MASON : LINCOLNSHIRE HEMIPTERA-HETEROPTERA. 295 



CORIXID^. 



Corixa geoffroyi Leach. Common. 



Corixa prseusta Fieb. Mumby Chapel; one, i6th August, 1886. 



Well; one, nth April, 1887. 

 Corixa hieroglyphica Duf. Well and Alford ; also at Muckton ; 



common. 



Corixa linnaei Fieb. Sutton-le-Marsh ; delph, one, i6th April, 

 j886. 



Corixa sahlbergi Fieb. Rigsby-with-Ailby ; three, 8th May, 



1887. Well; some, nth April, 1887. 

 Corixa striata Fieb. Sutton-le-Marsh ; delph, one, 5th August, 



1885. Mumby Chapel; delph, one, i6th Aug., 1886. 

 Corixa fallenii Fieb. Well; some, April 1886 and 1887. 

 Corixa distincta Fieb. Well; some, nth April and 5th June, 



1887. 



Corixa fabricii Fieb. Alford; one, 5th May, 1885. Rigsby-with- 

 Ailby; one, 8th May, 1887. 



Corixa fossarum Leach. Farlesthorpe ; brick-pit, two, 25th May, 

 1887. 



Cymatia coleopteata Fab. Sutton-le-Marsh; delph, one, i6th 

 April, 1886. 



Sigara minutissima Linn. Lincoln ; Arboretum ponds (W. W. 

 Fowler). 



The list thus shows Lincolnshire to have records for 122 species 

 out of some 420 known to occur in Great Britain and Ireland. All 

 are for Lincoln North ; not one is yet recorded for Lincoln South, 

 so far as I know; but I have not searched all the entomological 

 publications of the century to see whether more than the six Lincoln- 

 shire records contained in the books I have cited do exist. 



So few have been the students of the order that I do not think 

 many, if any, more Lincolnshire species of the sub-order have been 

 noted. 



It is to be hoped that fresh interest may be awakened, and that 

 some of the energy devoted now to Lepidoptera and Coleoptera may 

 be given to the Hemiptera. 



Can it be that the name attaching to the Heteropterous section 

 has acted as a deterrent ? In delicacy of structure some of the bi^gs 

 vie with anything in nature. Their capture, moreover, requires no 

 very special skill or complicated apparatus, and in the hope of 

 inducing some to turn their attention to collecting and studying 

 them, I give a few details, for which I trust the experienced will 

 pardon me. 



Oct. 1888. 



