A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



Cryptophagus pubescens, Sturm. Tring, rare, 

 by sweeping ; may often be bred from 

 old nests of Vespa vulgaris 



bicolor, Sturm. Tring, rare, in hay- 



stack refuse 



Micrambe vini, Panz. Tring 

 Caenoscelis pallida, Woll. Little Tring, 



one taken by evening sweeping 

 Atomaria barani, Bris. Wihtone, rare, 



under dead reeds by the reservoir 



nigriventris, Steph. Tring 



umbrina, Er. Aldbury, in dead leaves 



in a wood 



linearis, Steph. Tring 



elongatula, Er. (?) Wihtone 



fuscipes, Gyll. 



fuscata, SchSn. 



pusilla, Payk. 



atricapilla, Steph. 



berolinensis, Kr. Aldbury, in dead 



leaves 



basalis, Er. Wihtone, very rare, by the 



reservoir 



mesomelas, Herbst. Wihtone, with the 



preceding ; a form occurs here, with 

 the elytrae entirely dark 



gutta, Steph. Wihtone, scarce, with 



the preceding 



apicalis, Er. ) _. . , T 



analis, Er. [ Tr '" g ' New 



ruficornis, Marsh. ) * 

 Ephistemus gyrinoides, Marsh. Tring 



Tring 



MYCETOPHAGIDJE 



Typhaea fumata, L. Tring 

 Triphyllus suturalis, F. Tring Park and 

 Wihtone 



punctatus, F. Wigginton, rare, in Round 



Hill Wood 

 Litargus bifasciatus, F. Tring, frequently 



found under bark of beech 

 Mycetophagus quadripustulatus, L. Tring 



piceus, F. Aldbury, rare 



atomarius, F. Tring Park 



quadriguttatus, Mull. Felden (Piffard) 



multipunctatus, Hellw. Tring 



BYTURID^E 



Byturus sambuci, Scop, "I _- . 



tomentosus, F. j 



DERMESTID^: 



Dermestes murinus, L. Tring, rare, once 

 found on a dead bird 



lardarius, L. \ r- 

 Attagenus pellio, L. J ' 



Tiresias serra, F. Wihtone, bred from 



larvae found under elm bark, in April 



Anthrenus musaeorum, L. Baldock (Wood) 



Anthrenus claviger, Er. Tring, rather 



common on flowers of Umbelliferas 

 Trinodes hirtus, F. Long Marstone (Shipp) 



BYRRHID^E 



Syncalypta spinosa, Rossi. Aldbury, rare, 



in chalky places 

 Byrrhus pilula, L. \ . . 



fasciatus, F. J * 



Cytilus varius, F. Wihtone, in moss by the 



reservoir 



Simplocaria semistriata, F. Tring 

 Aspidiphorus orbiculatus, Gyll. Tring, 

 ' rare, taken by sweeping 



PARNID.E 



Elmis aeneus, Mdll. Wihtone, in the 

 streams which feed the reservoir 



volkmari, Panz. Near Hatfield (Ste- 



phens) 



subviolaceus, Mull. Wihtone, rare, in 



a stream 

 Limnius tuberculatus, Mtill. Little Tring, 



in the canal 

 Parnus prolifericornis, F. Wihtone, at the 



reservoir 



auriculatus, Panz. Wihtone, with the 



preceding 



algiricus, Lucas. Ashridge ; Berkham- 



sted Common (Piffard) 



HETEROCERID^E 



Heterocerus laavigatus, Panz. Little Tring 

 and Wihtone, in muddy spots by the 

 reservoir 



LUCANID^E 



Lucanus cervus, L. Little Tring and Put- 

 tenham, one example from each local- 

 ity ; St. Albam (A. E. Gibbs) ; I 

 should say that the stag-beetle is 

 decidedly rare in the county 



Sinodendron cylindricum, L. Wihtone, rare, 

 dead specimens only in a rotten ash 

 tree 



SCARAB.EID/E 



COPRINA 



Onthophagus ovatus, L. 



(Stephens) 

 Aphodius erraticus, L. 



Tring ; Hertford 



Aphodius erraticus, L. \ 



subterraneus, L. > Tring 



fossor, L. j 



haemorrhoidalis, L. Wihtone, not com- 



mon ; Hertford (Stephens) 



foetens, F. Tring, scarce, on the hills 



fimetarius, L. Tring 



scybalarius, F. Hastoe, rare 



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