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A HISTORY OF SURREY Generally distributed CAPSID.S (continued) Psallus lepidus, Fieb. Generally distributed alnicola, D. & S. Reigate, Esher t Chobham, Waking (Saunders), Skalford (Butler) fallen!!, Reut. Generally distributed albicinctus, Kbm. Chobham (Saunders) varians, H.S. diminutus, Kb. sanguineus, Fab. salicellus, Mey. rotermundi, Schltz. Reigate, Waking (Saunders), Shiere (Newbery) Plagiognathus, Fieb. albipennis, Fall. Reigate, Waking (Saun- ders) viridulus, Fall. Generally arbustorum, Fab. / distributed roseri, H.S. Oxshott (Billups), Putney (Newbery) pulicarius, Fall. Generally distributed saltitans, Fall. Coombe Wood, Clandon (Saunders), Shalford (Butler) Asciodema, Reut. obsoletum, D. & S. Generally distri- buted fieberi, D. & S. Reigate (Saunders), Croydon, Shirley (Douglas and Scott) CRYPTOCERATA NAUCORID.S Naucoris, Geoffr. cimicoides, Linn. Earls-wood, Chobham (Saunders), Morden, Southfields (Kirk- aldy) Generally distributed NEPID/E (continued) Ranatra, Fab. linearis, Linn. Wands-worth Common (Douglas and Scott), Earls-wood (Lin- nell), Chobham (Blatch), Morden (Kirkaldy) NOTONECTID^ Notonecta, Linn. glauca, Linn. Generally distributed Plea, Leach minutissima, Fab. Generally distributed CORIXID.S Corixa, Geoffr. geoffroyi, Leach atomaria, 111. lugubris, Fieb. hieroglyphica, Duf. sahlbergi, Fieb. linnaei, Fieb. limitata, Fieb. venusta, D. & S. Generally distributed striata, Linn. Chobham (Saunders) Generally distributed Reigate, Chobham Generally distributed Nepa, Linn. cinerea, Linn. fallenii, Fieb. J distincta, Fieb. (Saunders), Weybridge (Dale), Wim- bledon (Kirkaldy) fossarum, Leach. moesta, Fieb. fabricii, Fieb.

  • saundersi, Kirkaldy. Chobham (Saun-

ders) praeusta, Fieb. Generally distributed concinna, Fieb. ) ,-, , ,,-,, . . c- UIL Esotr (Champion) cannata, Sahib. ) bonsdorffi, Sahib. Waking (Champion) coleoptrata, Fab. Morden (Kirkaldy) Sigara, Fab. minutissima, Linn. Chobham (Billups) scholtzii, Fieb. Chobham (Saunders) HEMIPTERA HOMOPTERA CICADIDjE Cicadas The Homoptera constitute a sub-order of the Hemiptera, important both in the point of number and variety of structure. The British species are small as compared with those of tropical countries, some of which attain dimensions almost at the limit of insect life. Some foreign Cicadce measure upwards of seven inches from tip to tip of their expanded wings. The true Cicada, provided with its elaborate apparatus for singing, chirping or screeching, according to the aesthetic tastes of the intelligent auditor, is in England restricted to one genus and one species, Gicadetta montana, Amyot. Of late years it has been often captured in the New 1 68