A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



DASCILLID^E 



Dascillus cervinus, L. Aldbury, rather 



plentiful on the hills about the village 

 Helodes minuta, L. Tring 

 Microcara livida, F. Near Bovingdon, in a 



moist wood 

 Cyphon coarctatus, Payk. Tring 



nitidulus, Thorns. Tring ; New Barnet 



(Newbery) 



variabilis, Thunb. ) . . 



padi, L. J ' 

 Prionocyphon serricornis, Mull. Felden 



(PifFard) 



Scirtes hemisphsericus, L. Wihtone, scarce, 

 by the reservoir 



MALACODERMID^ 



LAMPYRINA 



Lampyris noctiluca, L. Tring and Aldbury ; 

 the females are constantly met with 

 in dead leaves and moss in winter, 

 and I have occasionally seen the 

 males fly in some numbers to a lamp 

 when sugaring for Lepidoptera 



Phosphsenus hemipterus, Geoff. Felden 

 (Piffard) ; this species was at one 

 time considered to be an accidental 

 introduction to these islands, and it 

 has only been found in two or three 

 localities in Sussex ; Mr. Piffard's 

 capture is most interesting as an 

 additional proof of the fact, now 

 accepted, that this insect may be re- 

 garded as indigenous 

 TELEPHORINA 



Telephorus fuscus, L. Hertford, abun- 

 dantly (Stephens) 



rusticus, Fall. 



lividus, L. 



pellucidus, F. Tring 



nigricans, Mail. 



lituratus, F. 



bicolor, F. Tring ; New Barnet (New- 



bery) 



hsemorrhoidalis, F. Tring, fairly com- 



mon 



flavilabris, Fall. Wihtone, common, at 



the reservoir 



thoracicus, Ol. Wihtone, scarce, at the 



reservoir 



Rhagonycha fuscicornis, Ol. Tring ; New 

 Barnet (Newbery) ; Hertford (Ste- 

 phens) 



fulva, Scop. Tring, very common in 



July , 



limbata, Thorns 



pallida, F. ! Tring 

 Malthinus punctatus, Fourc. J 



fasciatus, Ol. Tring, rather common 



balteatus, Sufrr. Aldbury, rare 



TELEPHORINA (continued) 



Malthodes marginatus, Latr. 1 ^ . 

 - minimus, L. } **** 



fibulatus, Kies. Tring, not uncommon 



in some of the woods 



atomus, Thorns. Wihtone, scarce 

 MELYRINA 



Malachius bipustulatus, L. Tring; New 

 Barnet (Newbery) 



viridis, F. Puttenham, scarce, by the 



canal 

 Axinotarsus ruficollis, Ol. Hertford 



(Stephens) 

 Anthocomus fasciatus, L. Miswell, rare ; 



Hertford (Stephens) 

 Dasytes aerosus, Kies. Hastoe 

 Phloeophilus edwardsi, Steph. Aldbury 

 Common, rare, one knocked off an old 

 oak bough ; Ashridge (PifFard) 



CLERID.E 



Tillus elongatus, L. Hemel Hempstead 

 (PifFard) ; Hertford (Stephens) 



unifasciatus, F. Hertford (Stephens) 

 Necrobia ruficollis, F. Tring, rare, in dry 



horse's skin 



violacea, L. Tring, with the preced- 



ing 



Corynetes caeruleus, De G. Tring, occa- 

 sionally seen in old houses ; Hertford 

 (Stephens) 



PTINID.E 



PTININA 



Niptus hololeucus, Fald. Tring, scarce, as 

 far as I know, in the town 



crenatus, F. Baldock, one in a nastur- 



tium flower (Wood) 

 Hedobia imperialis, L. Tring, Duckmore 



Lane, etc., frequently to be found, in 



and flying about old hedges ; Hert- 

 ford (Stephens) 

 ANOBUNA 



Dryophilus pusillus, Gyll. Hastoe, not 



common, in fir plantation 

 Priobium castaneum, F. \ T ' 



Anobium domesticum, Fourc. / 



fulvicorne, Sturm. Tring, rare, in old 



hedges 



paniceum, L. Tring, frequently seen 



in the house. This species seems to 

 be one of the most omnivorous of in- 

 sects. I have seen poisonous drugs, 

 such as aconite root, infested and 

 spoilt by it, and it is not deterred 

 by hot aromatic substances, as the 

 rhizome of ginger and capsicum 

 fruits 



Ernobius mollis, L. Tring, scarce ; New 

 Barnet (Newbery) 



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