A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



OTIORRHYNCHINA (continued) 



Sciaphilus muricatus, F. Tring 

 Tropiphorus tomentosus, Marsh. Tring, 



very rare 



Liophloeus nubilus, F. Tring, not common 

 Metallites marginatus, Steph. Chipperfield 



(Piffard); Bricket Wood (Lewcock) 

 Polydrusus micans, F. Tring, rather com- 

 mon on beech, on which tree it 

 seems to appear as soon as the buds 

 expand in spring ; Felden (Piffard) 



tereticollis, De G. Tring; Kings 



Langley (Piffard) 



pterygomalis, Boh. \ 



cervinus, L. \ Tring 

 Phyllobius oblongus, L. ) 



calcaratus, F. Tring, scarce 



urticae, De G. j 



pyri, L. Tring 



argentatus, L. j 



maculicornis, Germ. Tring, not com- 



mon 



pomonae, Ol. i o- . 



-j- T L I- Tring 



vindiasris, Laich. J 



viridicollis, F. Aldbury, plentiful some 



years near this village ; possibly this 

 is the most southern locality for this 

 insect in Britain ; Tring Hills 

 (Piffard); Baldock (Wood) 

 1 Barynotus obscurus, F. Tring ; Baldock 

 (Wood) 



schonherri, Zett. Baldock (Wood) 



elevatus, Marsh. Tring, commoner 



than obscurus, round this town, 

 where it may often be seen feeding 

 upon Mercurialis perennis ; Felden 

 (Piffard) ; Baldock (Wood) 



CURCULIONINA 



Sitones cambricus, Steph. Hertford (Ste- 

 phens) 



regensteinensis, Herbst. Wigginton 



Common 



crinitus, Herbst. Tring, common, in 



chalky places 



tibialis, Herbst. ) - , 



hispidulus, F. J 



humeralis, Steph. Aldbury, not common 



flavescens, Marsh. \ _. . 



puncticollis, Steph. J 



suturalis, Steph. \ Tring ; New Barnet 



lineatus, L. J (Newbery) 



sulcifrons, Thunb. Wihtone, in moss, 



by the reservoir 

 Hypera punctata, F. Tring, not common 



rumicis, L. Wihtone 



polygon!, L. Aldbury 



variabilis, Herbst. ) . . 



plantaginis, De G. / 



1 The Rev. T. Wood captured all three species 

 of the genus, by sweeping at night. 



CURCULIONINA (continued) 



Hypera trilineata, Marsh. Aldbury, scarce 



nigrirostris, F. Tring. I have a 



couple of the very distinct var. 

 ononinis (Stevens) taken on Aldbury 

 Owers 



Cleonus sulcirostris, L. Hertford (Ste- 

 phens) 



Liosoma ovatulum, Clairv. Tring 



oblongulum, Boh. Kings Langley 



(Piffard) 



Liparus coronatus, Goeze. Tring, rare, 

 once taken in Miswell Lane 



Hylobius abietis, L. Tring, rare; Hertford 

 (Stephens) 



Orchestes quercus, L. Tring, not com- 

 mon ; New Barnet (Newbery) 



alni, L. Little Tring ; Bricket Wood 



(Lewcock) ; New Barnet (Newbery) 



ilicis, F. Aldbury Common, rare, on oak 



avellanas, Don. Hastoe, rare, on hazel 



fagi, L. Tring, to be found in great 



abundance everywhere in the beech 

 woods 



pratensis, Germ. Hertford (Stephens) 



rusci, Herbst. Kings Langley (Piffard) 



salicis, L. Tring, not common 

 Rhamphus flavicornis, Clairv. Tring 

 Procas armillatus, F. Felden (Piffard) 

 Orthochaetes setiger, Beck. Aldbury ; 



Hertford (Stephens) 

 Grypidius equiseti, F. Chipperfield (Piffard) ; 



Hertford (Stephens) 



Erirrhinus bimaculatus, F. Wihtone, rare, 

 at the reservoir ; Langley (Piffard) 



acridulus, L. Tring and Wihtone 

 Thryogenes festucae, Herbst. Miswell, 



scarce, on the canal 



nereis, Payk. Wigginton, not uncom- 



mon on species of Carex, at side of a 

 pond 



Dorytomus tremulae, F. Kings Langley 

 (Piffard) 



tortrix, L. Wihtone, not uncommon 



on Populus alba, growing near the 

 village 



validirostris, Gyll. Kings Langley 



(Piffard) 



maculatus, Marsh. Tring ; the var. 



costirostris occurs with it 



melanophthalmus (Payk.), var. agnathus, 



Boh. Bushey Common (Piffard) 

 Tanysphyrus lemnae, F. Wilstgne, not un- 

 common, in refuse on the reservoir 

 banks 



Bagous alismatis, Marsh. Hastoe, on 

 Alisma plantago, on pond bank ; 

 Chipperfield (Piffard) 



limosus, Gyll. Wihtone, very rare, in 



refuse, by the reservoir 



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