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COLEOPTERA IN HEREFOKDSHIRE (V). 



BY J. R. LK B. TOMLIN, M.A., F.E.S. 



(continued from p. 7). 



Onthophagvs coenohitu Hbst., Stoke Edith (Wood): Aphodiws lopponum 

 Gy 11., not uncommon on the Black Mountains at about 2,000 feet ; A.foetidus 

 F., with the last; A. nitidulus F., one on Seager Hill, 25.8. 1 1 ; A. hiridusF., 

 West Malvern, rare, 22.4.10 ; Aegialia sahnleti Pk., banks of River Monnow, near 

 Llano-ua, 10.8.11 ; Hoplia philanthics Fiissl., Great Doward, River Monnow, near 

 Llancillo (Wood) ; Melolontha hippocastani F., one taken on the wing at West 

 Malvern about mid-day, 4.8.12. 



Cryptohypmis sahulicola Boh., this remarkable addition to the list was made 

 by Mr. Perrins, who took sevei-al specimens on the banks of the River Monnow, 

 near Pontrilas, 28.6.14 ; hitherto it has only been known from the River Nith 

 in Scotland ; C. dermestoides Hbst. and var. quadriguttatus Lap., both abundant 

 in shingle by the River Monnow, the variety being if anything the commoner : 

 also at Ewias Harold (the variety only) ; Elater halteatus L., swept in Mains- 

 wood (Wood) ; Corymhites aeneus L., Rough Hill Wood near Storridge (Perrins). 



Hydrocyphon deflexicoUis Miill., rare under stones by the River Monnow ; 

 Platycis minuta F., breeds every year in a sodden log near Mordiford : one 

 specimen taken in September, 1913^ has three perfect tarsi on one hind-leg ; 

 Telephovus ^Hiludosus Fall., two swept in marshy ground at Triimpet, Avigust, 

 1913 (Wood) ; T. thoracicus 01., not uncommon at Moccas Pool (Wood) ; Erno- 

 bius mollis L., West Malvern and Seager Hill, rare ; Dorcatoma Jlavicornis ¥., 

 Credenhill (Butler). 



Aromia nioschata L., Ledbury, on osiers (Wood) ; Tetrops praeusta L.,- 

 Eastnor Park, not uncommon on hedges (Perrins). 



Donacia crassipes F., one at Eastnor (Perrins) ; Chrysomela orichalcea Miill., 

 one at Mathou, 17.8.10 ; C. menthastri Suffr., several on Meiitha viridis on the 

 banks of the River Monnow, August, 1910 and 1911 ; C. hypcrici Forst., West 

 Malvern, not vincommon on Hypericum in 1912 (Perrins); Gastroidca viridula 

 De G., on Rumex ohtusifolius at Kerne Bridge, Huntsham, and on the Great 

 Doward; Hydrothassa aucta F., Huntsham, 8.8.09; Lochmaea suturalis Th., 

 abundant in the Stoke Edith neighbovu-hood and the Woolhope district, on 

 heather ; Galerucella nymphaeae L., Devereux Pools (Wood), Canonbiudge 

 (Butler) ; Longitarsus holsaticus L., Cusop Dingle (Butler) ; L. membranacciis 

 Foudr., Haugh Wood, common on Teucrium scorodonia ; L. jacohaeae Wat., on 

 Senecio jaxobaen, banks of River Monnow ; Phyllotreta flexuosa 111., not un- 

 common in moss on the Ctisop Dingle, August, 1911 ; P. exclamationis Thunb., 

 Mathon and Westhide, rare ; Aphthona atrocoerulea St., widely distributed in 

 woods on Euphorbia amygdaloides ; A. atrovirens Fox*st., not uncommon at West 

 Malvern, Cusop, Ledbury, Symond's Yat, and in the Woolhope district ; Aptero- 

 peda orbiculata Marsh., common throughoiit ; A. globosa 111., Cusop Dingle, not 



