A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



Palorus melinus, Herbst. Baldock (Wood) 

 Hypophlceus bicolor, Ol. Berkhamsted 



(PifFard) 

 Helops coeruleus, L. Tring, very rare ; a 



pair were taken by Mr. J. W. Shipp, 



in the town 



striatus, Fourc. Tring, not common 



CISTELID.E 



Cistela luperus, Herbst. Tring and Aid- 

 bury ; Hertford (Stephens) 



ceramboides, L. Hertford (Stephens) 



murina, L. Tring 



Lagria hirta, L. Tring, somewhat common 



MELANDRYID^E 



Tetratoma desmaresti, Latr. Aldbury 

 Common, four specimens under bark 

 of oak impregnated with fungoid 

 growths ; Felden (PifFard) 



ancora, F. Tring, very rare, one beaten 

 from dead oak bough 



Orchesia micans, Panz. Wilstone. I have 

 bred this insect in great numbers from 

 a large brown fungus, growing on 

 old ash tree 



Clinocara tetratoma, Thorns. Tring, several 

 seen under holly bark in Pavis Wood, 

 all but one however managed to es- 

 cape 



Hallomenus humeralis, Panz. Near Flaun- 

 den, two or three found, under rotten 

 wood ; Baldock, about thirty in a 

 decaying pine (Wood) 



Conopalpus testaceus, Ol. Tring ; I have 

 bred this species from rotten oak 

 boughs, the perfect insect appearing 

 in the latter half of June ; Felden 

 (PifFard) ; Hertford (Stephens) 



Phlceotrya rufipes, Gyll. Felden (PifFard) 



PYTHID^E 



Salpingus castaneus, Panz. Felden (Piflard) 

 Lissodema quadripustulata, Marsh. Tring, 

 frequently met with in beating old 

 hedges ; Hertford (Stephens) 

 Rhinosimus ruficollis, L. Tring 



viridipennis, Steph. Tring, very scarce 



planirostris, F. Tring 



OEDEMERID^E 



Oedemera lurida, Marsh. Tring, occasion- 

 ally seen, in grassy uncultivated 

 places 



MORDELLID^E 



Mordella aculeata, L. Hertford (Stephens) 

 Mordellistena abdominalis, F. Shothanger 

 Common (Piffard) 



humeralis, L. Tring, very rare 



brunnea, F. Tring, very rare, one 



specimen beaten out of hedge in 

 the Shire Lane 



pumila, Gyll. Tring; Hertford (Ste- 



phens) 



brevicauda, Boh. Tring, rare 

 Anaspis frontalis, L. Tring 



garneysi, Fowler. Baldock (Wood) 



pulicaria, Costa. Tring, rather com- 



mon, especially on UmbelliferEe 



rufilabris, Gyll. Tring 



geofFroyi, Mall. Tring, common ; 



Hertford (Stephens) 



ruficollis, F. Tring, common, in moist 



situations ; New Barnet (Newbery) 



subtestacea, Steph. Tring 



maculata, Fourc. Tring, very com- 



mon. I have found the larvae in 

 the hollow stems of Clematis vitalba, 

 in winter ; New Barnet (Newbery) 



PYROCHROID^: 

 Pyrochroa serraticornis, Scop. Tring 



Anthicus floralis, L. Tring ; New Barnet 

 (Newbery) 



antherinus, L. Tring, rather common; 



New Barnet (Newbery) 



MELOID.E 



Meloe violaceus, Marsh. Tring, scarce ; 

 Baldock, one only (Wood) 



proscarabaeus, L. Tring ; this species 



seems to feed very voraciously in the 

 perfect state. I once watched a well- 

 developed female devour two or three 

 leaves of Ranunculus repens in quite 

 a short time 



ANTHRIBID^: 



Brachytarsus fasciatus, Forst. Hertford 

 (Stephens) ; Baldock (Wood) 



Choragus sheppardi, Kirby. Miswell 

 near Tring, once found in some 

 numbers, in an old hedge 



CURCULIONID^: 

 ATTELABINA 



Apoderus coryli, L. Tring, rare, on hazel 

 at Bishop's Wood ; Baldock, one speci- 

 men (Wood) 

 Attelabus curculionides, L. Hastoe, rare, 



in Brown's Lane 

 RHYNCHITINA 



Byctiscus populi, L. Bncket Wood (PifFard) 

 Rhynchites aequatus, L. Aldbury, not 

 common 



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