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Gibside, Swahvell, and banks of tlie Team. — J. H. Tunstall 

 W\\\.—Mt. W. Peacock. 



It is sometimes very destructive to auriculas and polyanthuses, 

 by cutting off the plants by the neck, and nibbling the leaves. 



268. Tropiphorus, Schdnh. 

 1. T. Mercurialis, Fab. 



Barynotus Mercurialis, Steph. IllusL, Mand., iv., 110. — B. 

 Terricola, Neivm. Ent. Mag., v., p. 173. 

 In meadows, and on the borders of shady woods, common. 

 April — September. 



It feeds on various herbaceous plants, and sometimes nibbles 

 the flowers of the gardener, about the roots of which it lurks during 

 the day. It has also been met with on the flowers of Tussilago 

 FarfcLva and Antennaria dioica. 



269. Alophus, SchbnJi. 



1. A. TRIGUTTATUS, Fcd>. 



Steioh. Illust., Mand., iv., 109. 

 Common in meadows. May — September. 



Divisions. MOLYTIDES, Schdnh. 



270. Hylobius, Germ. 

 1. H. Abietis, Linn. 



Steph. Illust., Mand., iv., 107. 

 In fir, woods, common. July. 



271. It^io^oMk, Kirhy. 

 1. L. ovATULA, Clairv. 



L. punctata, Steph. Illust, Mand., iv., 106. 

 On Ranunculus repeals, common. Feb. — Sept. 



272. LiMOBius, Schdnh. 

 1. L. DISSIMILTS, Ggll. 



Rhynchoenus dissimilis, Gyll. Ins. Suec, iii., 116. — Hypera 

 fulvipes, Steph. Illust., Mand., iv., 98. 

 On Geranium sanguineum, on the Links, near Plartlepool. — 

 J. H. Castle Eden Dean. — Mr. T. Pigg. On Geranium san- 

 guineum, on the Links, near Blyth, in July. — T. J. B. 



