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reofion. In 1913, however, what is in all probability the same species 

 was recorded from the neighbourhood of Bonn by Dr. P. Schneider 

 (Verb. nat. Ver. Bonn, 70, pp. 1-54), so that the distribution is less 

 discontinuous than might have been supposed a short time ago. 

 Dr. Schneider determined his insects as C. territans (a North American 

 species closely resembling C. hortensis), but this identification is 

 probably not correct. 



The Scotch specimen agrees closely with others from South Europe, 

 except that the wing- scales are very slightly broader. From C.pipiens, 

 the only other British species of the genus as now defined, it differs in 

 having the white bands on the abdominal segments apical instead of 

 basal, and in having broad flat scales on the prothoracic lobes. 



April (jth, 1915. 



On the food-plants of some British weei;iZs.— Stray notes which I have made 

 on this subject at various times are given below : 



Alophus triguttatiis F. — Fowler (Col. Brit. Islands, V, p. 212) says that this 

 weevil occiirs in moss, under stones, in flood-refuse, &g., but he does not mention 

 any food-plant for it, neither does any Continental work I have been able to 

 consvilt. Everts, one of the latest European writers, states generally that it is 

 found " in pastaires, at the roots oi plants, and under stones " (Col. Neerlandica, 

 II, p. 592 [1901]). My own experience with this species, however, has led me 

 to associate it with the ribwort plantain {Plantago lanceolata) . In May, 1902, 

 I found several specimens of Alophus at the roots of this plant growing on the 

 Culver Cliff near Sandown, I.W., but at the time I supposed these individuals 

 to be merely sheltering, the locality being somewhat exposed. In April, 1910, 

 however, and also in May, 1912, I again found the species in some small numbers 

 at the roots of the same plant growing amongst thick grass in a marshy place 

 on the banks of the Lea near Eoydon, West Essex, and in September, 1912, I 

 came across the elytra of a specimen while searching P. lanceolata on the cliffs 

 at Walton-on-the-Naze in the same county. It woiild therefore seem probable, 

 from its apparent association with Plantago lanceolata in three widely seisarated 

 localities, that this is the food-plant of Alophus, or at any rate one of its food- 

 plants. It would be well, however, to have this confirmed, if possible, by 

 Coleopterists who may be living in other districts where Alophus has occurred. 

 I may add that I have searched the greater plantain (Plantago major) in the 

 Roydon locality witho^^t result. 



Omias mollinus Boh., and Barypithes pelhicidus Boh. — I have no doubt that 

 these species are attached, at any rate in the localities in which I personally have 

 found them, to the common buttercup (Ranunculus bulbosus). My principal 

 locality for Omias was a small pasture at Enfield, in part of which was an 

 extensive patch of buttercitps ; in May, 1911, I swept it from these butterciips 



