INSECTS 





OTIORRHYNCHINA (continued) 



Phyllobius pomonae, Ol. On young trees. 

 Knowle 



viridiaeris, Laich. On nettles and various 



trees, in moss, etc. ; all seasons ; all 

 localities 



Barynotus obscurus, F. Under stones, at 

 roots of plants and in moss ; all sea- 

 sons ; all localities 



elevatus, Marsh. In sandy places, 



under stones, etc. ; all seasons. 

 Knowle (Blatch) 



Alophus triguttatus, F. In sandy places, 

 under stones, etc., also in moss and 

 herbage ; all seasons. Salford Priors 

 (Blatch), Knowle 



CURCUUONINA 



Sitones cambricus, Steph. In moss ; at 

 roots of grass in marshy places ; all 

 seasons. Earls-wood, Tanworth, Soli- 

 hull (Blatch), Knowle 



regensteinensis, Herbst. On gorse and 



broom and at roots of grass, in moss, 

 etc. ; abundant in all localities 



tibialis, Herbst. On broom, in moss, 



etc. ; all seasons ; all localities 



hispidulus, F. On clover, broom, etc., 



and in moss ; all seasons ; all locali- 

 ties 



humeralis, Steph. On Leguminosae, 



etc. ; summer. Knowle 



flavescens, Marsh. On clover, etc. ; sum- 



mer. Small Heath (Blatch), Knowle 



flavescens var. longicollis, Fahr. On 



clover, etc. ; summer. Knowle 



puncticollis, Steph. On clover, vetches, 



etc., and in moss ; all seasons. Knowle 



suturalis, Steph. On Leguminosae, etc., 



and in moss ; all seasons. Knowle 



lineatus, L. On peas, beans and other 



plants, in moss, etc. ; all seasons ; 

 all localities 



sulcifrons, Thunb. In clover fields, 



moss, etc. ; all seasons ; all localities 

 Hypera punctata, F. Amongst herbage, 

 in moss, hedge refuse, etc. ; all sea- 

 sons ; all localities 



rumicis, L. On docks, in moss, etc. ; 



all seasons ; all localities 



polygoni, L. On the corn-spurrey 



(Spergula arvensis, etc.) ; all locali- 

 ties 



suspiciosa, Herbst. On trefoils, etc., 



and in moss ; all seasons. Knowle 

 (Blatch), Coleshill 



variabilis, Herbst. On trefoil, vetches, 



broom, etc. ; spring to autumn. 

 Knowle (Blatch) 



trilineata, Marsh. On Leguminosae, 



etc. ; summer. Knowle (Blatch) 



CURCULIONINA (continued) 



Hypera nigrirostris, F. On clover and 



other plants, in moss, hedge refuse, 



hot-beds, etc. ; all seasons ; all 



localities 

 Cleonus sulcirostris, L. On thistles ; spring 



to autumn. Knowle (Blatch) 

 Liosoma ovatulum, Clairv. In moss, grass 



roots, hedge refuse, etc. ; all seasons ; 



all localities 



ovatulum var. collaris, Rye. Found 



with the type, but much scarcer 

 and more attached to boggy places. 

 Tysoe ; Coleshill (Blatch), Knowle 



oblongulum, Boh. In moss and amongst 



dead leaves in woods ; all seasons. 



Knowle 

 Hylobius abietis, L. Amongst pines and 



firs ; summer. Edgbaston ; Sutton 



(Blatch) Knowle 

 Orchestes quercus, L. On oaks, under 



bark, in moss, dead leaves, etc. ; 



all seasons ; found freely in all parts 



of the midlands 



alni, L. On elm trees, in hedges, 



under bark, etc. ; all seasons ; all 

 localities 



alni var. ferrugineus, Marsh. Found 



with the type form, but less abun- 

 dantly 



ilicis, F. On oak and other trees ; 



summer. Knowle (Blatch) 



avellanae, Don. On oaks, etc. ; sum- 



mer. Knoivle (Blatch) 



fagi, L. On beech trees, under bark, 



etc. ; all seasons ; all localities 



rusci, Herbst. On birch and other 



trees, especially in woods ; spring 

 to autumn ; all localities 



stigma, Germ. On sallows, etc. ; 



spring to autumn ; all localities 



salicis, L. On willows, etc. ; spring 



to autumn ; all localities 



Rhamphus flavicornis, Clairv. On birch, 

 sallow, etc. ; spring to autumn ; all 

 localities 



Grypidius equiseti, F. On the horsetail 

 (Equisetum) ; spring to autumn ; 

 throughout the midlands 



Erirrhinus acridulus, L. In low meadows, 

 margins of streams, rivers and ponds, 

 at roots of plants, in moss, etc. ; all 

 seasons ; abundant in all localities 



Thryogenes festucae, Herbst. At roots of 

 Carex, amongst reeds, etc. ; on river 

 banks, etc. ; all seasons. Leaming- 

 ton ; Salford Priors (Blatch) 



nereis, Payk. Amongst reeds in wet 



and boggy places ; all seasons. 

 Knowle 



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