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 "That best of Entomological counties, Suffolk." — Wratislaw. 
 
 " In autumn, when the leaves are brown, 
 Take pen and ink and write it down." 
 
 Lewis Carroll. 
 
 PLYMOUTH : 
 
 JAMES H. KEYS, PRINTER, WHIMPLE STREET. 
 
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 EDWARD G. J. SPARKE, B.A., F.E.S., 
 
 Of Bury St. Ediminds, hi the County of Suffolk, 
 Who died, on May 2nd, ig04. 
 
 " A man's good work is his best monument." 
 
 Few entomologists know the hidden resorts of Suffolk's rarest insects as 
 did Edward Sparke, fewer are so eager to present the hand of assistance 
 in bringing brothers of the net and pin within the scope of their own inti- 
 mate knowledge, and none was ever a more genial, generous and open- 
 hearted companion. Future generations will regret that he was laid low 
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PREFACE, 
 
 In publisliitig the present compilation of work done in the study and 
 the field, it is pressed upon me that life is all too short to perfect even so 
 small a task as an account of the insects of a single county. The primal 
 difficulty is to know when the enumeration of any particular branch is 
 sufficiently complete for i)resentation to the generations that follow. It is 
 obviously ridiculous to give the observations of a year as representing the 
 comparative frequency of a county's insect-fauna, and yet, upon the other 
 hand, it is equally foolish to delay their publication when a good repre- 
 sentative list has been compiled. It is hoped that the present volume, 
 which comprises the work of the past ten years, appears when all those 
 species which annually occur with us have been tabulated. Many others 
 are likely to do so ; in fact, it was not till the present year that the 
 generally distributed Acompocoris pygmaeus was met with, and then it was 
 found in so diverse localities that one wonders it had lain perdu so long. 
 
 As is the case with the Coleoptera, we find three main divisions of 
 the county, each producing, if not a peculiar fauna, at least a sufficiently 
 different one to warrant especial excursions being undertaken with a view 
 to obtaining distinct species. The heavy lands of the central portion 
 produce those kinds which appear to be of general distribution throughout 
 the Midlands ; the coast sands and, to a lesser degree, the sandy heaths 
 which border them westward along nearly their whole length, afford species 
 attached to saline and arenaceous situations ; but the peculiar inland sand- 
 hills, dunes and primeval heaths to the north-west of the county, are 
 responsible for many of its particular rarities. To the sterility of these 
 
iv PREFACE. 
 
 last we must largely attribute the splendid fauna of the fens, which make 
 up to us much that is lacking in the too-popular broads of the north-east ; 
 like a cordon of outposts they surround the original bog of Tuddenham, 
 Barton and Herringswell, offering no inducement to the pioneers of 
 " civilisation " to drain out the Ringed Plover with the rare Rumices and 
 Carices. The thanks of all lovers of primeval scenery are due to the 
 Goochs, of Benacre Hall, who have for so long hidden from vandal eyes 
 Benacre, the last of our broads. 
 
 The Plant-bugs are so intimately associated with their pabulum that the 
 botanist here steps in to materially assist the entomologist in their capture. 
 Many kinds, such as the Cryptocerata and H-ydro7netridae, are found by 
 general fishing with a water net ; the Aradidae live among moss on 
 apparently any kind of tree ; and the Cimicidae, on account of their 
 exclusively carnivorous habits, may turn up almost anywhere. But the 
 majority are very nice in their taste : each species of Bythoscopidae, and 
 many Feniato?nidae, has its particular delectation in the matter of trees or 
 bushes ; the Coreidae, Odontoscelis, Podops, and some of the Lygaeidae, 
 select the driest and most arid plants for sustenance ; and the Tingididae 
 vary from those which grow in salt-marshes to the homely hop. The 
 Red2(viidae are interesting from the fact that, though many prey upon every- 
 thing that runs within their reach — often, in fact, upon their own kind — 
 a few seem to confine their attacks to isolated species or sets of species ; 
 thus the great Reduvms personatus is known to have a predilection for 
 bed-bugs, I have reason to believe that the rare Nabis boops favours larvae 
 of Spaihocera, and N. Imeatus I suspect of tendencies towards those of 
 Chorosoma. The two Ploiariae quite possibly prey upon Psocid larvae, so 
 common, both in faggots and upon holly. The Saididae, with the excep- 
 tion of S. Cocksli, delight to rush about in the sunshine on damp mud, 
 by streams and in salt marshes. But in the Capsidae all the species are 
 exclusively phytophagous, '^ and if you would find the more uncommon 
 kinds, a search must first be instituted for their food-plants ; thus, it 
 
 1 C/., however, Prof. Reuter, in E.M.M., 1903, p. 121. 
 
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PREFACE. V 
 
 was not till the present year that I discovered Dicyplius pallidicornis, for 
 Digitalis purpurea was almost unknown to me about Ipswich. By chance, 
 however, I happened upon a great bed of it in a previously unexplored 
 wood, and upon the plants the Dicvphi were sitting in their hundreds ! 
 I have seen it upon nothing else, though Mr. Edwards says it occurs in 
 Norfolk commonly upon Sfachys. It is, too, difficult to account for the 
 long periods which will elapse between the appearances of certain species. 
 In 1894, I found Issus cokoptralus in the Bentley Woods, but, though 
 I collected there about once every week the years round, I saw no more 
 specimens for ten years ! As Curtis truly says, " There is nothing perhaps 
 in Nature more wonderful than the sudden appearance and disappearance 
 of these minor works of the Creator, which are called forth to answer 
 ends that our limited understandings cannot comprehend, and which are, 
 by a combination of circumstances no less wonderful, swept away from us 
 altogether." 
 
 As was done in my former accounts of Suffolk insects, the noting of 
 kinds likely to occur here, but not yet found, is certainly worth per- 
 petuating, if only to point out in what directions the future student should 
 most advantageously strike out. It may be mentioned that Corimelaena 
 scarabaeoides almost positively occurs in dead leaves and moss, Eurygasfer 
 maura is found upon knap -weed on dry banks, and is recorded from 
 Cambridgeshire, Gnathoconus picipes on sandhills, Neottiglossa ivflexa at 
 roots of plants in dry places ; on the north Essex coast, Pentatoma 
 fuscispina} and in Norfolk Asopiis punctatus and Zicrona caerulea have 
 occurred. In the Coreidae, Alydus calcaratus is found on heaths, of which 
 we have an abundance, and Therapha hyoscyaiiii is not rare. Berytns 
 clavipes and Cy?nus melanocephalus should both be common ; Henestaris 
 laticeps occurs on the north Essex coast ; - Plociomenis fracticollis I have 
 swept at Roydon Fen, only half-a-mile over the border in Norfolk, so it is 
 sure to occur at Tuddenham. Ap]iauus pini should turn up at roots of 
 heather, Drymus piceus is recorded from Chippenham,^ and more species 
 
 1 Cf. E.M.M., 1902, p. 66. 2 Cf. E.M.M., 1S9S, p. 14. » C/. E.M.M., 1898, p. 221. 
 
VI PREFACE. 
 
 of Orthostira will turn up in moss. On the surface of ponds, I have 
 probably overlooked Gem's odonfogas/er and argetifata, which latter Mr. E. 
 A. Elliott has found at Wicken Fen, though Sa/da Mulleri is rarer. In- 
 sufficient attention has also been paid to the Ctmices, since there is no 
 reason why the pigeon-, swallow- and bat-bug should not all occur here, 
 with Arithocoris gallarum-ulmi, which has occurred at Wicken Fen. 
 Among the numerous Capsidae, there are yet to be found Teratocqris 
 Saundersi, Bryocoris pteridis often common on ferns, Phytocoris Reuleri 
 on fruit trees, Calocoris ticinensis on skull-cap in the fens, the Norfolk 
 Lygus viscicola and Caps us scutellatiis. 
 
 But the commonest of all the unrecorded Capsidae, perhaps, are Pilo- 
 phorus davahis and P. peiplexiis, which ought to be beaten from hedges ; 
 heaths should be ransacked for Sysiellonoius triguttatus and Stachys for 
 Macrolophus mdnhis, while Strongylocoris hucocephalus and Globiceps 
 cruciatus may also be expected. Three more Orthotyli should certainly 
 occur — nassaUis on alder, adenocarpi on broom, and Scotti on elm. I 
 have, moreover, fruitlessly searched for Helerocordylus genisiae, Macrocoleus 
 tanaceti and Psallus Falknii, nor has Conosteihns salinus appeared in the 
 coast marshes. Mr. Alfred Beaumont has found Hoplomachus in N. Essex. 
 The extent of her broads affords Norfolk Corixa selecta, semistriata, con- 
 cinna and Bofisdorffii, with the two Sigarae, though I am sure C. foss aruvi 
 occurs with us since I have found it just over the Cambridge border. 
 
 Yet more remains to be done with our Cicadina, which are dwarfed by 
 Mr. James Edwards' herculean efforts in Norfolk ; however, this should 
 serve only as a stimulant, since it points out what one is likely to find in 
 Suffolk. The fact that I have been enabled to take nine additional species 
 of Liburnia during the present year shows how inadequately that genus 
 has been worked ; and also Cixius siinilis, with two Stiromae, is likely to 
 occur. Nor is it improbable that the eight other Norfolk Idioceri, except 
 of course Hernchii, should be found, as well as the two Strongylocephali, 
 Doratura inipudka and the fen Parainesus phragfititis, which swarms only 
 a mile or two over the western border at Chippenham. The many blanks 
 
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PREFACE. VU 
 
 in the Jassidae show that there has been a lamentable lack of grubbing, 
 indeed the indispensable waterproof sheet is quite an unknown factor to 
 me. I will only say, by way of illustration, that we have not yet discovered 
 two A/hysani, nine Deltocephali, two A/iygi, five Cicadulae, three Li?no- 
 tettices and, worst of all, six Thamnotettices boasted by Norfolk, The 
 Typhlocybidae is rather better, though to make it so, I have had to add no 
 less than fourteen species during this season, and still three Dicranetirae, 
 six Typhlocybae and three Zyginae might turn up. The Psyllina has been 
 sadly neglected ; it is not a group to be mastered by general collecting. 
 Nearly every species must be sought on its own food-plant, excepting those 
 which congregate amid thick conifers in winter. Both the Rhinocolae, 
 Aphalara artemisiae and nervosa, Psylla crafaegi, Lowii, hippopha'es and 
 Hartigii, with Trioza nlhiventris and rhamni, have fallen to Mr. Edwards' 
 net, but are yet unknown in Suffolk. 
 
 In the present list will be found few records by the older authors, for 
 no observation upon this group of insects has come down to us — as far as 
 I have been able to ascertain — from Rev. William Kirby, of Barham, nor 
 his contemporaries. Stephens' " Illustrations," unfortunately, did not in- 
 clude the Hemiptera, and but few species are mentioned by Curtis. The 
 Pagets' notes refer mainly to Norfolk insects ; but an ancient specimen or 
 two still exists in Mr. W. H. Baker's collection at Battisford. I have been 
 enabled to add some things, in the Cambridge Museum, taken in the 
 neighbourhood of Mildenhall during recent years by Dr. D. Sharp, and a 
 few more while examining the collection of the late Dr. W. Garneys, which 
 were captured about Bungay some forty years ago. Others may be con- 
 tained in Mr. Blatch's collection, but I have found no opportunity of 
 dealing with these last, though I know he did at one time collect at 
 Brandon. 
 
 The following literature appears to be all available relating to the Hemip- 
 tera of Suffolk ; but I am much indebted for longer or shorter lists of 
 captures in the Lowestoft District to E. A. Butler, who collected extensively 
 there in 1891, E. C. Bedwell during recent years, E. A. Newbery in 1904, 
 
Vlll PREFACE. 
 
 H. J. Thouless and Edward Saunders. A. E. Gibbs has taken a few things 
 at Orford, and G. C. Champion at Felixstowe. W. H. Tuck, F. Norgate 
 and the late E. G. J. Sparke record many things from the vicinity of Bury 
 St. Edmunds, T. Rope from Tunstall, W. E. Flatten from Needham, 
 E. Baylis from Ipswich, and Edward Ransom from Sudbury. J. J. Walker, 
 A. J. Chitty and F. B. Jennings found a few good things on the Break 
 sands, G. H. Verrall in Tuddenham Fen ; and Ernest A. Elliott has col- 
 lected with me throughout the county. 
 
 LITERATURE RELATING TO SUFFOLK HEMIPTERA. 
 
 COMPLETE WORKS. 
 
 John Curtis, f.l.s., etc.— British Entomology. 1823-40. 
 
 C. and J. Paget. — A Sketch of the Natural History of Great Yarmouth and its neigh- 
 bourhood. 1834. 
 
 J. Douglas and J. Scott.— British Hemiptera. (Heteroptera). 1S65. 
 
 Edward Saunders, f. r. s., f.l.s. —The Hemiptera- Heteroptera of the British 
 Islands. 1892. 
 
 James Edwards, f.e.s. —The Hemiptera-Homoptera of the British Islands. 1896. 
 
 ARTICLES. 
 
 E. A. Butler, b.a., b.sc, ¥.v..s.—Peril>alHs vemalism Suffolk. E.M.M. 1901, p. 302. 
 
 Two additional species of British Hemiptera. E.M.M. 1904, p. 275. 
 
 Hemiptera-Heteroptera near Lowestoft. E.M.M. 1891, p. 277. 
 
 J. W. Douglas, f.e.s.— Notes on some species o^ Psyllidae. E.M.M. 1876, p. 40. 
 James Edwards, f.e.s.— Notes on the genus Chloriona, Fieb. E.M.M. 1898, p. 60. 
 
 F. B. Jennings, f.e.s.— Coleoptera, etc., at Brandon, in August, 1903. E.M.M. 
 
 1904, p. ^1. 
 
 Edward Saunders, f.r.s., etc.— Notes on Hemiptera taken at Southwold. E.M.M. 
 1877, p. 164. 
 
 H. J. Thouless.— Trans. Norf. Nat. Soc. 1889, p. 708, etc. 
 
 W. H. Tuck, M. a.— Entomological Notes. Trans. Norf. Nat. Soc. 1S97, p. 329 ; 1S98, 
 p. 420 ; 1900, p. 14 ; 1901, p. 157 ; 1902, p. 332 ; 1903, p. 527 ; 1904, p. 636. 
 
 J. J.Walker, f.l.s., f.e.s.— Notes on Coleoptera at Brandon, Suffolk. E.M.M. 
 xxii. p. 86. 
 
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INTRODUCTION 
 
 The long period of time allowed to elapse since the publication of 
 " The Hymenoptera of Suffolk," which so closely followed that of " The 
 Coleoptera of Suffolk," is not to be construed into any lack of enthusiasm 
 on the part of the author, but rather on that of the entomological public, 
 and has proceeded from two causes. Firstly, it was thought no Order of 
 insects had meanwhile received sufficient attention to warrant publication, 
 and, secondly, the interest taken in the local distribution of species ap- 
 peared so small that the return for initial outlay of time and " filthy lucre " 
 was absolutely microscopic. The number of British Entomologists is very 
 small and, though constantly increasing, any augmentation is nullified 
 (from a publishing point of view) by the extreme exclusiveness which is 
 creeping over all our ranks. We are degenerating from " entomologists "— 
 Oliver Wendell Holmes would have us believe none such ever existed ; 
 but, at least, they tried to do so — into students of especial orders, families, 
 groups and even genera. We are becoming not naturalists in the good 
 old-fashioned broad sense, but musty students of isolated subjects. Where 
 is the man among us who could write like Kirby, Westwood or even 
 Burmeister ? Are the builders of Babel worth imitation ? By all means 
 let us specialise ; but no one can successfully specialise till he have a good 
 working knowledge of the main subject, and this, I have no hesitation in 
 saying, is not possessed by at least some who most constantly figure as 
 leaders — I will not say pioneers — in British Entomology to-day. 
 
 For the present, it has been thought expedient to refrain from publish- 
 ing what little is known of the Aphidae and Coccidae of Suffolk, and, in the 
 broadest sense of Hemiptera, we may also add the Con-odeniia (Anoplura) 
 and, perhaps, even the Thysauoptera. If ever these obscure things should 
 become satisfactorily worked out, they will be sutihciently extensive in 
 themselves to constitute a separate volume. 
 
X INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Consequently, the present account is co-extensive with Mr. Saunders' 
 " Heteroptera " and Mr. Edwards' " Homoptera " of the British Islands 
 and their nomenclature has (with slight modification) been adopted. It 
 is, however, to Mr. E. A. Butler, b.a., b.Sc, f.e.s., that I wish to give my 
 best thanks for the care and kindness with which he has named Suffolk 
 specimens, though, in the few cases where he was uncertain, both the 
 above authors have personally come to our aid. 
 
 It is, perhaps, fitting to here draw attention to the inclusion in our 
 county fauna of a species which has not j'et been recorded from the British 
 Islands, though doubtless indigenous to their most boggy spots. This is 
 Livia Jimbafa , ^^'^g-j which superficially differs from the common Z. jun- 
 corum in the less angulated anterior margin of the head, shorter basal 
 antennal joint, general paler colouration and lack of infuscate spots in the 
 wing-margin. I was so fortunate as to sweep two specimens from /uncus 
 in Tuddenham Fen on August 19th last. 
 
 A Heteropteroi-^of even greater interest was swept from a plant of 
 Digitalis purpurea in Cutler's Wood at Freston on July 2nd last. I sent 
 it, queried F/ngiognaihus arbustorinn^ var., to Mr. Butler, who, however, 
 said it had " no black hairs and spines and the thorax was the wrong shape 
 for Flagiog7iaihus." Upon a second examination Mr. Saunders said, " Until 
 other specimens turn up, I think this must remain a ? I know nothing 
 continental like it." Vigorous search revealed no second specimen, so the 
 matter must remain for the present in suspense. No rule of thumb for the 
 identification of species can ever be entirely satisfactory, so that abnormal 
 specimens, often described as new species, will always be present. 
 
 Where no authority is given, the record is in all cases my own. 
 
 CLAUDE MORLEY. 
 
 Ip-Swich, September 24th, igo4. 
 (Nuptiae). 
 
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THE 
 
 HEMIPTERA OF SUFFOLK, 
 
 HETEROPTERA. 
 PENTATOMIDAE. 
 
 ODONTOSCELIS. 
 
 I. Fuliginosa, Linn. Mr. Butcher, of Lowestoft, gave me a specimen 
 which he ca[)tured on the sands to the north of that town (Curtis). — 
 Two from j\Iildenhall (in Cambs. Mas.). — One on the Feh'xstowe 
 Sandhills, in June, 1896 ; and not uncommon upon Foxhall Plateau, 
 especially as larvae in early August, 1904. 
 
 PODOPS. 
 
 I. Inuncta, Fah. Bury District (Tuck). — Not uncommon ; Foxhall, 
 Hadleigh, East Bergholt, V>Mx%\.d\\ ^IcTeUt^^f-o^ci ^.nfnrU (d-^i*^) 
 
 SEHIRUS. 
 
 1. Bicolor, Linn. Bury District, under bark of trees, and sometimes 
 
 immature in ants' nests (Tuck). — ^Tunstall (Rope).— Often commonly 
 swept ; Bentley Woods, Claydon, Lavenham, Nayland, Needham. 
 
 2. Biguttatus, Lifin. Not uncommon in moss in winter at Bentley 
 
 Woods ; Holbrook Park and Ipswich gardens. 
 
 GNATHOCONUS. 
 
 I. Albomarginatus, Fab. Needham Market (Flatten). — Somewhat 
 rare ; Great Blakenham, swept in June ; Ipswich, beneath stones, in 
 September. 
 
 AELIA. 
 
 I. Acuminata, Linn. Brandon (Champion). — Lowestoft, in 1891 
 (Butler). — A larva on thistles at Barham, in August. 
 
2 HEMIPTERA OF SUFFOLK. 
 
 PERIBALUS. 
 
 I. Vernalis, Wolff. One specimen, beaten from white poplar, in 
 Bentley Woods, on 25th May, 1901. This appears to be the fourth 
 localised British specimen, and was found about three in the after- 
 noon of a warm, windless day. On the continent, it is said to occur 
 on oak, birch and some low plants {cf. E.M.M., 1901, p. 302). 
 
 PENTATOMA. 
 
 1. Baccarum, Lin?i. On a dead thistle, on a rond at Oulton Broad in 
 
 September (Bedwell).- — Benacre Broad, swept in October (Elliott). 
 — Barton Mills, one swept, in June. 
 
 2. Prasina, Linn. Bentley Woods, not uncommon, on poplar ; Assing- 
 
 ton Thicks, on birch. 
 
 PIEZODORUS. 
 
 I. Lituratus, Fab. Lound Wood, abundant on bushes (Paget). — 
 Aldeburgh, on furze and tamarisk (Tuck). — Gorleston (Thouless). — 
 Several, on heather, at Gorton (Bedwell). — Foxhall and Bentley 
 Woods ; Ipswich, abundant in September. 
 
 TROPICORIS. 
 
 I. Rufipes, Linn. Rare at Tostock (Tuck). — Ipswich District, not very 
 common in roads towards dusk ; Bentley and Raydon Woods, in a 
 dead hawk, in August ; Foxhall, on seeding Angelica flower-head. 
 
 PICROMERUS. 
 
 I. Bidens, Linn. Foxhall Heath, in September, 1895 (Baylis). — 
 Herringfleet Marshes, in September (Bedwell). Single captures. 
 
 PQDISUS. 
 
 I. Luridus, Fal). Lound Wood, on bushes, rather rare (Paget). — 
 Local ; Bentley Woods in April on mountain ash, and larvae on 
 white poplar in August ; Assington, on birch. 
 
 ACANTHOSOMA. 
 
 1. Haemorrhoidale, Linn. Common about Bury St. Edmunds 
 
 (Tuck).— Mutford Wood, in May (Bedwell).— Mildenhall (Cambs. 
 Mus.). — Occasionally on sallow in Bendey Woods, and once in a 
 dead crow, in April. 
 
 2. Dentatum, Deg. — Brandon, Blatch (Saunders). — Bury St. Edmunds, 
 
 common (Tuck). — Orford (Gibbs). — Bentley Woods, uncommon, 
 on poplar and fir ; Tuddenham Fen, on birch. 
 
 3. Interstinctum, Linn. Tostock (Tuck). — Mildenhall (Cambs 
 
 Mus.). — Bentley Woods, not common, on sallow and one in a dead 
 crow's head ; Assington Thicks, on birch ; Coddenham, on box. 
 
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 COREIDAE. 
 
 SPATHOCERA. 
 
 I, Dalmanni, Schill. Not rare, crawling on the bare, arid plateau at 
 Foxhall ; larvae common in late July. Extremely local. 
 
 SYROMASTES. 
 
 I. Marginatus, Linn. Fritton and Lound rare (Paget). — Taken by 
 Edwin Garneys at Bungay, in autumn, 1878 (Carney's Diary). — 
 One, swept at Wesdeton Lamb Pits, in September, 1900 (Elliott). 
 
 VERLUSIA. 
 
 I. Rhombea, Linn. Bury St. Edmunds, May, 1903 (Tuck, Norf. 
 Trans., 1904, p. 636). 
 
 PSEUDOPHLAEUS. 
 
 I. Fallenii, Schill. Brandon (Walker).— Tuddenham St. Mary (Chitty). 
 — It occurs sparingly, in June, at the roots of Erodiujn cicuiariuin, 
 throughout the Breck district. 
 
 COREUS. 
 
 I. Denticulatus, Scop. Two, from Mildenhall (Cambs. Mus.)— Oulton 
 Broad, June, 1898 (Bed well). —Tostock, in June, 1900 (Tuck). 
 
 CORIZUS. 
 
 1. Capitatus, Fab. Mildenhall (Cambs. Mus.). 
 
 2. Parumpunctatus, Scliill. Rarely, at Spiraea flowers, in Tuddenham 
 
 Fen, August (Elliott and Verrall). — Alildenhall (Cambs. Mus.). — 
 Swept somewhat commonly at Brandon, in August (Jennings). — 
 Brandon, very rare at roots oi Echiuni vu/gare, in September. 
 
 MYRMUS. 
 
 I. Myriformis, Fail. Lowestoft (Butler). — Bentley Woods, in July, 
 1895 ; abundant on heath grasses at Foxhall and Tuddenham Fen. 
 
 CHOROSOMA. 
 
 I. Schillingi, Sclnnl. Southwold and Lowestoft (Saunders). — At the 
 former locality I have found the larvae among marram grass, in 
 July, and was much amused at the peculiar aspect presented by the 
 strongly recurved abdomen in walking. 
 
HEMIPTERA OF SUFFOLK. 
 
 BERYTIDAE. 
 
 NEIDES. 
 
 Tipularius, Linn. Taken, by sweeping, at Rushmere Heath, August 
 (Newbery). — Very rare; singly, in Bentley Woods, in April, 1895, 
 and May, 1902. 
 
 BERYTUS. 
 
 Minor, H. S. Tostock, in a nest of Bombiis muscorwn (Tuck). — 
 Mutford Wood, and not uncommon in marsh hay at Barnby Broad, 
 in September (Bedwell). — Widely distributed but never common; 
 Bentley Woods, Ipswich, Claydon, Sproughton, Moulton ; upon 
 water-weeds at Oulton Broad, and in a brackish ditch at Bawdsey. 
 
 Signoreti, Fieb. Local ; occasionally upon Foxhall Plateau, and 
 at roots of Erica tetralix ; Claydon, in gravel pits ; Brandon, at 
 roots of Senecio Jacobaea. 
 
 Montivagus, Fieb. Southwold (Saunders). — Certainly rare; two 
 in moss at Hadleigh in March, and one at roots of ragwort at 
 Brandon in June ; Foxhall Marshes. 
 
 Crassipes, H. S. A few, in marsh haystack, Barnby Broad, in 
 September (Bedwell). — Lowestoft (Thouless, Norf. Trans., 1889, 
 p. 708). — Tuddenham Fen, one on reeds, in April, 1904. 
 
 METACANTHUS. 
 
 Punctipes, Germ. Abundant at roots of marram grass, Kessingland 
 Sandhills, in September, 1900 (Bedwell). — Lowestoft (Thouless). — 
 I have also found it beneath Ononis spinosa, at Kentford. At rest 
 this species strongly resembles a Li/nnobid, but its flight, which is 
 very free, is more like that of a Culicid. 
 
 LYGAEIDAE. 
 
 NYSIUS. 
 
 I. Thymi, Woljf. In June, running quickly over the sandhills, near 
 Lowestoft (Curtis, B. E., 597). ■ — Brandon, at roots of Erodiuui 
 (Walker). — Felixstowe (Newbery). — Tostock (Tuck). — It is abundant 
 on yarrow and Echiutii vuigare, in sandy places, throughout the 
 county ; I have taken the var. jnacuiaius, D. S., at Tuddenham, in 
 June. 
 
 CYMUS. 
 
 1. Glandicolor, Hahn. Tuddenham, in moss (Sparke). — Brandon 
 
 (Chitty). — Local; common on Carex paniculata at Foxhall. 
 
 2. Claviculus, Fall. Rare, at roots oi Aim caespitosa and other grasses, 
 
 in Bentley Woods, in April. 
 
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 ISCHNORHYNCHUS. 
 
 1. Resedae, Panz. Tuddenham Fen, common on birch (Elliott). — 
 
 Tostock (Tuck). — Brandon (Chitty). — Eighteen specimens from 
 Mildenhall (Cambs. Mus.). — Widely distributed, but rarely common ; 
 Freston and Belstead, in May ; Assington ; Earton Mills ; South- 
 wold, on Aster in/olium, in September. 
 
 2. Geminatus, Fie/>. Common, on Erica, at Lowestoft, in August 
 
 (Elliott). — ^Tostock (Tuck). — Much commoner than the last, and 
 often abundant on heaths ; Foxhall, Covchithe, Southwold and 
 Blythburgh. 
 
 CHILACIS. 
 
 I. Typhae, Ferr. Fritton (Thouless). Occurs in Typha latifolia 
 heads. 
 
 HETEROGASTER. 
 
 I, Urticae, Fah. Lowestoft (Thouless, Norf Trans., 1889, p. 708). — 
 Aldeburgh and Bungay (Tuck). — Icklingham Plains ; common on 
 nettles at Lakenheath in June, 1899 ; HoUesley, on Angelica 
 flowers, among nettles ; Kessingland Sandhills ; several hibernating 
 gregariously beneath willow bark, at Harkstead. There can be no 
 doubt this species hibernates in the imago state ; I have found it 
 live for over a month, in autumn, m^jim ■f-'AArr^ J.vt.^i^ 
 
 RHYPAROCHROMUS. 
 
 1. Praetextatus, If. S. Middle of May, Thetford Warren, amongst 
 
 short grass (Curtis, B. E., 612).— Mildenhall (Cambs. Mus.)— Ap- 
 parently very rare ; one, beneath Erodium cicutarium, Brandon 
 Heath, June, 1899. 
 
 2. Dilatatus, H.S. Once found beneath a stone, upon Foxhall Plateau, 
 
 May, 1898. 
 
 3. Chiragra, Fab. Tostock, in nest of Bombus muscoruni (Tuck). — 
 
 Southwold, Foxhall ; in burrow of water vole and river refuse at 
 Sproughton ; Hadleigh, in moss. Mr. Champion has found the var. 
 sabulicola, Thoms., at Bawdsey in IN'Iay, and I have taken it and its 
 larvae beneath seaweed at Felixstowe in August. 
 
 ISCHNOCORIS. 
 
 Angustulus, Boh. Taken at Brandon, early in June, 1903 (Chitty). 
 — Uncommon ; Foxhall and Lowestoft Denes beneath heather. 
 
 MACRODEMA. 
 
 Micropterum, Curt. Lowestoft (Butler). — Westleton Heath; 
 abundant on Erica at Lowestoft, Oulton Broad, Blythburgh and 
 (the micropterous form) Foxhall, in July. 
 
HEMIPTERA OF SUFFOLK. 
 
 PLINTHISUS. 
 
 Brevipennis, Latr. Lowestoft (Butler). — Bungay Common, in July 
 (Tuck). — Mildenhall (Cambs. Mus.). — A macropterous form on 
 Kessingland Sandhills, nth September, 1900 (Bedwell). — Several 
 developed specimens at Lowestoft (Thouless). — Foxhall, Southwold, 
 Gorton, and in sandpits at Butley Priory ; a developed specimen, on 
 oak, in Staverton Thicks, in June. 
 
 LASIOSOMUS. 
 
 Enervis, H. S. I took one specimen of this rare species by general 
 sweeping at Southwold, in July, 1897. 
 
 ACOMPUS. 
 
 Rufipes, Wolff. Oulton Broad, not uncommon in flood refuse 
 (Bedwell). — Brandon (Chitty). — Only found in the Broads and Fens. 
 Barton Mills, in cop., and Herringswell Fen, in June and July. 
 
 STYGNUS. 
 
 Rusticus, Fall. Southwold, in September (Elliott). — Tostock (Tuck). 
 
 — Bentley Woods, very rare. 
 Pedestris, Fall. Lowestoft (Butler).— Oulton Broad (Bedwell). — 
 
 Not uncommon ; Freston, Foxhall, Dodnash Wood, Bildeston and 
 
 Brandon, in September. 
 Arenarius, Hahn. May and June, Lowestoft, Suffolk (Curtis, 612). 
 
 — Abundant throughout the county upon, and at roots of, plants. 
 
 PERITRECHUS. 
 
 Geniculatus, Hahn. Not uncommon at roots of low plants, especi- 
 ally in winter ; Foxhall, Felixstowe, Trimley Marshes, etc. 
 
 Nubilus, Fall. In a marsh haystack in Oulton Broad, and sparingly 
 at roots of marram grass on Kessingland Sandhills, in September 
 (Bedwell). — One, in a tuft of Aira caespiiosa, in Bentley Wood, in 
 April. 
 
 Luniger, Schill. Abundant, especially in moss, and beneath aspen, 
 sallow and ivy bark in the winter. 
 
 TRAPEZONOTUS. 
 
 Agrestis, Fall. Tuddenham, in moss (Sparke). — Common ; Ipswich, 
 Felixstowe Sandhills, Bentley Woods and Lakenheath Warren. 
 
 APHANUS. 
 
 Lynceus, Fab. One specimen, at roots of field grass, at East Berg- 
 holt, in AjDril, 1901. 
 
 Pedestris, Panz. Sproughton, beneath black poplar bark, in De- 
 cember, and not uncommon in Ipswich market gardens in spring. 
 
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 DRYMUS. 
 
 Confusus, Horv. A very dark specimen swept at Brandon, 23rd 
 August, 1903 (Jennings, E.M.M., 1904, p. 87 ; cf. lib. cit. p. 276). 
 
 Sylvaticus, Fab. Common from Lowestoft to Sudbury ; often in 
 flood refuse about Ipswich. 
 
 Brunneus, Sahib. Mildenhall (Cambs. Mus.). — Much less common 
 than the last species ; Foxhall, Bentley Woods, Hadleigh, etc. 
 
 NOTOCHILUS. 
 
 Contractus, H. S. Kessingland Sandhills (Bedwell). — Felixstowe 
 Sandliills (Newbery). — Lowestoft, Gorton ; Ipswich, uncommon in 
 rejectamenta and sandpits. 
 
 SCOLOPOSTETHUS. 
 
 Puberulus, Horv. One, at roots of heather, Bixley Decoy, Foxhall, 
 
 19-3-04- 
 
 Affinis, Schill. Common, especially at Felixstowe Cliffs ; Lowestoft, 
 Oulton, Farnham, Ipswich, Bentley Woods, Nayland. 
 
 Neglectus, Edtv. Bury St. Edmunds (Butler). — Oulton Broad 
 (Bedwell). — Widely distributed, but only common at Foxhall, Laven- 
 ham, and Stoke-by-Nayland ; Barham ; East Bergholt, hibernating 
 in grass ; a fully developed example at Barton Mills, in June. 
 
 Decoratus, HaJin. Lowestoft (Butler). — Abundant, beneath Erica 
 ietralix at Foxhall, and probably also other heaths. 
 
 GASTRODES. 
 
 Abietis, Linn. On a fir on Lound Heath, common (Paget). This 
 record needs confirmation and probably refers to the following 
 species. 
 
 Ferrugineus, Lijin. Battisford (one, in coll. Baker). — Tostock and 
 Norton Wood (Tuck). — Not uncommon at Herringfleet, loth Sep- 
 tember, 1900 (Bedwell). — Rare, beneath bark of Finns sylvestris, 
 Brightwell Heath, in February ; larvae at Barnby Broad. 
 
 PYRRHOCORIS. 
 
 Apterus, Linn. Many [of the apterous specimens] were found in 
 pairs by Mr. Dashwood, junr., of Beccles, in Suffolk, on sandy banks 
 in that neighbourhood, the middle of May (Curtis, B.E., 465). 
 
 TINGIDIDAE. 
 
 SERENTHIA. 
 
 Laeta, Fall. Eleven from Mildenhall (Cambs. Mus.). — One speci- 
 men at Brandon (Jennings, E.M.M., 1904, p. 87). — Swept somewhat 
 commonly at Kessingland by Mr. Newbery and myself. 
 
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« HEMIPTERA OF SUFFOLK. 
 
 PIESMA. 
 
 1. Quadrata, Fieb. In profusion under Chenopodium, Felixstowe Sand- 
 
 hills, in August, 1 90 1 (Newbery). — Rare, Aldeburgh and Wherstead, 
 in salt marshes. 
 
 2. Capitata, IVoIff. Generally distributed, but not very common ; 
 
 Aldeburgh, Copdock, Oulton Broad in marsh hay, Assington Thicks 
 and Bentley Woods on birch, Aspall Woods in grass in winter, and 
 occasionally beneath aspen bark, about Ipswich. 
 
 ORTHOSTIRA. 
 
 I. Parvula, Fall. Tuddenham, in moss (Sparke). — Brandon (Chitty). 
 — Mildenhall (Cambs. Mus.). — Lakenheath Warren, under stones ; 
 common, especially in moss at Bentley Woods, Freston, Lowestoft, 
 Foxhall Plateau and Sproughton. Very variable in colour. 
 
 DICTYONOTA. 
 
 1. Crassicornis, Fall. Felixstowe Sandhills, in August (Newbery). — 
 
 Ipswich, Foxhall and Bentley Woods in sandpits, Covehithe Broad 
 in nests of Myrmica rubra in October, Southwold Sandhills at roots 
 of Sednm acre ; Kessingland Cliffs, Tuddenham Fen. 
 
 2. Strichnocera, Fieb. Certainly rare. I swept one specimen from 
 
 mullein at Westleton, in July, 1900. 
 
 DEREPHYSIA. 
 
 I. Foliacea, Fall. Herringfleet (Butler). — Bentley Woods, one in a 
 dead rabbit, early in August, 1897. 
 
 MONANTHIA. 
 
 1. Ampliata, Fieb. Common in Tuddenham Fen (Elliott). — Brandon 
 
 (Chitty).— Tostock (Tuck).— Barton Mills, by the Kennett at Moul- 
 ton, Bawdsey, Ipswich and Bentley Woods ; always singly. 
 
 2. Cardui, Li?in. By no means uncommon, on thistles, about Ipswich ; 
 
 Lowestoft, Mutford, Lavenham, Brandon, etc. 
 
 3. Ciliata, Fieb. I swept one specimen from a hedge bottom at Bentley 
 
 Woods, in April, 1895. 
 
 4. Dumetorum, H. S. Tostock (Tuck). — Probably not uncommon, 
 
 on hawthorn fiowers, in June ; Shrubland Park, etc. 
 
 5. Humuli, Fab. Tuddenham Fen (Elliott). — Common ; Barton Mills, 
 
 Oulton, Henstead, Southwold, Bentley Woods, etc. 
 
 ARADUS. 
 
 I, Depressus, Fab. Tostock (Tuck). — Ipswich ; Assington Thicks, 
 on oak ; Dodnash Woods. It was common on fir trees in Bentley 
 Woods, while the timber was being felled, and appeared to be 
 gregarious in moss and among pine chips. 
 
HEMIPTERA OF SUFFOLK. Q 
 
 ANEURUS. 
 
 I, Laevis, Fab. Very local. Abundant, in moss, on old tree stumps, 
 in Bentley Woods. I counted sixty in a batch, in March, 1895. 
 
 HYDROMETRIDAE. 
 
 HEBRUS. 
 
 1. Pusillus, Fall. Oulton Broad, in March, 1898 (Bedwell). 
 
 2. Ruficeps, Thorns. I took it in rejectamenta at Oulton Broad, in 
 
 May, 1898, and subsequently it occurred there commonly, 
 
 HYDROMETRA. 
 
 I. Stagnorum, Linn. Ditches, very common around Yarmouth (Paget). 
 
 — Common, in flood refuse, Oulton Broad (Bedwell). — Easton 
 Broad, Mildenhall, Foxhall, Westerfield, etc., common on running 
 water. 
 
 MICROVELIA. 
 
 I. Pygmaea, Dnf. Occurs fairly plentifully at Oulton Broad (Bedwell). 
 
 — Not rare in the Bramford Marshes, in spring. 
 
 VELIA. 
 
 I. Currens, Fab. Abundant everywhere, on running water ; found 
 sucking a dead Trichopieron at Hintlesham, in March ; a developed 
 form in the Bramford Marshes, early in September, 1895. 
 
 GERRIS. 
 
 1. Rufoscutellata, Latr. One specimen of this rare species on a 
 
 puddle, in middle of Bentley Woods, nth March, 1896. 
 
 2. Najas, Deg. Probably not uncommon, on running water; abundant, 
 
 upon a mill-stream, at Nayland, in May. 
 
 3. Thoracica, Sclunn. Lowestoft, Oulton Broad, Bawdsey, Wherstead, 
 
 Ipswich, etc. ; often upon brackish water. 
 
 4. Gibbi*fera, Schum. Fairly common at Blakenham, Bawdsey, Bel- 
 
 stead, etc. ; rarely upon brackish water. 
 
 5. Lacustris, Linn. Taken on salt-water ditches, I believe, on the 
 
 coast of Suffolk, in August (Curtis, 553). — Abundant throughout the 
 county. I have not noticed it upon brackish water. 
 
 REDUVIIDAE. 
 
 PLOIARIA. 
 
 1. Vagabunda, Linn. Rare and local ; several (one pair ift cop.) 
 
 beaten from holly trees in Bentley Woods, in August, 1904. 
 
 2. Culiciformis, Deg. Very rare ; beaten singly from faggots, at 
 
 Tuddenham St. Mary, in July and August. 
 
lO HEMIPTERA OF SUFFOLK. 
 
 REDUVIUS. 
 
 I. Personatus, Linn. Bury St. Edmunds, in a wasps' nest, in 1892, 
 and again in 1901 (Tuck). — Once found at Brandon (Norgate). — 
 Occasionally in the cellar of my house in Sudbury (Ransom). — Flew 
 to light in house near Braniford, in November, 1900 (Flatten). — 
 I have not met with this curious insect, whose larva covers itself 
 with dust, and preys upon Cimex lectuhirius and other insects. 
 Paget records it as flying to light, at night, at Yarmouth. 
 
 CORANUS. 
 
 I. Subapterus, Deg. Near Thetford Bridge, in a dead rabbit (Tuck). 
 — Barnham, in 1893 (Norgate). — Herringfleet (Bedwell). — Laken- 
 heath Warren, preying upon Trapezono/iis agrestis ; Kessingland 
 Sandhills ; not rare on heaths at Foxhall and Blythburgh, but 
 difficult to detect, on account of its protective colouration, till 
 smoked ; its odour is strong. 
 
 NABIS. 
 
 1. Brevipennis, Hahn. Common everywhere ; sometimes on sugar 
 
 on tree trunks at night about Ipswich. 
 
 2. Lativentris, Boh. Westleton (Elliott). — Oulton and Herringfleet 
 
 (Bedwell). — Certainly common on nettles ; copulates freely in 
 captivity. 
 
 3. Major, Cost. Dunwich (Elliott). — Corton, Lowestoft and Bury St. 
 
 Edmunds (Butler).- — Local, and much less frequent than the pre- 
 ceding ; Freston on Malva sylvesiris, Ipswich, Bentley, Southwold 
 and Kessingland Cliffs ; Alderton on reeds commonly, in July. 
 
 4. Boops, Schiod. One specimen, on sandhills near Lowestoft, in 1891 
 
 (Butler). — One, at Mildenhall, 29th July, 1899 (Cambs. Mus). — 
 Very rarely, beneath Erica telralix at Foxhall Heath, in August. 
 
 5. Flavomarginatus, Scholiz. Lowestoft and Bury (Butler). — Oulton 
 
 Broad (Bedwell). — On reeds, etc., at Ipswich, Foxhall and Alderton, 
 common in July ; a developed specimen in the Southwold salt 
 marshes in August, 1904. 
 
 6. Limbatus, Dahlb. Generally distributed and common ; Bentley, 
 
 Foxhall, Tostock, Reydon, Henstead and Oulton Broad. 
 
 7. Lineatus, Dahlb. Somewhat common in a marsh at Fritton Decoy, 
 
 in 1 89 1 (Buder). — Southwold (Saunders). — Several, on dead heads 
 of Hnmex, at Herringfleet (Bedwell). — Only recorded from the 
 Broads District of the north-east. Henstead Marshes and Oulton 
 Broad, in August, 1898 ; and a macropterous example on reeds in 
 Southwold salt marshes, in August, 1904. 
 
 8. Ferus, Linn. Abundant everywhere ; sometimes on heaths, under 
 
 Calluna erica ; often swept as late as November. 
 
 9. Rugosus, Limi. Generally distributed, but less frequent than the 
 
 last ; Stowmarket, Nayland ; common, in Bentley Woods, in spring 
 and autumn. 
 10. Ericetorum, 5(;//(9//2. On heaths, apparently somewhat local ; Thet- 
 • ford Warren, Tuddenham Fen, Wenhaston, Blythburgh, Foxhall, 
 Ipswich and Tostock. 
 
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 SALDIDAE. 
 
 SALDA. 
 
 1. Pilosa, Fall. Southwold (Saunders). 
 
 2. Saltatoria, Linn. Lowestoft (Butler). — Somewhat common ; Ips- 
 
 wicli, Claydon and Bramford Marshes ; Bawdsey at brackish ditches, 
 Oulton and Easton Broads. 
 
 3. Pallipes, Fab. Brackish ditches, on the coast, sometimes under sea- 
 
 weed ; Felixstowe, Bawdsey and Wherstead, in April and September. 
 
 4. Pilosella, Thorns. Not uncommon, in coast salt marshes ; Wher- 
 
 stead, Felixstowe, Bawdsey, Aldeburgh and Easton Broad ; abundant 
 at Southwold at the beginning of August. 
 
 5. Opacula, Zetf. On banks of brackish ditches at Felixstowe, 29-4-97. 
 
 6. Orthochila, Fieb. Gorton and Lowestoft (Butler). — Bramford Chalk 
 
 Bits, in September (Edmonds). — Uncommon; Walberswick, and 
 once on Epilobium hirsuium in Bentley Woods, in August. 
 
 7. Littoralis, Linn. Locally, abundant ; perfect early in June ; Wher- 
 
 stead, Aldeburgh, Easton Broad, and on banks of the Blyth at 
 Walberswick. 
 
 8. Lateralis, Fall. One, at Oulton Broad, in July, 1898 (Bedwell). — 
 
 A macropterous specimen in the Aldeburgh salt marshes, in June. 
 
 9. Cincta, Li. S. Abundant, on reeds, at Covehithe Broad, early in 
 
 October (Elliott). — Oulton Broad, rarely (Bedwell). — Foxhall Decoy 
 and several on banks of the Little Ouse, at Brandon, in June, 
 [o. Cocksii, Curt. Fritton, in 1891 (Butler). — Larvae, in flood refuse, 
 at Oulton Broad, in May, 1898. 
 
 CIMICIDAE. 
 
 CERATOCOMBUS. 
 
 I. Coleoptratus, Zett. Foxhall, on Mentha, in a damp meadow, in 
 August ; apparently very rare. 
 
 CIMEX. 
 
 T. Lectularius, Linn. I have received several records of this species 
 (in lodgings !). There is a rooted Suffolk belief that it is spon- 
 taneously evolved from wall-plaster ! 
 
 LYCTOCORIS. 
 
 I. Campestris, Fall. Common, from Barton Mills to Pin Mill; the 
 larvae are often abundant in the brick basements of haystacks. I 
 have found it in Boleti, probably preying upon larvae of Orchesia 
 micans. 
 
 PIEZOSTETHUS. 
 
 1. Galactinus, Fieb. Several taken in marsh haystacks at Oulton 
 
 Broad, in September, 1900 (Bedwell). 
 
 2. Cursitans, Fall. I took this species, in moss, on a poplar at 
 
 Bildeston, in October, 1899. 
 
12 HEMIPTERA OF SUFFOLK. 
 
 TEMNOSTETHUS. 
 
 I. Pusillus, H. S. Tostock (Tuck). — Not uncommon, beneath loose 
 bark of pine palings ; Ipswich, Foxhall, Henstead, Barnby Broad, 
 and on aspen at Henham. 
 
 ANTHOCORIS. 
 
 1. Confusus, Rent. Mildenhall (Cambs. Mus.).— Very abundant ; often 
 
 beneath pine bark, in winter, in the central and eastern districts ; 
 Tuddenham Fen. 
 
 2. Nemoralis, Fab. Lowestoft and Tostock (Butler). — Not very 
 
 common, on nettles ; Brandon, Tuddenham, Southwold, Codden- 
 ham, Foxhall, Bentley Woods and Ipswich. 
 
 3. Sarothamni, D.S. Several beaten from a dead fir hedge at Brandon, 
 
 24-4-04. 
 
 4. Sylvestris, Linn. Abundant throughout the county ; often found 
 
 in numbers upon umbelliferous flowers. 
 
 TETRAPHLEPS. 
 
 I. Vittata, Fieb. Tostock, in October, 1896 (Tuck). — Uncommon; 
 Tuddenham Fen and Bentley Woods, on fir trees, in 1904. 
 
 ACOMPOCORIS. 
 
 1. Pygmaeus, Fall. Not uncommon, on fir trees, in Bentley Woods 
 
 and Barnby Broad, in 1904. 
 
 2. Alpinus, Retit. Two or three, beaten from fir trees, in Barnby 
 
 Broad, 2-8-04. 
 
 TRIPHLEPS. 
 
 1. Nigra, Wolff. Tuddenham (Elliott).— Southwold (Saunders). — Com- 
 
 mon at Brandon, in September. 
 
 2. Majuscula, Reut. Extremely common throughout the county, 
 
 especially on aquatic plants ; sometimes under oak bark, in the 
 winter ; often on Angelica sylvestris flowers. 
 
 3. Minuta, Li^m. I swept a somewhat doubtful example of this species 
 
 at Foxhall, in September, 1903. 
 
 BRACHYSTELES. 
 
 I. Parvicornis, Cost. Two females, under a low elm hedge, neaMVal- 
 berswick, in 1877 (Saunders, E.M.M., 1877, p. 164 et 1889, p. 44). — 
 One, swept in a small wood at Kessingland, 30-7-04. 
 
 CARDIASTETHUS. 
 
 I. Fasciiventris, Garb. Singly, by sweeping weeds at Nayland and 
 beating hawthorn at Coddenham and Brandon, in May ; two, beaten 
 from fir trees, in Raydon Wood, in April {cf. E.M.M., 1899, p. 117). 
 
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 XYLOCORIS. 
 
 I. Ater, Duf. The bright red larvae are conspicuous objects beneath 
 dead pine bark ; Bentley, Blakenham, Sproughton and Claydon. 
 
 XYLOCORIDEA. 
 
 I. Brevipennis, Rent. I have taken an example of this species be- 
 neath hawthorn bark, in Framlingham Castle moat, in April, 1901 
 {cf. E.M.M., 1898, p. 251). This is the second British record. 
 
 MICROPHYSA. 
 
 1. Pselaphiformis, Curt. A male, in the Brandon District, early in 
 
 June (Chitty). — Four, from Mildenhall (Cambs. Mus.). — Tudden- 
 ham, one beaten from faggots, in July, 1903. 
 
 2. Elegantula, Baer. Lowestoft, in 1891 (Butler).— Blakenham, and 
 
 beneath bark of pine railing in Bentley Woods ; beaten from trees, 
 at Freston, Barham and Tuddenham. 
 
 MYRMEDOBIA. 
 
 1. Tenella, Zett. Southwold (Saunders). 
 
 2. Inconspicua, D. S. Lowestoft, both sexes, at roots of grass on 
 
 sandhills (Saunders). — At roots of grass near Southwold (old) Pier 
 (E.M.M., 1889, p. 44). 
 
 CAPSIDAE. 
 
 PITHANUS. 
 
 I. Maerkeli, H. S. Common about Ipswich, by general sweeping ; 
 Southwold and Lowestoft Sandhills. 
 
 ACETROPIS. 
 
 I. Gimmerthalii, Flor. Southwold (Saunders).— Very local, and only 
 in dry situations ; common on Walberswick Heath, in July ; turned 
 up commonly and unexpectedly in the middle of Bentley Woods, 
 where it had been unknown (for at least ten years), in 1903. 
 
 MIRIS. 
 
 1. Calcaratus, Fall. Fritton and Lowestoft (Butler).— Oulton Broad 
 
 (Bedwell). — Rarely very common, though widely distributed, and 
 taken freely at Easton Broad. 
 
 2, Laevigatus, Lifin. Abundant throughout the county ; captured by 
 
 Butler, Bedwell, Elliott, Newbery, Tuck, etc. 
 
 MEGALOCERAEA. 
 
 I, Erratica, Limi. Covehithe (Elliott).— Lowestoft and Bury (Butler). 
 — Oulton (Bedwell). — Stowmarket, Ipswich, etc. ; common. 
 
i4 HEMIPTERA OF SUFFOLK. 
 
 2. Longicornis, Fall. Bungay (Tuck, Trans. Norf. Soc, 1903, p. 527). 
 
 — Bramford, Barham, and on umbels at Bildeston ; common in 
 July, on flowering grasses. 
 
 3. Ruficornis, Fourc. Lowestoft (Butler). — Only locally abundant, 
 
 especially on reeds at Alderton, and marram grass at Southwold ; 
 Ipswich District, Yoxford, Gorton Cliffs, Tuddenham Fen, etc. 
 
 TERATOCORIS. 
 
 I. Antennatus, Boh. Aldeburgh, in August (Tuck, Trans. Norf. Soc, 
 1902, p. 332). — Singly, on reeds, at Easton and Covehithe Broads, 
 in September. 
 
 LEPTOPTERNA. 
 
 1, Ferrugata, Fall. Lowestoft, in 1891 (Butler). — Oulton Broad, in 
 
 July, 1898 (Bedwell). — This common species appears to be quite 
 rare in Suffolk. I have only twice taken it. 
 
 2. Dolobrata, Li7in. Abundant everywhere, on long grass, in June ; 
 
 sometimes on Achillea 77iillefoHum ; Yoxford, Dennington, etc. 
 
 MONALOCORIS. 
 
 I. Filicis, Linn. Fritton (Butler). — Kesgrave, Wherstead, Foxhall, 
 Bentley, Dodnash Woods and Shrubland Park, on Pleris aqnilina ; 
 common at Freston, in August. 
 
 PANTILIUS. 
 
 I. Tunicatus, F'al?. Tostock, not uncommon, in October (Tuck). — 
 Orford (Gibbs). — Brandon, Thetford and Bentley Woods, very 
 
 sparingly. 
 
 LOPUS. 
 
 Gothicus, Linn. I have twice taken the var. sttperciliosus, D. S., on 
 white poplar in Bentley Woods at the end of June; the type form 
 has not been met with in Suffolk, though the cuneus of one of the 
 above specimens is red. 
 
 Flavomarginatus, Don. By no means uncommon in Bentley 
 Woods upon oak and poplar. I have found it, apparently preying 
 upon Aphides, on seeding LLeracleuni sphotidylium flowers. 
 
 MIRIDIUS. 
 
 Quadrivirgatus, Cost. Lowestoft (Saunders). — Mr. Thouless tells 
 me he has also taken it there. 
 
 PHYTOCORIS. 
 
 Distinctus, D.S. Apparently somewhat rare; on an aspen at Farn- 
 
 ham, and a wall beneath limes in Ipswich, in July. 
 Populi, Linn. Found on alders in marshes, at Barnby Broad and 
 
 Henstead, in August, 1898. 
 
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HEMIPTERA OP SUFFOLK. I 5 
 
 3. Tiliae, Fi^b. Oulton 15road, in Septeml)cr (Bedwell). ^ — Southwold 
 
 and Tostock, in October (Tuck). — l^entley Woods on sugar on oak 
 trunks ; Freston, Ipswich. 
 
 4. Longipennis, Flor. Lowestoft and Corton, in 1891 (Butler). — Not 
 
 unconinu)!! ; Eentley Woods, on birch and holly ; Freston, on 
 poi)lar ; Henstead Marshes, in August. 
 
 5. Dimidiatus, Kh. Taken singly on sugar at night in Bentley Woods 
 
 on willow; and at Ipswich on ash, in 1895. 
 
 6. Varipes, Boh. Lowestoft (Butler). — Common at Foxhall and Alde- 
 
 burgh, in July ; Bentley Woods and Dodnash, frequently swept. 
 
 7. Ulmi, Linn. Lowestoft (Butler). — Widely distributed ; Bentley, on 
 
 poplar ; Bealings, on umbels ; Bildeston, on elm ; Burgh Castle 
 and Tostock. 
 
 CALOCORIS. 
 
 1. Striatellus, Fab. Bentley Woods (Elliott). — Bungay (Tuck). — Not 
 
 very common, on large trees ; Assington, Coddenham, Blakenham, 
 Wortham, etc. 
 
 2. Fulvomaculatus, Deg. Apparently rare in the Eastern counties ; 
 
 I^arham, Freston and Bentley Woods, in June. 
 
 3. Bipunctatus, Fab. Abundant, throughout the county, on Tanacetuvi 
 
 viilgare, ragwort, Vicia sativa, and very often umbelliferous flowers. 
 
 4. Chenopodii, Fal/. Tostock (Tuck). — Much less frequent than the 
 
 last species ; Ipswich District, often on Vicia saliva ; Southwold 
 Sandhills, common. 
 
 5. Roseomaculatus, De G. Lowestoft (Butler). — Tostock (Tuck). — 
 
 By no means common ; Bramford, on Ononis ; Bentley Woods and 
 Pakefield Cliffs, in July ; Barnby Broad, in August. 
 
 6. Infusus, H. S. Aldeburgh, on oak, and Tostock (Tuck). — Herring- 
 
 fleet, not uncommon, on Finns sylvestris (Bedwell). — Rare ; Bentley 
 A\'oods, one swept at dusk from Hypericum hirsution, 21-9-95. 
 
 7. Striatus, Linn. Lound AVood, uncommon (Paget). — Brandon 
 
 (Chitty). — Not rare, upon tall oaks ; Bentley Woods, etc. 
 
 ONCOGNATHUS. 
 
 I. Binotatus, Fab. Lowestoft (Butler). — Attracted to light at Tostock 
 (Tuck). — Generally distributed, and common about Ipswich ; South- 
 wold, Barnby Broad and Herringswell Fen. 
 
 DICHROOSCYTUS. 
 
 I. Rufipennis, Fail. Rare ; beaten, from Scotch fir, in Bentley Woods 
 and at Kessingland, in July, 1904. 
 
 PLESIOCORIS. 
 
 I. Rugicollis, Fail. Not uncommon, on sallows, in Foxhall Marshes, 
 4-7-04. 
 
l6 HEMIPTERA OF SUFFOLK. 
 
 LYGUS. 
 
 1. Pratensis, Fab. Covehithe (Elliott).— Tuddenham Fen, in moss 
 
 (Sparke). — Lavenham, Walberswick, etc. ; abundant, often on rag- 
 wort in autumn, and in moss in early spring. 
 
 2. Atomarius, Mey. Mr. Tuck sent me one of these which he had 
 
 captured at Tostock, in 1896 or 1897 (Butler). — This species has 
 been hitherto represented in Britain by a single colony, on a silver 
 fir tree, at Stratton Strawless, in Norfolk {cf. Trans. Norf. Soc, 1884, 
 p. 701), and is said to be rare upon the Continent. 
 
 3. Ruljricatus, Fall. Southwold (Saunders). — Rare; I swept a speci- 
 
 men at Foxhall late in August, 1896. 
 
 4. Contaminatus, Fall. Not uncommon about Ipswich, on alder 
 
 and Tanaceium vulgnre, in July. 
 
 5. Viridis, Fall. Several beaten at Foxhall, 4-7-04 ; Kentford, 
 
 19-8-04. 
 
 6. Lucorum, Aley. Lowestoft, in 1891 (Butler). — Southwold (Saun- 
 
 ders). — Swept at Brandon, in July, 1903. Mr. Butler has found 
 the var. Jiigronasuiiis at Gorton. 
 
 7. Spinolae, Mey. Fritton and Gorton, by Mr. Butler (Saunders). — 
 
 One, on sallow, in Bramford Marshes, 5-9-04. 
 
 8. Pabulinus, Lhin. Tostock (Tuck). — Fritton (Butler). — Mildenhall 
 
 (Gambs. Mus.).- — Abundant, from Kentford to Lowestoft. 
 
 9. Pastinaceae, Fall. Southwold and Tuddenham Fen (Elliott). — 
 
 Lowestoft (Butler). — Claydon, on Angelica; Saxham, on Chaero- 
 phylluni ; Lavenham, etc. ; abundant, on Angelica sylveslris, at 
 Freston. 
 
 10. Cervinus, H. S. Tostock (Tuck). — Found rarely on firs at Foxhall 
 
 and in the Bramford Marshes, in 1904. 
 
 11. Kalmii, Linn. Gommon from Brandon to Bramford, and Oulton to 
 
 Lavenham. 
 
 ZYGIMUS. 
 
 I. Pinastri, Fall. Lowestoft, Gorton, Fritton and Somerleyton 
 (Butler). — Bramford, on Melilolus officinalis ; in the Waveney 
 Marshes at Beccles ; on pine trees at Barnby Broad and in Bentley 
 Woods. 
 
 POECILOSCYTUS. 
 
 1. Gyllenhalii, Fall. Not very common ; Bentley and Stanstead 
 
 Woods, on Scabiosa ; it strongly resembles a Bruchus in the sweep- 
 net. 
 
 2. Nigritus, Fall. Two examples swept in Gutler's Wood, Freston, 
 
 22-7-04. 
 
 3. Unifasciatus, Fab. Tuddenham Fen, not uncommon, at the end 
 
 of August, on Spiraea ulniaria flowers (Elliott). 
 
 CAMPTOBROCHIS. 
 
 I. Lutescens, Schill. Tostock, several in October (Tuck). — Tudden- 
 ham Fen (Elliott). — Apparently rare ; I have only taken it singly at 
 Lavenham, Shrubland Park on box, and in the Henstead Marshes. 
 
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HEMIPTERA OF SUFFOLK, 1 7 
 
 LIOCORIS. 
 
 Tripustulatus, Fab. Abundant on Urtica dioica throughout the 
 county from Herringfleet to Nayland and Eriswell. 
 
 CAPSUS. 
 
 Lanarius, Lititi. Thurston, Tostock, Foxhall and Bentley Woods ; 
 abundant, on flowers and shrubs, in Ipswich gardens ; sometimes 
 inflicts a painful puncture. 
 
 RHOPALOTOMUS. 
 
 Ater, Linn. Common throughout the county ; often found upon 
 flowers of Heracleuni sphondylmm and meadow-sweet. 
 
 PILOPHORUS. 
 
 Cinnamopterus, Kb. One specimen, in Tuddenham Fen, by sweep- 
 ing, at the end of August, 1902 (Elliott). 
 
 ALLODAPUS. 
 
 Rufescens, H. S. A few at Lowestoft and Herringfleet (Butler, 
 E.M.M., 1 89 1, p. 277). — I believe I have seen it, in moss, in Suffolk ; 
 it is said to occur in the evening. 
 
 HALTICUS. 
 
 Luteicollis, Panz. Rarely, on hazel, in Cutler's Wood, Freston, in 
 
 July and August, 1904. 
 Apterus, Linn. Brandon, in August, 1903 (Jennings, E.]\I.M., 1904, 
 
 p. 87).— Often commonly swept at Blakenham, Foxhall, Brandon, 
 
 etc., from Ononis. 
 
 ORTHOCEPHALUS. 
 
 Saltator, Hahn. Brandon (Chitty). — In marshes at Beccles and 
 
 Ipswich ; both sexes at Bramford, in August. 
 Mutabilis, Fall. Lowestoft (Saunders). Iu.cL».t e.'/^/<2.i.^.v.-*4-jEurjtt. 
 
 DICYPHUS. 
 
 Epilobii, Re2d. Abundant, upon Epilobiwn hirsutum, throughout 
 
 the county. 
 Errans, Wolff. Not uncommon, in September, especially upon 
 
 chamomile ; Ipswich, Wherstead, Freston, Dodnash Wood, etc. 
 Stachydis, Rent. Tostock (Tuck). — On Stachys sylvatica at Kessing- 
 
 land ; Shrubland Park and Foxhall, in May ; abundant, on nettles, 
 
 at Wherstead, late in October. 
 Pallidicornis, Fieb. In the greatest profusion, upon flowering 
 
 Digilalis purpurea, in Cutler's Wood, Freston, in June and July, 
 
 1904. 
 
lO HEMIPTERA OF SUFFOLK. 
 
 5. Globulifer, Fall. Common ; Lowestoft, South wold, Wherstead, 
 
 \\' ash brook and Coddenham. 
 
 6. Annulatus, U'olff. Braniford and Sudbury ; common on Ofiotiis 
 
 sfyinosa at Hlakenliam in November, and at Southwold and Kessing- 
 land in July. 
 
 CAMPYLONEURA. 
 
 I. Virgula, H. S. Lowestoft (Butler).— Tostock, in July (Tuck).— 
 Not uncommon, especially upon holly ; Thorington Park, Kessing- 
 land, Barham, Wherstead, etc. 
 
 CYLLOCORIS. 
 
 1. Histrionicus, Lmii. Bentley Woods (Elliott). — Foxhall, Assington 
 
 Thicks, etc., on oak. T'o-ltr^cr'^s He-a.^t^Sll'iott) 
 
 2. Flavonotatus, Boh. Herringfleet (Bedwell). — Tostock (Tuck). — 
 
 Mildenhall (Cambs. Mus.). — Bentley Woods, Coddenham, Assington, 
 Wortham ; commoner than the last. 
 
 AETORHINUS. 
 
 I. Angulatus, Fab. Lowestoft (Butler).— Oulton Broad (Bedwell). — 
 Tostock, in October (Tuck). — Very common ; on alder in Barnby 
 Broad, and on birch in Tuddenham Fen ; it is sometimes attracted 
 to electric light at night in Ipswich. 
 
 GLOBICEPS. 
 
 1. Flavomaculatus, Fab. I swept one specimen of this species in 
 
 the Bramford Marshes, early in August, 1897. 
 
 2. Dispar, Boh. Both sexes, and a macropterous female, in a marsh at 
 
 Fritton, the latter form also at Corton (Butler, E.M.M., 1891, p. 277). 
 — Certainly uncommon ; Foxhall, and the macropterous form in the 
 Henstead Marshes, in August. 
 
 MECOMMA. 
 
 I. Ambulans, Fall. Common ; Southwold, Bentley Woods, Wood- 
 bridge, Barham, Freston, etc. 
 
 CYRTORRHINUS. 
 
 1. Caricis, Fall. Several, at roots oijimcus, at Wherstead, 24-7-04. 
 
 2. Pygmaeus, Zett. Lowestoft (Thouless). 
 
 3. Flaveolus, Rent. One macropterous specimen at Fritton (Butler, 
 
 E.M.M., 1891, p. 277). Apparently confined to Norfolk and Suffolk. 
 
 ORTHOTYLUS. 
 
 1. Bilineatus, Fall. Common, on white poplar, at Henham Park, 
 
 Foxhall, Freston and Bentley Woods. 
 
 2. Flavinervis, Kb. Bury St. Edmunds, in 1903 (Tuck). — Several, 
 
 beaten from alder, in Barnby Broad and in Cutler's Wood, Freston. 
 
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 3. Marginalis, Rent. Lowestoft, in 1891 (Butler).— Bury (Tuck). — 
 
 On oak in Tuddenhani Fen, on alder at Fritton, and common on 
 willow at Southwold, Oulton Broad, Foxhall, Bramford, Barham and 
 Bildeston. 
 
 4. Tenellus, Fall. One, beaten from hazel, in Cutler's Wood, Freston, 
 
 27-6-04. 
 
 5. Viridinervis, Kb. I beat a specimen, from the undergrowth, in 
 
 Barham Oak A\'ood, 18-7-04. 
 
 6. Prasinus, Fall. Southwold (.Saunders, E.M.M., 1877, p. 164). 
 
 7. Diaphanus, Kb. Wherstead (Edmonds). — A few in Holbon Marsh, 
 
 near Lowestoft, and on willows at Kentford, in August. 
 
 8. Flavosparsus, Sahib. Gorton, in 1891 (Butler). — Lowestoft 
 
 (Saunders). — Abundant, on Arlemisia niaritiiiia, at Wherstead, 
 9-8-04. 
 
 9. Chloropterus, Kb. Common, on broom, at Ipswich, Wherstead, 
 
 Burgh Castle and Dodnash Woods. 
 
 10. Rubidus, Put. Several of the var. Moncreaffi, on Artemisia mari- 
 
 tima in the Southwold salt marshes, 1-8-04. 
 
 11. Ericetorum, Fall. Lowestoft (Butler). — On heather, in August, 
 
 probably common ; Foxhall and Hollesley Heaths. 
 
 HYPSITYLUS. 
 
 I. Bicolor, D.S. Foxhall, Bentley Woods and Freston ; common, on 
 gorse. 
 
 LOXOPS. 
 
 I. Coccineus, Mey. One, beaten from ash, at Kentford, 19-8-04. 
 
 HETEROTOMA. 
 
 I. Merioptera, Scop. Lowestoft and Tostock (Butler). — Southwold, 
 Bennington, Ipswich, etc. ; very common, on nettles, and often 
 ]'icia saliva. 
 
 HETEROCORDYLUS. 
 
 I. Tibialis, Halin. Abundant, on broom, at Ipswich, Bentley Woods, 
 Sproughton, the heaths about Brandon, etc., in June. 
 
 MALACOCORIS. 
 
 I. Chlorizans, Fall. Possibly common locally ; Bentley Woods very 
 rare on hazel, and once in a ditch at Dodnash, in September. 
 
 ONYCHUMENUS. 
 
 I. Decolor, Fall. Lowestoft (Butler). — Locally abundant; South- 
 wold, in July ; flying commonly in the sunshine on Foxhall Plateau, 
 Freston, \Vherstead on Polygonum, Kessingland Denes. 
 
 ONCOTYLUS. 
 
 I. Viridiflavus, Goeze. Lowestoft (Butler). — Tuddenhani Fen, and 
 commonly in chalk pits at Little Blakenham, in July. 
 
20 HEMIPTERA OF SUFFOLK. 
 
 MACROTYLUS. 
 
 1. Paykulli, Fall. Abundant, on Ononis spinosa, at Little Blakenham, 
 
 Kessingland and Southwold, in July. 
 
 2. Solitarius, Mey. I have swept this species at Tostock while collect- 
 
 ing with Mr. Tuck, early in August, 1897. 
 
 CONOSTETHUS. 
 
 I. Roseus, Fall. Ipswich and Shrubland Park, in July. Mr. Elliott 
 and I have found it commonly among Trifoliian arvense and beneath 
 stones on Foxhall Plateau. 
 
 MACROCOLEUS. 
 
 1. Hortulanus, Mey. Taken by Mr. Thouless at Lowestoft (Trans. 
 
 Norf. Soc, 1889, p. 708). 
 
 2. Molliculus, Fall. Lowestoft (Butler). — Widely distributed ; Ips- 
 
 wich, Bramford, Tostock, Burgh Castle, Tuddenhara, etc. ; abundant 
 at Gorton. 
 
 AMBLYTYLUS. 
 
 I, Affinis, Fieb. Bucklesham, on Hypericum hirsiitufn, and both sexes 
 in the Bramford Marshes, in July, 1904. 
 
 HARPOCERA. 
 
 I. Thoracica, Fall. Common, on trees ; Lavenham, Stanstead, Assing- 
 ton, Farnham, Tostock, Stowmarket, Staverton, Foxhall, Bentley 
 Woods, and on Chaerophylhan at Wherstead. 
 
 BYRSOPTERA. 
 
 I. Rufifrons, Fall. Common; Tostock, Kessingland, Barham, Freston, 
 Bentley Woods and Ipswich. Male rarely met with. 
 
 PHYLUS. 
 
 1. Palliceps, ivV/'. Lowestoft (Butler). — Uncommon, on oaks ; Bentley 
 
 Woods, in 1894 ; Freston and Foxhall. 
 
 2. Melanocephalus, Linn. Herringswell Fen, in 1903 (Sparke). — Not 
 
 uncommon, on poplar, at Barton Mills, in June ; Bentley Woods, 
 sparingly ; Freston and Bramford. 
 
 3. Coryli, Linn. Bury (Tuck). — Often abundant in woods at Mutford, 
 
 Barham on Heracleuni sphondylium, and Bentley ; all the Suffolk 
 examples I have taken are referable to the van avellanae, H.S. 
 
 ATRACTOTOMUS. 
 
 1. Mali, Afey. Mr. Tuck tells me he took this at Bnngay, in 1903. 
 
 2. Magnicornis, Fall. Somerleyton (Butler). — Bungay, on Scots fir, in 
 
 garden (Tuck, Norf. Trans., 1904, p. 636). — Uncommon at Belstead 
 and Bentley, in July. 
 

HEMIPTERA OF SUFFOLK. 21 
 
 PSALLUS. 
 
 1. Ambiguus, Fall. Rare, in Oulton Broad, in July (Bed well). — A 
 
 few beaten from alder at Barnby Broad and Freston. 
 
 2. Betuleti, Fall. Rarely met with ; Assington Thicks on birch, 
 
 Barton Mills on reeds, Sproughton on alder in June. 
 
 3. Obscurellus, Fall. On an aspen, in Barnby Broad, in August, 
 
 1898 ; Bentley Woods, not rare, on fir trees. 
 
 4. Variabilis, Fall. Abundant everywhere, from Oulton to Assington ; 
 
 often in numbers upon Conium maculahim flower, in June. 
 
 5. Lepidus, Fieb. Lowestoft (Butler). — Bury, in 1903 (Tuck). — Some- 
 
 what common, on hazel and Cuicus, at Freston, Bentley Woods, 
 Foxhall, Barham, and the var. fninor ( = roseus, D. and S), at 
 Kessingland. 
 
 6. Alnicola, D.S. Two, beaten from alder, in Cutler's Wood, Freston, 
 
 28-8-04. 
 
 7. Varians, U.S. Widely distributed and fairly common; it occurs 
 
 here, on poplar, aspen, birch and flowers, in June. 
 
 8. Diminutus, Kb. I beat an example of this species from oak, in 
 
 Tuddenham Fen, early in July, 1903. 
 
 9. Sanguineus, Fab. Abundant in Tuddenham Fen on Salix cifierea, 
 
 in August (Elliott). — Not rare, on sallow ; Ipswich, Bramford and 
 
 Foxhall. 
 [Q. Salicellus, Mey. Beaten from bushes, in Mutford and Bentley 
 
 Woods ; Freston, on birch and alder. 
 [I, Rotermundi, Schltz. Abundant on white poplar, at Brandon, 
 
 early in July, 1903. 
 
 PLAGIOGNATHUS. 
 
 1. Albipennis, Fall. Abundantly swept from Artemisia, at Aldeburgh, 
 
 Southwold and Dunwich, in July, 
 
 2. Viridulus, Fall. Common everywhere upon Verbascum, Vicia 
 
 saliva, Spiraea ulmaria, etc. 
 
 3. Arbustorum, Fab. Commoner than the last species; often found 
 
 upon flowers and ragwort {cf. E.M.M., 1904, p. 184). 
 
 4. Roseri, H.S. Bungay, in 1902 (Tuck, Trans. Norf. Soc. vii. p. 527). 
 
 ■ — Swept, rarely, on banks of Waveney at Beccles, and of Gipping 
 at Ipswich. 
 
 5. Pulicarius, Fall. Mildenhall (Cambs. Mus.). ^Common in dry 
 
 fields and coast sandhills, on broom and in rabbit holes, from 
 Foxhall Plateau to Lakenheath Warren. 
 
 6. Saltitans, Fall. Not uncommon on sandhills, at Lowestoft, the 
 
 beginning of June (Curtis, 693). — I have only found it upon Foxhall 
 Plateau, where it is abundant beneath stones and among Omithopus 
 perpusillus {cf. E.M.M., 1901, p. 66). 
 
 ASCIODEMA. 
 
 I. Obsoletum, D.S. Lowestoft, in 1891 (Butler). — Rare; Blaken- 
 
 ham and Foxhall, on Hypericum ; Bentley Woods, on hazel. 
 
22 HEMIPTERA OF SUFFOLK. 
 
 CRYPTOCERATA. 
 
 NAUCORIS. 
 
 I. Cimicoides, Limi. Ditches, very common around Yarmoutli (Paget). 
 
 — Oulton Broad (Bedwell). — Abundant in ponds at Tostock, in 
 August (Tuck). — I have found it at Ipswich, and commonly in 
 brackish ditches at Bawdsey, in 1891 ; it possesses the power of 
 inflicting a very painful puncture. 
 
 NEPA. 
 
 I. Cinerea, Linn. Ditches, very common around Yarmouth (Paget). — 
 Abundant in stagnant water, throughout the county. 
 
 RANATRA. 
 
 I. Linearis, Linti. They have been taken in Suffolk (Curtis, B.E. 281). 
 
 — An old specimen from Battisford {in coll. Baker). — Rediscovered 
 at Tostock, by Mr. Tuck, in October, 1901 ; he took several speci- 
 mens in one pond in a field (cf. Trans. Norf. Soc, 1902, p. -^t^i et 
 i903> P- 527)- 
 
 NOTONECTA. 
 
 I. Glauca, Linn. Abundant throughout the county. Paget records the 
 var. funala, Fab., as common in Bradwell Lily Pits, in November. 
 
 PLEA. 
 
 I. Minutissima, Fab. In the greatest profusion about Ipswich, in 
 stagnant water. 
 
 CORIXA. 
 
 1. Geoffroyi, Leach. Bury St. Edmunds (Tuck). — Oulton Broad 
 
 (Bedwell). — Very common at Bramford, Westerfield, Hitcham, etc. 
 
 2. Atomaria, Lllig. I believe I took this commonly at Bawdsey, in 
 
 May, 1891 ; but it has not been met with since, and requires con- 
 firmation. 
 
 3. Lugubris, Fieb. In the greatest profusion — literally hundreds — in 
 
 brackish ditches at Bawdsey (Elliott). — Kessingland and Wherstead, 
 in brackish water. 
 
 4. Hieroglyphica, Diif. Foxhall, Belstead and Bramford ; Felixstowe 
 
 Sandhills, in brackish water. 
 
 5. Sahlbergi, Fieb. Bury (Tuck). — Ipswich, Foxhall, Bramford, etc., 
 
 common. 
 
 6. Linnaei, Fieb. Ipswich, Bentley Woods, Bawdsey, and common in 
 
 Bramford Marshes. 
 
 7. Limitata, Fieb. Two, in Bramford Marshes, 28-3-04. 
 
 8. Striata, Linn. Martlesham and Ipswich ; common in brooks, rarely 
 
 in brackish water. 
 
 9. Fallenii, Fieb. This usually common species appears very rare in 
 
 Suffolk ; I took one specimen in the Ipswich District in 1893, ^"d 
 one other in the Bramford Marshes, 20-3-04. 
 
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HEMIPTERA OF SUFFOLK. 23 
 
 10. Distincta, Fieh. Apparently uncommon in Ipswich ponds and the 
 
 B ram ford Marshes. 
 
 11. Moesta, Fieb. Ipswich, Westerfield, Braniford, etc. ; common. 
 
 12. Fabricii, Fieb. Foxhall, Braniford and Ipswicli ; a[)])arently un- 
 
 common, in April. 
 
 13. Praeusta, Fieb. Uncommon ; in brackish water at Wherstead, in 
 
 March, 1904; Braniford Marshes and Bawdsey. >^ -w^; -/>^«»'^- 
 I4. Coleoptrata, Fab. One, at Oulton Broad, in October (Bedwell). — 
 Somewhat common at Bixley Decoy, in March. 
 
 A 
 
 HOMOPTERA. 
 ^ CICADIDAE. 
 
 ^ CENTROTUS. 
 
 Cornutus, Linn. Lowestoft District (Bedwell). — Tostock, un- 
 common (Tuck). — Assington Thicks, and common in Bentley 
 Woods, on birch and poplar ; the larvae are often swept in Sep- 
 tember ; it flies in hot sunshine with a loud hum. 
 
 <^ GARGARA. 
 
 o I. Genistae, Fab. Abounds at Barnham and Downham, on broom 
 (Norgate). — Locally common, on broom, at Tostock (Tuck). — A 
 few, on broom, at Barren Heath, Ipswich, 7-9-04. 
 
 ^^' ISSUS. 
 
 I. Coleoptratus, Geoff. One, in wasps' nest in a holly bush, at Tos- 
 tock (Tuck). — Ipswich District, one, in 1894; Bentley Woods, one, 
 1 1-7-04. 
 
 ^ CIXIUS. 
 
 1. Pilosus, 01. Only found on large trees in well wooded districts; 
 
 Bentley, Assington, Monk Park Wood and Brandon, on oak. 
 
 2. Cunicularius, Z///«. Tostock (Tuck). — Rare; I have only once 
 
 found it in Assington Thicks ; and an example of the xixx^Dio/iysii 
 in (Sutler's Wood, Freston. 
 
 3. Nervosus, Linn. Common on tall trees and small poplars through- 
 
 out the county ; common on reeds, in a treeless salt-marsh, at 
 South wold. 
 
24 HEMIPTERA OF SUFFOLK. 
 
 ^ DELPHACIDAE. 
 
 ^ ASIRACA. 
 
 ^ I. Clavicornis, Fal>. Henstead, near Wangford (Curtis). — I beat one 
 from Pinus, early in May, 1897, in Bentley Woods; and swept 
 another at Blakenham, in April, 1898. 
 
 ^ DELPHAX. 
 
 ^ I. Pulchella, Curt. Somewhat common on reeds, in Benacre Broad, 
 in August, 1898. [Also common at Chippenham Fen.] 
 
 "^ LIBURNIA. 
 
 ^' I. Notula^ Germ. Several, swept from reeds, at Oulton Broad, 31-7-04. 
 2. Lineola, Germ. Swept at Dodnash and Bentley Woods ; Wherstead, 
 and found at roots of grass at Ipswich, in winter. 
 Q 3. Fuscovittata, Stal. Mr. Elliott and I found it very common in 
 
 one spot, on reeds, in Tuddenham Fen, 25-4-04. 
 Q 4. Longipennis, Curt. Locally abundant at Foxhall, by sweeping 
 
 Carex pa/iicu/ata, in August, and at its roots in winter. 
 ;f 5. Vittipennis, Saht.'^ Kessingland, and several in Tuddenham Fen, 
 
 August, 1904. ,.//<v-xj/- 
 C' 6. Punctulum, Kl??n. Fritton (Butler). — Not uncommon among 
 reeds, at Bramford, Claydon Bridge and Barren Heath, in Sep- 
 tember; Bixley Decoy, swept, in March. 
 Q 7. Scotti, Fieb. Occurs with Z. pif7iclulum, of which it is probably 
 only a variety, at Bixley Decoy, in early spring and late August ; the 
 macropterous form has occurred to me in Tuddenham Fen. 
 (j 8. Glaucescens, Fieb. I have found it commonly on reeds, in coast 
 marshes, in Suffolk; Southwold, August, 1896 (Edwards, E.M.M., 
 1898, p. 60). 
 ^ 9. Elegantula, Boh. On Carex pauiculata at Foxhall ; at Kentford 
 
 and Tuddenham Fen, in August, 1904. 
 A/ 10. Leptosoma, Flor^ Foxhall, etc.; common, by sweeping in marshy 
 
 places. 
 /J II. Pellucida, Fab. Lowestoft (Butler). — Wherstead and Cutler's 
 Wood, Freston, abundant in July ; Claydon, Oulton Broad„ South- 
 wold, Corton, Kentford, Tuddenham Fen and Benacre Broad. 
 <? 12. Difficilis, Edw. One doubtful specimen in an Ipswich garden, in 
 
 June. 
 13. Discolor, Boh. Uncommon; Tuddenham Fen and Martlesham 
 
 Heath, in June. 
 (J 14. Exigua, Boh. Swept, rarely, from Ononis, in Bramford Chalk Pits, 
 
 in June and July. ■' 
 
 ^ 15. Fairmairei, Perr. One, among a lot of Z. pellucida, in Cutler's 
 
 Wood, Freston, 22-7-04. 
 ^ 16. Speciosa, Boh. Tuddenham Fen, in August (Elliott). — By the 
 Gipping at Ipswich ; Barton Mills and Brandon, in June. It is said 
 to occur on Phra^fnites communis ; J. C. Dale took it in 1832. 
 
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HEMIPTERA OF SUFFOLK. 25 
 
 r 
 (y i"]. Limbata, Fab. Abundant everywhere in marslies ; Southwold, 
 
 Tostock, Foxhall, etc. 
 /<-; i8. Lineata, Perr. One, among long grass, Broomswell Heath, Wood- 
 bridge, 14-6-04. 
 
 ^ DICRANOTROPIS. 
 
 C> I. Hamata, Boh. Lowestoft (Butler). — Common ; Belstead, Ii)swich, 
 Bramford, Kessingland, Freston, Foxhall and Tuddenham Fen ; at 
 roots of plants upon Southwold Cliffs, in July. 
 
 STIROMA. 
 
 A I. Albomarginata, Cur/. On reeds and scabious in Bentley Woods ; 
 a fcAV swept in Tuddenham Fen, in May. 
 
 2. Pteridis, Boh. Abundant upon Pteris aqtdlina throughout the 
 county. 
 
 3. Affinis, Fieb. Swept from bracken, in Cutler's Wood, Freston, 
 
 
 
 27-6-04 
 
 CERCOPIDAE. 
 
 C TRIECPHORA. 
 
 < I. Vulnerata, lUig. Only in the south ; Assington Thicks, Holbrook 
 Park ; often common on white poplar, and flying in sunshine, in 
 Bentley Woods. 
 
 APHROPHORA. 
 
 P I. Alni, Fall. Bury St. Edmunds (Tuck). — Barham, Bentley Woods, 
 
 Bramford and Claydon Marshes ; common. 
 X 2. Salicis, Deg. Tostock (Tuck). — Barnby Broad, Foxhall and Wher- 
 ^ stead ; much less frequent than the last species. 
 
 
 
 (^PHILAENUS. 
 
 Spumarius, Linn. Only too common everywhere. Of the varieties 
 instanced by Edwards, gibba and populi (which latter is often bright 
 green) are the commonest. I have also found varr. biguttata, leuco- 
 phthalma, lateralis, niarginella, praeusfa and lineata. 
 A 2. Campestris, Fall. Aldeburgh and Felixstowe Cliffs, common in 
 July ; Foxhall, Stowmarket, Corton Cliffs, Benacre Broad, etc. ; all 
 in the east. 
 r\ 3. Exclamationis, Thunb. Probably not uncommon ; Lowestoft 
 Denes in August, and Foxhall in September. 
 4. Lineatus, Z/>;«. Lowestoft (Butler). — Tostock, in October (Tuck). 
 Q — Not uncommon ; Ipswich, abundant at Foxhall, and a pair in cop., 
 
 at Burgh Castle. ^ 
 
 )/^ LEDRA. 
 
 \AJ I. Aurita, Z/««. Two old specimens from Battisford (///(T^//. Baker). — 
 Tostock, rarely (Tuck). — Beaten, rarely, from oak in Bentley Woods 
 and Assington Thicks. 
 
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 26 HEMIPJERA OF SUFFOLK. 
 
 ^ ULOPA. 
 
 I. Reticulata, Fab. Mildenhall (Cambs. Mus.). — Abundant every- 
 where, beneath heather ; Lowestoft Denes, Foxhall and HoUesley 
 Heaths, etc. 
 
 V^ MEGOPHTHALMUS. 
 
 /I I. Scanicus, Fall. Abundant in sandy places, upon heather and 
 Chenopodium, both inland and upon coast sandhills. 
 
 BYTHOSCOPIDAE. 
 
 C MACROPSIS. 
 
 ^ 1. Lanio, Liiui. Lowestoft (Butler). — Ipswich, Foxhall and Bentley 
 Woods \ by no means common, on oak. 
 
 Q BYTHOSCOPUS. 
 
 Q I. Alni, Schr. Certainly uncommon ; Belstead, Freston, Barnby Broad, 
 Bentley Woods and Sproughton, on alder; Foxhall, on hazel, in June 
 
 and July, '^'-'-ci d-i. n A a. ri - f'ov ic^. v.. /i" 
 
 A 2. Rufusculus, Fieb. Rare ; Tuddenham Fen, and beaten from birch 
 
 in Bentley Woods, in August, 1904. 
 r 3. Flavicollis, Lnm, Very common from Brandon to Assington, on 
 ^ birch. 
 
 J PEDIOPSIS. 
 
 ^ I. Scutellatus, Boli. I beat this species from poplar, in July, 1897, 
 'T-t Ipswich ; and found it again this year, commonly on bramble, 
 
 here in September. 
 
 2. Tibialis, Scoti. Wherstead, in July, and common at Tostock on 
 
 bramble, early in August. 
 
 3. Fuscinervis, Boh. One specimen occurred to me upon white 
 C poplar at Foxhall, in 1902. 
 
 4. Impurus, Boh. Occurs, perhaps commonly, among Salix repens in 
 C Tuddenham Fen ; Barham oak wood, in July. 
 
 5. Ulmi, Scott. I beat a somewhat doubtful exponent of this species at 
 
 Ipswich, in July, 1896. 
 
 6. Cereus, Germ. Beaten from sallow in Tuddenham Fen, late in 
 <- August. 
 
 7. Virescens, Fab. Once taken at Tostock (Tuck). — Rare, on sallow 
 at Barham, willow at Kentford, and alder at Foxhall. 
 
 (J 
 
 ^ IDIOCERUS. 
 
 f7 I. Adustus, i^i.S". Tostock, in October (Tuck).— Bildeston, Kentford, 
 Foxhall and Ipswich, on Salix alba, uncommonly, in September. 
 
 r 2. Distinguendus, Kbm. Aldeburgh, in 1901 (Tuck, Trans. Norf. 
 Soc, 1902, p. 332). — Beaten from white poplar, in July, at Freston 
 and Assington Thicks. 
 
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HEMU'TEKA OF SUFFOLK. 27 
 
 (^ 3. Tremulae, Estl. One, beaten from white poplar, in Bentley Woods, 
 
 16-8-04. 
 --- 4. Lituratus, Fall. Beaten from sallows, at the end of August, 1902 
 
 (Elliott). — Rare and agile; on sallow, Barren Heath, I[)swieh, in 
 
 September. 
 
 5. Fulgidus, luib. I took a somewhat doubtful sj)ecimen of this 
 species on a large aspen, by the Aide, at Farnham, in July, 1899. 
 
 6. Populi, Linn. Very common everywhere, on Popiilus all>a, in July 
 and August. 
 
 7. Confusus, Nor. Rare; taken on a ])oplar tree, at (Irundisburgh, 
 in July, 1897 ; Bramford Marshes, Barren Heath on sallow and 
 
 Foxhall, common, in 1904. 
 (^ 8. Albicans, A7'w. Local; Freston, Tuddenham Fen, and marshes at 
 Brandon, on white poplar, in July and August, 
 
 ^ AGALLIA. 
 
 C I. Puncticeps, Genn. Not very common, in damp places at Barnby 
 
 Broad, Kentford, Barham, Bramford, Wherstead and Blakenham. 
 u 2. Venosa, Fa//. Not uncommon ; Ipswich, Claydon, Southwold, 
 Tuddenham, Brandon, etc. 
 
 ^ EVACANTHUS. 
 
 ^y ^ I. Interruptus, Linn. Lowestoft (Butler). — Often common on rag- 
 wort, at Blakenham, Bentley Wood, Benacre Broad, Burgh Castle. 
 
 r^ 2. Acuminatus, Fai>. Less common than the last species ; Ipswich, 
 Bramford in September, Assington Thicks in July, and Lowestoft. 
 
 ^^ 
 
 TETTIGONIA. 
 
 D I. Viridis, Linn. Tuddenham Fen, abundant (Elliott). — Mildenhall 
 (Cambs. Mus.). — Tostock (Tuck). — Ipswich, Oulton Broad, etc. ; 
 common, with the \arPanindinis, in August. 
 
 ^ ACOCEPHALIDAE. 
 
 O ACOCEPHALUS. 
 
 /^ I. Nervosus, Sc/ir. Common throughout the county in both wet and 
 dry situations. Mr. Tuck has found it in a J^es/a gernianica nest. 
 2. Bifasciatus, Linn. Tostock (Tuck). — -Uncommon, on the banks of 
 ^ the (jipping, at Ipswich. 
 
 /J 3. Albifrons, Linii. Lowestoft (Butler). — Bentley Woods, Ipswich, 
 ^ Foxhall, Ijlythburgh, Southwold Cliffs, Walberswick, Benacre Broad, 
 
 Tuddenham ; often in sand pits and rabbits' holes, on heaths, as 
 well as at roots of reeds in coast salt marshes. 
 c 4. Brunned^ifasciatus, Geoff. Lowestoft (Butler). — At roots of 
 ^ plants on the coast ; Southwold, Kessingland, Oulton Broad, Kent- 
 
 ford and Corton Cliffs. 
 
28 HEMIPTERA OF SUFFOLK. 
 
 (^ 5. Histrionicus, Fab. Beneath stones on Foxhall Plateau, early in 
 
 July, 1899 ; apparently scarce. 
 -' 6. Flavostriatus, D(yn. Fritton (Butler).— One, swept on the Kessing- 
 ^ land Cliffs, in July, 1904. 
 
 O EUPELIX. 
 
 Q I. Cuspidata, Fab. Rare ; in Tuddenham Fen and upon the open 
 heaths about Brandon, in June. In July, 1904, I found several, 
 together with larvae, upon the Foxhall Plateau ; its protective 
 colouration is.good and powers of leaping poor. 
 
 6 
 
 DORATURA. 
 
 I. Stylata, Boh. Not uncommon at Bentley Woods, Foxhall Plateau, 
 Kessingland Denes, in October. I have taken the macropterous 
 form at Ipswich, in July. 
 
 ^ PARAMESUS. 
 
 (y I. Nervosus, Fall. Aldeburgh, in August (Tuck). — Not rare upon 
 Scirpus mariiinius on the coast, at Ipswich and Southwold. 
 
 
 
 n 
 
 GLYPTOCEPHALUS. 
 
 I. Proceps, Kbm. One, beaten from broom, at Barren Heath, Ipswich, 
 7-9-04. 
 
 JASSIDAE. 
 
 ATHYSANUS. 
 
 ^i. Brevipennis, Kbm. Lowestoft (Butler). — I swept it at Wherstead, 
 
 in June, 1896. 
 Sordidus, Zeit. Fritton (Butler). —Aldeburgh (Tuck, Trans. Norf. 
 
 vSoc, 1902, p. 332). — Uncommon ; Foxhall, Souihwold and Freston, 
 
 in July. 
 3. Grisescens, Zett. Lowestoft (Butler). — One, beaten from oak, in 
 
 Staverton Thicks, 14-6-04. 
 ^ 4. Communis, Salil. Common at Ipswich, Bentley Woods, Foxhall, 
 
 Wenhaston, Lavenham, etc. 
 5. Obscurellus, Kbm. Abundant throughout the county, in August. 
 6. Obsoletus, Kbm. Marshes, common on reeds and alder; Foxhall, 
 
 Freston, Oulton Broad, Southwold ; the v:\x. picens occurs at Freston 
 
 and Barren Heath. 
 
 DELTOCEPHALUS. 
 
 Q I. Pascuellus, Fall. Fritton and Lowestoft (Butler). — Foxhall, 
 
 Freston, and beneath Sfafice limoniiim at Southwold, in August. 
 O 2. Citrinellus, Kbm. Scarce ; Barham oak wood and Foxhall, singly. 
 

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 O 8. 
 
 ^9. 
 
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 On. 
 
 HEMIl'TERA OF SUFFOLK. 29 
 
 C? 3. Ocellaris, /<?//. Common at Foxhall, Freston, Brandon, Tudden- 
 
 hani Fen and on the banks of the Lark at Barton Mills. 
 O 4. Coronifer, Marsh. Lowestoft (I'utler). 
 
 C 5. Flori, Fieh. Apparently rare. I have only swept it in Dodnash and 
 Freston A\'oods. 
 6. Distinguendus, 77(^r. Fritton (Butler). — Probably common ; Fox- 
 hall, in September, 1895. 
 Sabulicola, Curt. Originally found at Lowestoft by Curtis, and 
 again in 1891 by Mr. Butler. 
 
 Striatus, Linn. Very common in salt marshes and elsewhere ; 
 Brandon, Tostock, Yoxford and Foxhall ; Wherstead, Lowestoft and 
 Walberswick. 
 Normani, Scott. Taken at Fritton by Mr. Butler (Edwards). — 
 
 Probably very common. 
 Punctum, Flor. Lowestoft (liutler). — Common on dry grasses; 
 
 Foxhall Plateau and Tuddenhani Fen. 
 Argus, Marsh. Lowestoft (Butler). — Li sand pits at Westleton, 
 and abundant on heath grasses at Foxhall. 
 O 12. Pulicaris, Fall. Probably common ; roots of plants on Southwold 
 Cliffs, in July ; Wherstead and Freston. 
 
 ALLYGUS. 
 
 -I. Mixtus, Fab. Not uncommon at Tostock (Tuck). — On oaks at 
 Farnham, Foxhall, Freston, Dodnash and Bentley Woods. 
 
 THAMNOTETTIX. 
 
 ^ I. Dilutior, Kbtu. Fritton (Butler). — Ipswich, Freston, Bentley Woods, 
 
 Brandon, etc., on oaks and foxglove. 
 ^ 2. Subfuscula, Fall. Common at Bentley Woods, Freston and Foxhall. 
 C 3. Torneella, Zett. Very rare ; beaten from birch in Bentley Woods, 
 
 in May and June, 1902. 
 ' 4. Splendidula, Fab. Taken at Tostock, in October, 1899 (Tuck). 
 O 5. Crocea, H. S. Tostock and Southwold (Tuck). — East Bergholt, 
 
 Nacton, etc. ; common about Ipswich, in late autumn and spring. 
 ^, 6. Attenuata, Germ. Taken very commonly in the Foxhall Marshes, 
 
 23-9-04, by Mr. Elliott and myself. n'7/rJ-^*y'*;Afjt./^ffi'(3^f^2*r) 
 
 ^LIMOTETTIX. 
 
 I. Antennata, Boh. Fritton (Butler). — Tostock, in September (Tuck). 
 
 — Stowmarket, Bramford, Oulton Broad and Foxhall, common in 
 
 autumn. ^ 'u-u t^^^ti -*■!-*%. ^ £>■> i\ ^•^••£^ 
 O 2. Aurantipes, Ediv. Rare ; in the marshes at Foxhall and Bramford, 
 
 in August, 1904 
 O3. Quadrinotata, Fab. Tostock, in October (Tuck). — Woodbridge, 
 
 Brandon, Barnby Broad, and common in autumn about Ipswich. 
 Q 4. Sulphurella, Zett. Fritton (Butler). — Swept commonly among 
 
 marsh herbage at Foxhall, Freston, Barnby Broad and Tuddenham 
 
 Fen. 
 
30 HEMIPTERA OF SUFFOLK. 
 
 ^ CICADULA. 
 
 I. Septemnotata, Fall. Uncommon; several at Freston on Spiraea 
 and Tuddenhani Fen, in 1904. 
 
 C^ 2. Fasciifrons, Sial. Southwold (Edwards). — It occurs on Junais 
 arliciihiius, 
 
 ^3. Sexnotata, Fall. Fritton (Butler). — Abundant on reeds, in Sep- 
 tember; from Brandon to Claydon Bridge. 
 
 ^ GNATHODUS. 
 
 O I. Punctatus, Thunb. Rare ; beaten from fir trees in Bentley Woods 
 in March, Foxhall Marshes in August. 
 
 TYPHLOCYBIDAE. 
 
 d 
 
 O 
 
 ALEBRA. 
 
 ^ 
 
 1. Albostriella, Fall. Common ; Freston, Bentley Woods, Barham, 
 Kentford, Tuddenham Fen, Foxhall and Brandon. 
 
 DICRANEURA. 
 
 I. Flavipennis, Zeit. Not uncommon at Ipswich and Claydon, on 
 reeds, in September ; Tuddenham Fen and Barren Heath. 
 /^ 2. Variata, Hardy. Lowestoft Denes (Newbery). — Very abundant; 
 Levington Heath, Tuddenham Fen, Corton, Kentford, Nacton and 
 Felixstowe. 
 
 C KYBOS. 
 
 1. Smaragdulus, Fall. Not rare on sallow; Barnby Broad, Tudden- 
 
 ham Fen, Freston, Barren Heath, Foxhall and Beccles. 
 
 ^ CHLORITA. 
 
 1. Flavescens, Fab. I have only taken it at Southwold, in August, 
 
 . probably attracted to artificial light. 
 
 /^ 2. Viridula, Fall. Wherstead, Ipswich gardens, and always abundant 
 ^ on Finns sylvestris and Abies excelsa in Bentley Woods, in spring. 
 
 EUPTERYX. 
 
 ^ I. Vittatus, Linn. Somewhat common; Freston, Wherstead, Foxhall, 
 Barren Heath and Staverton Thicks. 
 
 2. Notatus, Ciirt. Apparently uncommon ; swept at Blakenham in 
 
 September, 1897, and Barham in July, 1904. 
 ^ 3. Urticae, Fab. Abundant on nettles throughout the Ipswich District ; 
 ^ Staverton, Kessingland, Barnby Broad, etc. 
 
HEMIPTERA OF SUFFOLK. 
 
 31 
 
 Stachydearum, Hard. On dunib-ncttles by the Clipping at Ips- 
 wich, in May ; NVherstead, Frcston, and on tansy at Bentlcy. 
 
 Collinus, Flor. Eriswell, Wherstead, lientley ^Voods and Bramford, 
 in i\hiy ; Burgh Castle, in August ; said to occur on Ballota nigra. 
 
 Melissae, Curt. Swept rarely from wild mint at Foxhall, 27-8-04. 
 
 Auratus, Linn. Uncommon ; on nettles at W'herstead ; Kessing- 
 laiid Cliffs, Barren Heath and Bramford. 
 
 Atropunctata, Goeze. Abundant in autumn ; Tuddenham, Wher- 
 stead, l[)swich, Blakenham, etc. ; often in Ipswich gardens. 
 
 Signatipennis, Boh. Local ; excessively abundant on leaves of 
 Shiraca ulmaria in Cutler's Wood, Freston, from July to September. 
 
 Abrotani, Dong/. Abundant, on Artemisia niari'tiina, in the South- 
 wold salt marshes, 1-8-04. 
 
 Pulchellus, Fal/. Foxhall, Bentley Woods, Freston ; Burgh Castle, 
 not uncommon on low plants, in August. 
 
 Concinna, Germ. Bentley \Voods, Assington Thicks and Foxhall ; 
 unconuiionly beaten from oak trees. 
 
 o 
 
 TYPHLOCYBA. 
 
 Sexpunctata, Fa/L Occasionally among del)ris, and on Alnes 
 exielsa in Bentley Woods, in February and March. 
 Ulmi, Linn. Abundant on elm everywhere ; at first immaculate, 
 ^ in June. 
 
 ^ 3. Tenerrima, LI.S. Beaten from elm at Carlton Colville, and taken 
 on banks of the Orwell at Ipswich, in 1904. 
 Aurovittata, Dougl. Beaten from alder, in September, at Foxhall 
 and Freston. 
 Douglasi, E(kv. Found on pine trees in Bentley Woods, where 
 
 there is no beech; Barham, on beech ; Bramford and Foxhall. 
 Gratiosa, Boh. One, sitting on an old sallow, on Southwold Cliffs, 
 
 Abundant on rose bushes in gardens, Tattint 
 
 in July, 1902. 
 Rosae, Linn 
 
 stone, etc. 
 Quercus, Fab. Not uncommon, by beating wayside oaks at 
 
 Debach ; Carlton Colville and Bentley Woods. 
 Nitidula, Fab. One, beaten from beech in a fir wood, at Foxhall, 
 
 I 0-9-04 
 Geometrica, ScJir. Several on alder in Cutler's Wood, Freston ; 
 
 Wherstead, Barnby Broad and Foxhall. 
 
 r 
 
 ZYGINA. 
 
 Flammigera, Geoff. In a marshy wood at Wherstead, in May ; and 
 
 on gorsc, ivy and pine in Bentley \\'oods, in March. 
 Hyperici, LL. S. I found this species on LLypericnni Jiirsntnni at 
 
 Dodnash Woods, in September, 1897. 
 Parvula, Boh. Hibernating among Carex paniculala at Foxhall, 
 
 and swt])t from hedges at Bramford, in May. 
 Scutellaris, LL. S. This has occurred to me with the last species 
 
 during hibernation at Foxhall ; on reeds at Oullon Broad. 
 
 ^A<'\ 
 
32 HEMIPTERA OF SUFFOLK. 
 
 PSYLLINA. 
 
 LIVIA. 
 
 1. Juncorum, Latr. Rare; on rushes at Foxhall and Bramford, in 
 
 August and September. 
 
 2. X^iinbata-, Wag. Tuddenham Fen, vSuffolk (cf. p. x ante). 
 
 APHALARA. 
 
 Calthae, Linri. Bentley Woods, on pine trees, in March ; Wher- 
 
 stead and Foxhall Plateau, on grasses. 
 Exilis, Web. Probably common ; two swept at Foxhall, 23-9-04. 
 
 PSYLLOPSIS. 
 
 Fraxinicola, Fdrst. Beaten abundantly from ash trees at Freston, 
 Foxhall, Kessingland, Kentford and Tuddenham Fen. 
 
 Fraxini, Li>i?i. Assington Thicks, in August; common, on willows 
 and ash, at Barham, in June, 1903, and July, 1904. 
 
 PSYLLA. 
 
 1. Pruni, Sco/'. Singly; beaten from firs in Bentley Woods, in March; 
 
 Barham and Southwold, 
 
 2. Costalis, Flo?: Beaten in the utmost profusion (with F. peregrina) 
 
 from whitethorn on Foxhall Heath, 27-8-04. 
 
 3. Peregrina, Forst. Abundantly beaten from trees about Ipswich ; 
 
 swarming on whitethorn at Foxhall ; in Lowestoft town. 
 
 4. Mali, Schl'dg. Beaten from mountain ash in Bentley Woods, where 
 
 crab-a[)ple is common. 
 
 5. Visci, Cia-t. This I bred the middle of May from pupae found on 
 
 the Misseltoe at Rougham by Mr. Ralph Bennet (Curtis). — Cf. also 
 E.M.M., 1876, p 40. Mistletoe is very local in Suffolk. 
 
 6. Melanoneura, Fdrst. One, beaten from ivy in hawthorn hedge, 
 
 Foxhall Heath, 19-3-04 (Chitty). 
 
 7. Pineti, Flor. Several on fir trees in Bentley Woods in March, and 
 
 Foxhall, in July. 
 
 8. Salicicola, Forst. Abundant on sallow in Tuddenham Fen ; 
 
 Barnby Broad, Gorton and Bentley Woods. 
 g. Forsteri, Flor. Bury, in 1903 (Tuck). — On alder; Assington 
 
 Thicks and Brandon ; abundant at Freston, Foxhall, Wherstead and 
 
 Barnby Broad. 
 [Q. Alni, Linn. Lowestoft (Butler). — Barton Mills, and common at 
 
 Brandon, on alder ; Wherstead, Freston and Foxhall. 
 [I. Buxi, Linn. Monks' Soham, in September, and not uncommonly 
 
 in Shrubland Park, in August, on Biixus scmpervirens. 
 [2. Spartii, Guer. \\\ the utmost profusion on broom, at Brandon in 
 
 June. 
 
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HEMIPTERA OF SUFFOLK. 33 
 
 ARYTAENA. 
 
 I. Genistae, Lair. Abundant on gorse at Brandon, Dodnash Woods, 
 Bentley Woods, Sproughton, etc. 
 
 TRIOZA. 
 
 1. Urticae, Linn. Abundant on nettles everywhere ; also found on 
 
 alder and maple, in October. 
 
 2. Galii, Fotst. A doubtful specimen in moss from Bentley Woods, in 
 
 May. 
 
 3. Remota, Forst. Several doubtful specimens swept in a marshy 
 
 wood at Bramford in late autumn, and Bentley Woods in spring. 
 
 4. Crithmi, Llnv. Many somewhat immature and consequently doubt- 
 
 ful specimens beneath Criilunum maritimiivi in Southwold salt 
 marshes, 1-8-04. 
 
34 
 
 HEMIPTERA OF SUFFOLK. 
 COMPARATIVE TABLE. 
 
 GROUPS. 
 
 Britain. 
 
 Norfolk, 
 1904. 
 
 Suffolk, 
 1904 
 
 P'.ssex, 
 1902. 
 
 Pentatomidae ... 
 
 35 
 
 19 
 
 16 
 
 21 
 
 COREIDAE 
 
 19 
 
 9 
 
 9 
 
 8 
 
 Berytidae 
 
 8 
 
 7 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 
 Lygaeidae 
 
 62 
 
 35 
 
 35 
 
 29 
 
 TiNGIDIDAE 
 
 26 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 Hydrometridae 
 
 16 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 II 
 
 Reduviidae 
 
 16 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 II 
 
 Saldidae 
 
 16 
 
 II 
 
 10 
 
 5 
 
 CiMIClDAE 
 
 34 
 
 21 
 
 24 
 
 9 
 
 Capsidae 
 
 165 
 
 131 
 
 124 
 
 92 
 
 Cryptocerata ... 
 
 34 
 
 27 
 
 19 
 
 ' 18 
 
 HETEROPTERA ... 
 
 43^ 
 
 296 
 
 ■ 281 
 
 222 
 
 Cicadidae 
 
 15 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 
 Delphacidae 
 
 65 
 
 48 
 
 24 
 
 5 
 
 Cercopidae 
 
 II 
 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 Bythoscopidae ... 
 
 40 
 
 31 
 
 24 
 
 14 
 
 Acocephalidae 
 
 16 
 
 14 
 
 10 
 
 3 
 
 Jassidae 
 
 73 
 
 52 
 
 33 
 
 6 
 
 Typhlocybidae ... 
 
 51 
 
 46 
 
 32 
 
 5 
 
 PSYLLINA 
 
 50 
 
 30 
 
 23 
 
 2 
 
 HOMOPTERA 
 
 321 
 
 236 
 
 162 
 
 48 
 
 Total 
 
 752 
 
 532 
 
 443 
 
 270* 
 
 This is the fourth Order of the Suffolk insects monographed ; " The 
 Lepidoptera of Suffolk " appeared in 1890, with Addenda in 1900 ; "The 
 Coleoptera of Suffolk" in 1899 and "The Hymenoptera of Suffolk — 
 Aculeata " a little later. I have in course of preparation catalogues of the 
 Diptera, Neuroptera, Orthoptera, Hymenoptera-lerebrantia, Anoplura, 
 Aphidae and Coccidae of Suffolk, and shall be extremely pleased to receive 
 any records — no matter how common the insects or how scant the list — 
 from any observer in the county, pro bono publico Suffo/ciensis, at 
 
 The Hill House, 
 
 Monks' Soham, Suffolk. 
 
 Mr. Harvvood informs me (in lit., 13 Feb., 1905) that thirty Essex spp. are now added to this total. 
 

 
 
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