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On Calluna, Rou.dh.am Heath, Norfolk ; W o\mg {Saunders) ; also 

 in coll. Douglas. 



This species occurs also in Finland, and is known to Dr. J. Sahl- 

 berg as a depauperate form of sfriatulus. I sent specimens to Dr. 

 Puton, who did not know the species, but referred me to M. Lethierry, 

 who named it AtJiysanus russeolus, Fall. ; it is, however, perfectly 

 distinct from that species, as represented by description and a specimen 

 kindly given to me by Dr. Sahlberg, but it is, nevertheless, in all 

 probability, the A. russeolus of our British List. The latter was in- 

 troduced to our list by the late Mr. George Norman, and the late Mr. 

 Scott, replying to my application for the loan of specimens, said that 

 he knew nothing about the species, as the specimens had been returned 

 by M. Lethierry to Mr. Norman direct. I have never seen a British 

 example of the true Athysanus russeolus, Fall., but there seems to be 

 no reason why it should not occur here, since we have such things as 

 Cicadula Da}ilhovii,&c. I place this insect next to T. striatulus,^»X\. , 

 on account of its resemblance in markings to that species, but, owing 

 to its short elytra, it has as much the facies of Athysanus as A. melan- 

 opis, Hardy. 



LiMOTETTII AURANTIPES, n. S. 



(? . Differs from L. qiiadrinotatus. Fab., which it otherwise very closely re- 

 sembles, in its rather larger size, the deep (gamboge) yellow colour of the upper- 

 side, and its yellow-red legs, of which the front tibiae want the black stripe on the 

 outer side, which is the rule in quadrinotatus. Appendages of the apex of the 

 aedeagus (viewed from above, fig. 3) three, the two lateral ones slightly incurved and 

 about twice as long as the central one, of which the apical third is forked. In 

 quadrinotatus (fig. 6) the appendages of the apex of the sedeagus (viewed from above) 

 are three, of which the two lateral ones are twice as long as the single middle one, 

 and strongly curved outwards. 



From time to time for several years past Mr. E. A. Butler has 

 taken near Wonersh, at Chobham, Gomshall, and Burnham Beeches, 

 always in very boggy places, a Limotettix differing from quadrinotatus 

 in the particulars given above. In the first instance I thought that it 

 might be an unnamed variety of Z. nigricornis, Sahl. ; subsequently I 

 put it, with doubt, as a variety of quadrinotatus, but having recently 

 had the opportunity, through the kindness of Mr. Butler in furnishing 

 specimens for dissection, to investigate the matter thoroughly, I am 

 able to lay down its distinctive characters. I have not taken this 

 insect myself, nor have I seen any specimens of it, except those taken 

 by Mr. Butler in the localities before mentioned. 



