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the ground species, and a heavy storm fairly early in Sept?ember completed the de- 

 struction. Vespa rufa occurs commonly on the sandhills. I took one beautiful 

 little nest, about three inches in diameter. This species appears to make little effort 

 to protect its nest. When I took my nest by daylight the wasps that escaped flew 

 away without attempting to use their stings. V. rtt/a was over earlier than vulc/aris, 

 probably the small nests afford less protection against the cold. In a nest of Vespa 

 vulgaris taken by me I found Quedius puncticollis (two specimens) and Cryptophagus 

 puhescens. Megacronus analis also occurred a foot or two from the nest, and I believe 

 had been driven out of the nest by the sulphur fumes. This nest when kept pro- 

 duced Lathridius minutus and Cryptophagus puhescens in some numbers, though 

 most of the larvse of this beetle were killed by the cold in January. — A. J. Chittt, 

 33, Queen's Gate Grardens, S.W. : February, 1803. 



Hemiptera, Heteropter a and Homoptera collected in Perth District, 1892. — 

 During the past summer of 1892 I collected in this district, within a radius of ten 

 miles of the " Fair City," no less than 150 kinds of Hemiptera, Heteroptera and 

 Homoptera, and I beg to record the occurrence of the following species, which may 

 prove of interest to your readers : — 



Hehrus ruficeps, Thoms., common, but local. 



Gerris Costm, H.-S., one specimen. G. odontogaster, Zett., common, local. 



Ploiaria vagabunda, Linn., a few specimens off Scotch fir. 



Salda saltatoria, Linn., var. vestita, D. & S., one specimen, Tay Shingles. S. 

 c-alhum, Fieb., one specimen. S. scotica. Curt., common. 



Cryptostemma alienum, H.-S., Tay Shingles, local. 



Elatophilus nigricornis, Zett., three specimens, widely apart. 



Anthocoris confusus, Eeut., a few specimens, widely distributed. A. nemoralis, 

 Fab., common and generally distributed. A. sarothamni, D. &. S. 



Phytocoris tilice. Fab., a few specimens, local. P. longipennis, Flor., one speci- 

 men. P. dimidiatus, Kb., fairly common. P. pini, Kb., very abundant locally. 



Calocoris sexguttatus. Fab., locally common. C. striatus, Linn., one specimen 

 off broom by beating. 



Dichrooscytus rufipennis, Fall., widely distributed, in one locality abundant. 



Plesiocoris rugicoUis, Fall., well distributed and fairly common. 



Lygus lucorum, Mey., two specimens, var. nigronasutus, one example. 



Paeciloscytus unifasciatus, Fab., three specimens. 



Bothynotus pilosus, Boh., one specimen, in Scotch fir plantation by beating. 



Labops saltator, Hahn., one specimen. 



Dicyphus stachydis. Rent., a few examples. 



Orthotylus adenocarpi, Perr., one specimen. 



Macrocoleus molliculus, Fall., two specimens. 



Plesiodema pinetellum, Zett., one specimen. 



Psallus lepidus, Fieb., common and widely distributed. P. Fallenii, Rent., a 

 few specimens, widely distributed. P. varians, H.-S., vei'y common and very widely 

 distributed. P. diminutus, Kb., common. 



Asciodema obsoletum, D. & S., two specimens. 



Corixa semistriata, Fieb., one specimen. C. venusia, D. & S., fairly common, 

 but local. C. prcBusta, Fieb., common, local ; var. Wollastoni, D. & S., one specimen. 



Sigara minutissima, Linn., coniraon, but local. 



