INSECTS 



Loderus palmatus Pachyprotasis rapae 



vestigralis Macrophya ribis 

 Rhogogastera ( = part of Tenthredo, Cam.) punctum album, Lin. 



viridis, Lin. annulata ( = neglecta) 



punctulata, Klug. Allantus temulus ( = T. bicincta, Cam.) 



fulvipes ( = lateralis, Fab.) scrophulariae, Lin. 



aucupariae ( = gibbosa, Fall.) vespa (= tricinctus, F.) 

 Tenthredopsis litterata arcuatus, Forst. 



tiliae Tenthredo atra, Lin. 



dorsalis livida, Lin. 



campestris ( = scutellaris) mesomelana, Lin. 



COLEOPTERA 



In preparing a list of Warwickshire Coleoptera it becomes at once 

 apparent that a large number of species frequently met with in the 

 neighbourhood cannot be included, as the records in many cases refer to 

 localities outside the county boundary. 



This boundary being an artificial one, and not defined by any 

 natural features of the country, can have no bearing whatever on the 

 occurrence or distribution of the fauna of the district. Some years ago 

 one of our leading geologists sketched out a midland area defined by the 

 geological formation of the country, which he called ' The Midland 

 Plateau ' ; and to do justice to the distribution of the fauna of the 

 district the whole of this plateau should be included. The present 

 work however deals with Warwickshire, and although the limits of the 

 country are purely political, the actual tract of the country included 

 therein can only be considered in compiling the present list. 



A large number of species must therefore be excluded which in- 

 habit the adjacent counties and which, up to the present time, have 

 not been recorded as occurring within our borders, and amongst them 

 are many insects deserving special notice. A few species may perhaps 

 be mentioned : 



Carabus nitens and C. arvensis may be taken on Cannock Chase, 

 both species being now very scarce. The curious Nebria livida may 

 also be taken in the same locality. This beetle was first discovered 

 on the Chase by Mr. J. T. Harris, and the late Mr. Blatch and also 

 the author have verified its occurrence on many subsequent occasions. 

 This is the only known instance of this species inhabiting an inland 

 locality, its headquarters being at Bridlington Quay and a few other 

 parts of the north-east coast. It lives in argillaceous cliffs, and on 

 Cannock Chase it is met with in a similar formation. Dischirius ceneus 

 occurs at Cannock Chase and Bewdley, and many species of Bembidium 

 occur in the adjacent country which cannot be included in our list. 

 Patrobus assimilis, Trecbus rufcns, Pterostichus lepidus, Amara patricia all 

 occur on Cannock Chase, and A, spinipes at Dudley and Bewdley. 

 Miscodera arctica can be taken in plenty in some seasons on Cannock 

 Chase, and in the same locality Harpalus griseus and Anisodactylus binotatus 

 occur sparingly. Hydroporus septentrionalis (Bewdley) and several other 



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