INSECTS 



Meligethes rufipes, Gyll. Tring ; New 

 Barnet (Newbery) 



lumbaris, Sturm. Aldbury and Tring, 



on flowers of Verbascum thapsus and 

 Umbelliferae 



coracinus, Sturm. Tring, one only, on 



Origanum vulgare, in a chalkpit 



aeneus, F. Tring 



viridescens, F. Wihtone 



difficilis, Heer. ] 



memnonius, Er. \ Tring 



brunnicornis, Sturm. ) 



viduatus, Sturm. Tring, a few speci- 



mens in flowers of Ballota nigra, in 

 Grove Park 



bidens, Bris. Tring, usually found in 



flowers of Scabiosa arvensis 



umbrosus, Sturm. Aldbury, rare 



ovatus, Sturm. \ 



flavipes, Sturm. \ Tring 



picipes, Sturm. ) 



serripes, Gyll. Tring; this insect seems 



most abundant early in the spring 



lugubris, Sturm. Aldbury, scarce. 



obscurus, Er. Aldbury 



erythropus, Gyll. Aldbury and Tring, 



a common species on the chalk 



solidus, Sturm. Aldbury, on Helianthe- 



mum vulgare 

 Cychramus luteus, F. \ - . 



fungicola, Heer. / J * 

 Cryptarcha strigata, F. Wigginton Com- 

 mon 



imperialis, F. Watford (Lewcock) 



TROGOSITID^E 



Tenebrioides mauritanicus, L. Tring, oc- 

 casionally found in flour, oatmeal 

 and other stores 



COLYDIID.E 



Cicones variegatus, Hellw. Aldbury ; I once 

 found twenty specimens under bark 

 of a beech, on Aldbury Outers 



Cerylon histeroides, F. Near Bovingdon, 

 scarce 



fagi, Bris. Aldbury and Tring, under 



bark of beech 



CUCUJID/E 



Rhizophagus cribratus, Gyll. Tring (Pif- 

 fard) 



depressus, F. Wihtone ; Hertford 



(Stephens) 



parallelocollis, Er. Tring, rare 



ferrugineus, Payk. Aldbury 



bipustulatus, F. Tring 

 Lsemophlceus ferrugineus, Steph. Tring, 



often met with in the woods under 

 bark of beech ; Hertford (Stephens) 



Psammoschus bipunctatus, F. Wihtone, 

 scarce, at the reservoir ; Hertford 

 (Stephens) ; Baldock (Wood) 



Silvanus surinamensis, L. Tring, once 

 seen in a house ; Baldock (Wood) 



MONOTOMID^E 



Monotoma spinicollis, Aub6. Tring, scarce 



picipes, Herbst. Tring ; New Barnet 



(Newbery) 



quadricollis, Aub. Tring. 



rufa, Redt. Tring, in haystack refuse 



LATHRIDIID^E 



Holoparamecus depressus, Curt. Hertford 



(Stephens) 

 Lathridius lardarius, De Geer. Tring 



angulatus, Humm. Tring, rare, in old 



hedges 

 Coninomus nodifer, Westwood. Tring 



carinatus, Gyll. Tring, rare, once found 



in a house 

 Enicmus minutus, L. 1 - . 



transversus, Ol. / 



Cartodere ruficollis, Marsh. Tring, scarce, 



in haystack refuse 

 Corticaria pubescens, Gyll. Tring 



crenulata, Gyll. Wihtone 



denticulata, Gyll. Tring 



elongata, Humm. Tring; New Barnet 



(Newbery) 



fenestralis, L. Aldbury, rare, in moss 



on a chalky bank 



Tring 



Melanophthalma gibbosa, Herbst. 



fuscula, Humm. 



CRYPTOPHAGID^ 



Diphyllus lunatus, F. Near Flaunden, once 

 found in numbers in black fungus, 

 on old ash stump ; Baldock (Wood) 



Telmatophilus caricis, Ol. Wigginton and 

 Miswell 



Antherophagus nigricornis, F. Tring 



pallens, Gyll. Aldbury ; Tring (Pifiard) 

 Cryptophagus lycoperdi, Herbst. Tring, 



not common in the district 



setulosus, Sturm. Tring 



pilosus, Gyll. Tring, rare, in haystack 



refuse 



punctipennis, Bris. \ 



saginatus, Sturm. J- Tring 



scanicus, L. J 



badius, Sturm. Wihtone, rare, in refuse 



by the reservoir 



dentatus, Herbst. Tring 



distinguendus, Sturm. Wihtone, rare, 



under dead reeds 



acutangulus, Gyll. \ 



cellaris, Scop. J- Tring 



afHnis, Sturm. J 



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