INSECTS 



LAMIINA (continued) 



Tetrops praeusta, Steph. On apple and 

 other blossoms ; spring and summer. 

 Knowle 



BRUCHID.E 



Bruchus pectinicornis, L. In granaries, 

 etc. ; all seasons. Birmingham 



pisi, L. In peas ; all seasons. Knowle 



(B latch), Birmingham 



rufimanus, Boh. Amongst beans and 



in pea fields ; summer. Small Heath 

 (Blatch), Knowle 



atomarius, L. On various flowers. 



Knowle (Blatch) 



loti, Payk. On Lotus corniculatus, 



etc. ; summer. Knowle 



villosus, F. On flowers of broom and 



other plants ; summer. Knowle 



CHRYSOMELID^E 



EUPODA 



Donacia crassipes, F. On water lilies ; 

 summer. Knowle (Blatch) 



- dentata, Hoppe. On Potamogeton, 



etc. ; summer. Knowle 



versicolorea, Brahm. On Potamogeton, 



etc. ; summer. Knowle 



limbata, Panz. On flags, etc. ; sum- 



mer. Knowle 



bicolora, Zsch. On aquatic plants ; 



summer. Knowle 



simplex, F. On aquatic plants ; sum- 



mer ; abundant everywhere 



vulgaris, Zsch. On Typha latifolia, 



etc. ; summer. Knowle 



semicuprea, Panz. On aquatic plants ; 



summer. Knowle 



sericea, Herbst. On aquatic plants ; 



spring to autumn ; abundant in all 

 localities 



discolor, Panz. On aquatic plants and 



grass tufts in bogs ; all seasons. Sut- 

 ton Park 



- affinis, Kunze. On Carex paludosa ; 



very abundant on canal side at 



Knowle in June 

 Zeugophora subspinosa, F. On young 



aspens, birches, etc. ; spring to 



autumn. Knowle 

 Lema cyanella, L. Amongst herbage, moss, 



etc., in meadows ; all seasons. Knowle 



lichenis, Voeb. Amongst herbage, in 



grass tufts, moss, etc. ; all seasons ; 

 abundant everywhere 



melanopa, L. Amongst herbage, especi- 



ally in cornfields ; spring to autumn ; 

 all localities 

 Crioceris asparagi, L. On asparagus. Knowle 



CAMPTOSOMATA 



Clythra quadripunctata, L. On herbage 



and trees in and near woods ; often 



found in and near nests of Formica 



rufa. Knowle 

 Cryptocephalus pusillus, F. On birch, 



etc., in and near woods ; spring 



and autumn. Knowle 



labiatus, L. On various trees in and 



near woods ; spring to autumn ; 

 all localities, plentiful 



frontalis, Marsh. On birch and wil- 



low ; summer. Knowle 

 CYCLICA 



Lamprosoma concolor, Sturm. Amongst 



herbage, at grass roots, etc. ; all 



seasons. Knowle 

 Timarcha tenebricosa, F. Hedge sides, 



heaths and commons, etc. ; spring 



and summer ; all localities 



violaceonigra, De G. On heaths and 



commons ; spring and summer. 

 Sutton Park (Blatch) 



Chrysomela staphylea, L. On herbage, 

 in moss, grass tufts, etc. ; all sea- 

 sons ; abundant in all localities 



polita, L. In marshy places, etc., and 



on herbage ; all seasons ; abundant 

 in all localities 



orichalcia, Miill. On herbage ; sum- 



mer. Alcester (Blatch) 



orichalcia var. hobsoni, Steph. Found 



with the type form. Alcester (Blatch) 



menthrasti, Suffr. Marshy places on 



mint, etc. Edgbaston 

 Melasoma longicolle, Suffr. On aspens in 



woods ; summer. Edgbaston (Blatch), 



Knowle 

 Phytodecta rufipes, De G. On aspen, 



hazel, etc., in woods ; summer. 



Brandon (Blatch), Knowle 



viminalis, L. On sallows, aspen, etc., 



in woods ; summer. Knowle 



olivacea, Forst. On wood sage, broom ; 



in moss, etc. ; all seasons. Knowle' 



olivacea var. litura, F. Knowle (Blatch) 

 Gastroidea polygoni, L. On Polygonum 



and other low plants ; spring to 

 autumn ; very abundant 



Plagiodera versicolorea, Laich. On wil- 

 lows ; spring to autumn. Salford 

 Priors (Blatch), Knowle 



Phasdon tumidulus, Germ. On herbage, 

 in moss, etc. ; all seasons ; all locali- 

 ties 



armoracias, L. Habitat and distribution 



same as the preceding 



cochleariae, F. On watercress, etc. ; 



often found in moss in wet places ; 

 all seasons ; all localities 



