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SOME HEMIPTERA-HETEROPTERA OF THE 
ISLE OF MAN. 
JAMES EARDLEY MASON, 
Norfolk House, Lincoln. 
Taking a holiday in the Isle of Man in September 1887, 
I did a little collecting about Castletown. 
At Athol Bridge in the parish of Malew, I found 
Pentatoma verbasci L. Abundant on furze (Ulex europaeus) 
and sloe (Prunus spinosus). 
Piezodorus lituratus Fab. Pilentiful on furze. 
Stygnus arenarius Hahn. One. 
Nabis rugosus L. Several. 
Salda saltatoria L. A few. 
Anthocoris sylvestris L. (nemorum L. et auct.). Excessively 
abundant, specially on sloe. Many adult specimens muc 
paler than the type. 
Miris levigatus L. Some. 
Megalocerxa erratica L. One. 
Monalocoris filicis L. Abundant on ferns, Bracken (Pferts 
aquilina) and Shield-fern (Aspedium filix-mas). 
Lygus pabulinus L. Some. 
Lygus pratensis Fab. Abundant. 
Lygus cervinus H.-Schf. One. 
“Btorhinus angulatus Fall. A few. 
Mecomma ambulans Fall. A few. 
In the same parish, on the road to Peel, besides some of 
those noted above, I took 
Anthocoris nemoralis Fab. In plenty. 
Anthocoris sarothamni D.&S. on broom (Spartium scoparium) 
and furze. 
Between Castletown and Port St. Mary I met with 
Velia currens Fab., 
And at Langness 
Scolopostethus decoratus Hahn. 
Stygnus pedestris Hahn. 
Piesma quadrata Fieb. In extraordinary abundance among 
the short vegetation fringing the sandy road to Derby 
Haven. 
May 1808. 
