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When I published my Annotated List and First Supplement, I had not seen a 

 British specimen of H. lugubris or of any of its congeners, though it had been re- 

 corded as indigenous by Stephens and Walker. A few months since, however, I had 

 the pleasure of receiving one from Miss E. Prescott-Decie, of Bockleton Court, near 

 Tenbury, which she had captured at Chagford, South Devon, in May, 1888. I 

 determined this to be H. consobrina, Zett. 



H. stjdetica, Schn. 



At Baslow, in Derbyshire, in July, 1887, I captured two males of a distinct and 

 well marked little species which appeared to me to be new to science. In colour, 

 form and general appearance it bore a strong resemblance to S. basalis, Zett., but 

 was only half the size ; and also differed by having only a pubescent arista and 

 short haired eyes. I was in doubt whether to place it in the genus Hyetodesia or 

 Trichopthicus, especially as it had a strong spur at the inner end of each hind tibia, 

 as is found in several species of the latter genus ; but the oval shape of the abdomen 

 with its general form and colour pointed to its proper place being in the more highly 

 developed genus. I intended to publish a description of it, but delayed doing so 

 until I found that it had also been discovered at about the same time (in July and 

 August, 188V) by my friend Dr. Schnabl at Grsefenberg, in Austrian Silesia, and a 

 description of it published in the Entomologische Nachrichten* under the name of 

 Alloeostylus sudeticus. He placed it in a new genus, in which he also included H. 

 simplex, W dm., and M.flaveola, Fin., but I think it better to leave it for the present 

 in the genus Hyetodesia. 



This little fly is about 5 mm. (2' } lines) in length, of a yellowish-grey colour, 

 with the thorax marked with four longitudinal black stripes, the outer ones being 

 maculiform, and furnished with four post-sutural dorso-central bristles. The abdo- 

 men has a fine dorso-central stripe, and shows some dark reflections ; the legs are 

 testaceous with black tarsi, and in my specimens the fore femora only have the 

 greater part nigrescent ; while Schnabl says that in his, " femoribus obscure piceis," 

 which I suppose applies to them all. The hind tibiae, as I have mentioned, are 

 armed at their inner extremities with a blunt spine or spur, which consists of two 

 bristles joined together into a fasciculus. I have not seen a female, but Dr. Schnabl 

 captured two which seem closely to resemble the males. 



(To be continued). 



Lygus viscicola, Futon, in 'England. — Yesterday I received from Dr. T. A. 

 Chapman, of Hereford, specimens of Lygus viscicola, $ , $ , one of the two species 

 of Hemiptera recently described by Dr. Puton, which I noted, at page 256 ante, as 

 likely to occur in England. Dr. Chapman says that it is now common at Hereford on 

 mistletoe only. They agree entirely with Dr. Puton's description briefly quoted, I. c. 

 — J. W. Douglas, 8, Beaufort Gardens, Lewisham : September 17th, 1889. 



* 1888, No. 4, Seite 49—50. 



