INSECTS 



CURCULIONINA (continued) 



Ceuthorrhynchus pollinarius, Forst. On 

 the stinging nettle, in moss, etc. ; 

 all seasons ; abundant in all places 



pleurostigma, Marsh. On Cruciferas, 



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

 ties 



marginatus, Payk. On flowers and 



herbage ; summer. Knowle (Blatch) 



rugulosus, Herbst. In moss and herb- 



age ; all seasons. Solihull 



euphorbias, Bris. On spurge (Euphorbia), 



etc. Knoui/e 



chrysanthemi, Germ. On the ox-eye 



daisy,etc. ; summer. Knowle (Blatch) 



litura, F. On thistles, etc. ; summer ; 



all localities 



Ceuthorrhynchidius floralis,Payk. On Cruci- 

 ferae, etc. ; summer ; all localities 



nigrinus, Marsh. In herbage in wet 



places. Sheldon 



melanarius, Steph. Amongst herbage 



and moss, etc., in wet places ; all 

 seasons. Knowle ; Salford Priors 

 (Blatch) 



quercicola, Payk. On herbage and in 



moss. Knowle (Blatch) 



troglodytes, F. On plantains and herb- 



age in pastures ; all seasons ; abun- 

 dant in all localities 



Rhytidosomus globulus, Herbst. On aspens ; 

 summer ; taken by the late Mr. Blatch 

 and the author in woods near Knowle 



Amalus hasmorrhous, Herbst. On herbage, 

 in moss, etc. ; all seasons. Salford 

 Priors (Blatch), Knowle 



Rhinoncus pericarpius, L. On knot grass, 

 dock, thistles, etc. ; all seasons ; all 

 localities 



gramineus, Herbst. At roots of plants, 



in vegetable refuse, etc. ; all seasons. 

 Coleshill ; Button (Blatch), Knowle 



perpendicularis, Reich. In bogs and 



damp meadows ; all seasons. Knowle ; 

 Sutton (Blatch), Kingswood, Coleshill 



castor, F. At roots of grass and amongst 



herbage ; all seasons. Sutton Cold- 

 field 



Phytobius comari, Herbst. Grass tussocks, 

 moss, etc., in bogs ; all seasons. Coles- 

 hill; Sutton (Blatch) 



quadrituberculatus, F. In bogs and 



marshy places, in moss, etc. ; all 

 seasons ; all localities 



canaliculatus, Fahr. Marshy places. 



Knowle (June) 



quadricornis, Gyll. Marshy places. 



Sutton Coldfield 



Limnobaris T-album, L. In grass tussocks, 

 axils of reeds and flags, in moss, etc., 



CURCULIONINA (continued} 



in bogs and marshy places ; all sea- 

 sons. Coleshill ; Sutton (Blatch) 

 Balaninus venosus, Grav. On oaks in 

 woods ; summer. Knowle 



nucum, L. On hazel in woods ; sum- 



mer. Knowle 



turbatus, Gyll. On oak, hazel, etc. ; 



summer. Knowle 



villosus, F. On oaks and hazels in 



summer ; flood refuse in winter. 

 Knowle ; Sutton (Blatch) 



salicivorus, Payk. On willows ; spring 



to autumn ; all localities 



pyrrhoceras, Marsh. On oak, willow, 



hazel, etc. ; spring to autumn ; gener- 

 ally distributed 



Magdalis armigera, Fourc. By beating ; 

 summer. Knowle 



- cerasi, L. On blackthorn, etc. ; sum- 



mer. Knowle 



- pruni, L. On blackthorn ; summer ; 



all localities 

 CALANDRINA 



Calandra granaria, L. In granaries, flour, 

 corn, etc. ; all seasons. Birmingham ; 

 Small Heath (Blatch), Knowle 



oryzae, L. In rice, wheat, flour, etc. ; 



all seasons. Birmingham (Blatch), 

 Knowle 

 COSSONINA 



Rhyncolus gracilis, Ros. In birch twigs, 

 on dry sticks, etc. ; summer. Small 

 Heath (Blatch) 



SCOLYTID^E 



Scolytus destructor, Ol. In elm, ash and 

 other trees ; all seasons. Knowle ; 

 Salford Priors (Blatch) 



pruni, Ratz. In apple trees. Haseler 



(Blatch), Knowle 



multistriatus, Marsh. In decaying trees, 



ash, apple, etc. ; summer. Knowle 

 Hylastes ater, Payk. Under pine bark ; 

 summer. Knowle 



opacus, Er. In decaying wood, fir, 



elm, etc. ; spring to autumn. Knowle 

 (Blatch) 



palliatus, Gyll. Under bark of spruce 



and other firs ; all seasons. Knowle ; 

 Sutton (Blatch) 



Hylesinus crenatus, F. In decaying ash 

 trees. Knowle (Blatch) 



oleiperda, F. In dead ash trees. Leam- 



ington (A. G. Chitty), Knowle 



fraxini, Panz. In decaying ash trees ; 



all seasons ; all localities 



vittatus, F. In decaying elm, ash, etc. ; 



Campion Wyniates (Power), Salford 

 Priors (Blatch) 



