INSECTS 



RHYNCHITINA (continued) 



Rhynchites aeneovirens, Marsh. Hastoe, 

 scarce, in Brawn's Lane ; Bricket Wood 

 (Lewcock) ; Hertford (Stephens) 



minutus, Herbst. Tring 



nanus, Payk. Hertford (Stephens) 



uncinatus, Thorns. Bricket Wood 



(Lewcock) 



sericeus, Herbst. Tring, very rare, on 



hazel 



pubescens, F. Tring (Piffard) 

 Deporaus megacephalus, Germ. Near 



Bovingdon, rare ; Bricket Wood (Lew- 

 cock) 



betulae, L. Tring, of occasional occur- 



ence, in the beech woods 

 APIONINA 



Apion pomonae, F. Tring, rare ; Hert- 

 ford (Stephens) 



craccas, L. Miswell 



ulicis, Forst. Tring, usually found 



wherever the furze grows 



miniatum, Germ. Aldbury and Wil- 



stone, not common 



haematodes, Kirby. Tring and Hastoe 



pallipes, Kirby. Tring, rather common, 



on Mercurialis perennis 



difforme, Germ. Tring 



varipes, Germ. Tring, rare 



apricans, Herbst. Tring 



assimile, Kirby. Tring; New Barnet 



(Newbery) 



trifolii, L. \ 



dichroum, Bedel. [ Tring 



nigritarse, Kirby j 



confluens, Kirby. Aldbury, on Matri- 



caria inodora, very rare 



stolidum, Germ. Bushey (Fowler, 



British Coleoptera, vol. v.) 



aeneum, F. Tring, scarce, on Malva 



rotundifolia 



radiolus, Kirby \ 



onopordi, Kirby \ Tring 



carduorum, Kirby ) 



vicinum, Kirby. Wihtone, rare, on 



Mentha aquatica at the reservoir 



atomarium, Kirby. Aldbury, not un- 



common, at the roots of Thymus 

 serpyllum 



minimum, Herbst. Baldock, common, 



on sallow (Wood) 



virens, Herbst. 1 



punctigerum, Payk. \ Tring 



pisi, F. I 



asthiops, Herbst. Wihtone, not com- 



mon ; New Barnet (Newbery) ; Bal- 

 dock (Wood) 



ebeninum, Kirby. Aldbury, not com- 



mon ; Felden (Piffard) 



striatum, Kirby. Hastoe and Wigginton 



APIONINA (continued) 



Apion spencei, Kirby. Aldburj 



ervi, Kirby. Tring 



vorax, Herbst. Tring, not common 



unicolor, Kirby. Wihtone, scarce ; 



New Barnet (Newbery) 



scutellare, Kirby. Felden (Piffard) 



livescerum, Gyll. Tring, may be found 



in most fields of sainfoin (Onobrychis 

 sativa) ; Felden (Piffard) 



waltoni, Steph. Aldbury, not un- 



common 



loti, Kirby. Tring ; Baldock (Wood) 

 - seniculum Kirby j r 



tenue, Kirby 



simile, Kirby. Hertford (Stephens) 



pubescens, Kirby. Wihtone and Aid- 



bury, scarce 



marchicum, Herbst. Hastoe, rare, in 



Brown's Lane 



affine, Kirby. Felden (Piffard) 



violaceum, Kirby ) _. . 



hydrolapathi, Kirby J 



humile, Germ. Tring; New Barnet 



(Newbery) 

 OTIORRHYNCHINA 



Otiorrhynchus tenebricosus, Herbst. Aldbury 



fuscipes, Walton. Tring, rare 



raucus, F. Baldock, one only (Wood) 



scabrosus, Marsh. Tring 



ligneus, Ol. Aldbury ; Baldock, com- 



mon in greenhouse (Wood) 



sulcatus, F. Tring, occasionally seen 



in gardens ; Baldock (Wood) 



ovatus, L. Aldbury 

 Trachyphlceus aristatus, Gyll. Tring, rare, 



at roots of Helianthemum 



squamulatus, Ol. Aldbury, at the roots 



of Helianthemum vulgare ; Shothanger 

 Common (Piffard) 



scabriculus, L. Tring 



alternans, Gyll. Miswell, rare 

 Strophosomus coryli, F. Tring 



retusus, Marsh. Wigginton Common, rare 



faber, Herbst. Wihtone, rare, in moss 



by the reservoir 



lateralis, Payk. Aldbury Common, on 



Calluna vulgaris 

 Exomias araneiformis, Schrank. Tring ; 



Hadley Wood (Newbery) 

 1 Brachysomus echinatus, Bonsd. Tring, 



rather common, on banks and in 



hedgerows 



1 B. hirtus, Boh., which was at one time con- 

 sidered so rare an insect, is almost sure to be 

 found in the county ; it should be looked for in 

 newly fallen leaves, in sheltered woods, during 

 October and November ; it occurs commonly in 

 several of the woods round Chesham, and quite 

 close to the Herts border. 



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