INSECTS 



COPRINA (continued) 



Aphodius ater, De G. Tring 



granarius, L. Tring and Wilstone 



rufescens, F. Tring, rare 



putridus, Sturm. Ashridge (PifFard) 



lividus, Ol. Tring, very scarce 



pusillus, Herbst. \ - . 



merdarius, F. / * 



inquinatus, F. Wilstone, rare 



sticticus, Panz. Tring, not common ; 



Hertford (Stephens) 



punctato-sulcatus, Sturm. ) ,.- . 



T> u ( Tring 



prodromus, israhm. ) 



contaminatus, Herbst. Tring, very 



common 



obliteratus, Panz. Tring, rare 



luridus, F. Wilstone 



rufipes, L. Tring 



Plagiogonus arenarius, Ol. Tring, several 

 specimens taken flying in hedgerow 

 in Duckmore Lane ; also in stercare 

 ovino 



Odontseus mobilicornis, F. Tring, very 

 rare, one found on the pavement in 

 Park Road by Dr. Jordan ; Felden 

 (PifFard) ; Hertford (Stephens). Dr. 

 Churchill of Chesham presented me 

 with a fine female specimen of this 

 very rare insect, which he caught in 

 the town, so the species is probably 

 pretty generally distributed in this 

 part of the country 



Geotrupes spiniger, Marsh. \ ~* . 



stercorarius, L. / 



sylvaticus, Panz. Bovingdon, rare 



pyrenaeus, Charp. Hertford (Stephens) 

 Trox sabulosus, L. Berkhamsted, rare 



scaber, L. Tring ; Mr. J. W. Shipp 



once took this species in some 

 numbers on an old pear or apple 

 tree 

 MELOLONTHINA 



Hoplia philanthus, Ftlss. Aldbury ; scarce ; 

 Kings Langley (PifFard) 



Homaloplia ruricola, F. Aldbury ; Tring 

 (PifFard) ; this insect is to be seen 

 flying in numbers on favourable 

 sunny mornings in the latter half of 

 June, and the black variety may be 

 found with it. Mr. Champion has 

 noticed on the continent that the 

 time of appearance is very short, and 

 this seems to be the case in this 

 country 



Serica brunnea, L. Tring, rare ; Boxmoor 

 (PifFard) 



Rhizotrogus solstitialis, L. Tring, very 

 abundant some years, flying in hedges 

 near the town 



Melolontha vul^aris, F. Tring 



RUTELINA 



Phyllopertha horticola, L. Tring, not at 

 all common 



BUPRESTID^E 



Agrilus laticornis, 111. Bovingdon, rare in 

 hazel bushes, on the outskirts of a 

 wood 



angustulus, 111. Bricket Wood (PifFard), 



Hertford (Stephens) 



THROSCID^ 



Throscus dermestoides, L. Tring, rare ; 

 New Barnet (Newbery) ; Hertford 

 (Stephens) 



carinifrons, Bonv. New Barnet (New- 



bery) 



EUCNEMID^E 

 Melasis buprestoides, L. Felden (Piffard) 



ELATERID^E 



Lacon murinus, L. Tring, not uncom- 

 mon at some spots on the hills 



Cryptohypnus riparius, F. Tring, scarce, in 

 marshy places 



quadripustulatus, F. Hertford (Stephens) 

 Melanotus rufipes, Herbst. Wihtone, scarce 

 Athous niger, L. Tring 



longicollis, Ol. Aldbury and Tring, 



rather common 



hsemorrhoidalis, F. Tring, a very 



common insect 



vittatus, F. Tring, rare 

 Limonius minutus, L. ") - . 

 Adrastus limbatus, F. ) 

 Agtiotes spuutor, L. 1 Tf . 



sobrinus, Kies. Aldbury, scarce 

 - pallidulus, 111. ) rn . 

 Dolopius margmatus, L. ) 



Corymbites cupreus, F. Tring ; I have one 

 specimen which was picked up on 

 the churchyard pathway several years 

 ago by Mr. J. L. Foulkes 



tessellatus, F. Wilstone, not uncom- 



mon in one corner of a marshy field 



quercus, Gyll. Tring, rare 



holosericeus, F. Tring, not uncom- 



mon in spring and early summer on 

 the hills 



aeneus, L. Tring, rare ; two speci- 



mens on Pitstone Hill just on the 

 border of Herts 



bipustulatus, L. Longcroft ; Bovingdan 



(Piffard) 

 Campylus linearis, L. Tring, not common 



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