A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



Anisosticta i g-punctata, L. Wihtone, very 

 common, at the reservoir ; Hertford 

 (Stephens) 



Adalia obliterata, L. \ . 



bipunctata, L. / * 



Mysia oblongoguttata, L. Hertford (Ste- 

 phens) 

 Coccinella xo-punctata, L. ~\ 



n-punctata, L. j- Tring 



7-punctata, L. J 

 Halyzia 1 6-guttata, L. Tring, rare 



14-guttata, L. Tring 



1 8-guttata, L. Hertford (Stephens) 

 - conglobata, L | r . 



22-punctata, L. J 



Micraspis sedecimpunctata, L. Aldbury, 

 scarce ; have only seen this insect 

 on Aldbury Owen 



Scymnus pygmaeus, Fourc. Aldbury, not 

 common 



frontalis, F. Tring 



suturalis, Thunb. Tring, rare ; once 



found in moss under some fir trees 



testaceus, Mots. Tring, rare ; a small 



variety of this species at the roots of 

 Thymus serpyllum 



haemorrhoidalis, Herbst. \ ,,- 



capitatus, F. / 



minimus, Rossi. Tring, of frequent 



occurrence in the garden 



Platynaspis luteorubra, Goeze. Hertford 

 (Stephens) 



Chilocorus similis, Rossi. Tring. I once 

 witnessed an extraordinary swarm of 

 this insect in a plantation consisting 

 chiefly of ash, when there must have 

 been scores of the insect crawling on 

 some of the trees ; this was in April 



bipustulatus, 111. Hertford (Stephens) 

 Exochomus quadripustulatus, L. Wihtone, 



one example only, on a willow 

 Rhizobius litura, F. Tring 

 Coccidula rufa, Herbst. Tring, common, 



at the reservoirs 



ENDOMYCHID.E 



Mycetaea hirta, Steph. Tring, not com- 

 mon, in refuse 



Alexia pilifera, Mull. Aldbury, in dead leaves 



Lycoperdina bovistae, F. Aldbury, rare. 

 This insect is by no means confined 

 to puff-balls, for I once found a num- 

 ber in a very putrid lamellated fungus 

 growing in a wood near Tring (in 

 Bucks), and have had a similar experi- 

 ence elsewhere 



Endomychus coccineus, L. Aldbury and 

 Tring, common, under bark of beech ; 

 Stubbing!, Pavis and Aldbury Outers 

 woods 



EROTYLID.E 



Dacne humeralis, F. Tring, rare, in de- 

 caying beech tree 



rufifrons, F. Tring 



PHALACRIDJE 



Phalacrus corruscus, Payk. Tring 



caricis, Sturm. Wihtone and Putten- 



ham, very common, on Carices, be- 

 side the Collateral canal, in May 

 Olibrus corticalis, Panz. Tring, fairly 

 common 



asneus, F. "j 



bicolor, F. > Tring 

 Eustilbus testaceus, Panz. J 



atomarius, L. Miswell, one only, in a 



hedgerow 



MICROPEPLID^E 



Micropeplus porcatus, Payk. Aldbury 



staphylinoides, Marsh. \ - . 



margaritas, Duv. J "** 



Brachypterus gravidus, 111. Aldbury, on 



Linaria vulgaris 

 - pubescens, Er. j 



urticae, F. J 



Cercus pedicularius, L. Puttenham and 

 Wihtone, on Carices, by the Collateral 

 canal ; Baldock (Wood) 



bipustulatus, Payk. Little Tring 



rufilabris, Latr. Little Tring and Wil- 



stone 



Epurasa decemguttata, F. Near Hadley 

 Wood, in cossus burrows (Newbery) 



aestiva, L. Tring 



melina, Er. Wihtone, scarce, on 



flowers at the reservoir 



florea, Er. Tring 



deleta, Er. Tring Park, in fungus on 



a tree 



obsoleta, F. Tring 



pusilla, Er. Tring, scarce 



augustula, Er. Tring, one under bark 



of beech ; Felden (Piffard) 

 Omosiphora limbata, F. Wihtone, two 



found at the base of an old ash tree, 



in April 

 Nitidula bipustulata, L. Aldbury 



rufipes, L. Aldbury, rare 



Soronia grisea, L. Little Tring, rare, under 



elm bark ; New Barnet (Newbery) 

 Omosita colon, L. \ Tring, New Barnet 



discoides, F. / (Newbery) 

 Pocadius ferrugineus, F. Tring 



Pria dulcamaras, Scop. Tring and Wil- 

 stone, frequently found on Solanum 

 dulcamara 



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