



- thymi, Wolff. Cnfston Reservoir (Stanyon) 

 Ischnorhynchus, Fieb. 



resedae, Panz. Bar Jon Hill 



geminatus, Fieb. Charntcood Forest 



LYGAEINA (cominued) 

 LYGAEIDAE (continued) 



Scolopostethus, Fieb. 



affinis, Schill. v. c. 



neglectus, Edw. c. 



- decoratus, Hahn. Bradgate in turf (Stanyon) 

 Drymus, Fieb. 



- sylvaticus, F. In moss. 



- brunneus, Sahib. Groby Parks 

 Gastrodes, Westw. 



ferrugineus, L. Leicester (Marshall) 



TlNGIDIDAE 



Orthostira, Fieb. 



- parvula, Fall. Netvtown Linford 

 Dictyonota, Curt. 



strichnocera, Fieb. Croft Hill 

 Derephysia, Spin 



- foliacea, Fall. Leicester 

 Monanthia, Lep. 



cardui, L. c. 



HYDROMETRINA 

 HYDROMKTRIDAE 



Hydrometra, Latr. 



stagnorum, L. Plentiful on running water 

 Velia, Latr. 



currens 

 Gerris, F 



Najas, De G. 



thoracica, Schum. 



lacustris, L. 



