A HISTORY OF CORNWALL 



OEDEMERIDAE 



Oedemera nobilis, Scop. 



lurida, Marsh. 



Oncomera femorata, F. In some 



numbers when sugiring at 



Truro, April, 1900 

 Nacerdes melanura, Schmidt 

 Ischnomera coerulea, L. 



PYROCHROIDAE 



Pyrochroa serraticornis, Scop. 

 MORDELLIDAE 



Mordella fasciata, F. Launceston 



(Peter) 

 Mordellistena pumila, Gyll. Cal- 



iington 



parvula var. inaequalis, Muls. 



Trcgantle (Keys) 

 Anaspis frontalis, L. 



pulicaria, Costa 



- rufilabris, Gyll. 



geoffroyi, Mill!. On white 



thorn, Lostwithtel 



ruficollis, F. 



- flava, L. Ludgvan ; Trevaylor 



valley, Penzance 



var. thoracica, L. Tre- 

 vaylor valley 

 subtestacea, Steph. 



maculata, Fourc. 



RHIPIDOPHORIDAE 

 Metoecus paradoxus, L. 



ANTHICIDAE 



Notoxus monoceros, L. 

 Anthicus humilis, Germ. Recorded 

 from Sally by F. Holmes 



- floralis, L. 



antherinus, L. 



XYLOPHILIDAE 



Xylophilus oculatus, Gyll. Taken 

 in decaying willow near 

 Doublebots in 1905 



MELOIDAE 



Meloe proscarabaeus, L. S. 



violaceus, Marsh. Wbitsand 



Bay (Keys) ; Calstock ; val- 

 ley of the Lynher 



- autumnalis, Ol. Valley of the 



Lynher 

 - rugosus, Marsh. Loot valley 



- brevicollis, Panz. Saltash ; on 



the moors above Liskeard 

 Sitaris muralis, FOrst. Truro. This 

 extremely interesting species 

 has occurred sparingly for 

 the past three years in a 

 very restricted area not far 

 from Truro about the nests 

 of Anthophora. On 14 April, 

 1904, a female bee was 

 caught with several of the 

 early stage larvae of Sitaris 

 attached to the body hairs 



ANTHRIBIDAE 

 Brachytarsus fasciatus, FOrst. 



CURCU.LIONIDAE 



Apoderus coryli, L. In the Kilk- 

 hampton district 



Attelabus curculionoides, L. Mil- 

 look 



Byctiscus populi, L. Launceston 

 (Peter) 



Rhynchites aeneovirens, Marsh. 

 Falmouth ; Penzance district 

 (Marquand) 



minutus, Herbst. Neti-fuay ; 



Penzance 



interpunctatus, Steph. Netv- 



quay 



nanus, Payk. 



pubescens, F. 

 DeporaUs betulae, L. 

 Apion pomonae, F. 



craccae, L. Hehton 



subulatum, Kirby. 



ulicis, Forst. 



malvae, F. Widespread but 



scarce 



urticarium, Herbst. Launceston 



miniatum, Germ. 



- cruentatum, Walt. Scarce in 



E. Cornwall 

 haematodes, Kirby. S. 



rubens, Steph. 



rufirostre, F. 



viciae, Payk. Tregantle (Keys) ; 



Boscastle 



diffbrme, Germ. Netequay ; 



Perranforth 



varipes, Germ. Netojuay ; 



Penzance 



laevicolle, Kirby. Though 



generally regarded as essen- 

 tially of the south-eastern 

 counties this insect has been 

 taken by Keys at Whitsand 

 Bay 



apricans, Herbst 



bohemani, Thorns. On rest- 



harrow, Tregantle (Keys) ; 

 Patbtew 



trifolii, L. 



dichroum, Bedel. 



nigritarse, Kirby. Whitiand 



Bay ; Boscastle ; Penzance 



confluens, Kirby. On Matri- 



caria, Whitsand Bay (Keys) 



hookcri, Kirby. Whitsand Bay ; 



Looe ; Gerran's Bay 



aeneum, F. 



radiolus, Kirby 



onopordi, Kirby 



carduorum, Kirby. S. 



atomarium, Kirby. On thyme, 



Tregantle (Keys) 



minimum, Herbst. Round the 



head of Mount's Say 

 virens, Herbst 

 punctigerum, Payk. Boscastle ; 



Newjuay 



200 



CURCULIONIDAE (continued) 



Apion pisi, F. S. 



aethiops, Herbst 



ebeninum, Kirby 



filirostre, Kirby. Looe; Padsttw 

 - striatum, Kirby 



immune, Kirby. Bade ; Gcr- 



ran't Bay; Perranforth 



ononis, Kirby 



spencei, Kirby 



ervi, Kirby 



vorax, Herbst 



gyllenhali, Kirby. Tregantle 



(Keys) 



scutellare, Kirby. Widespread 



in gorse, generally with A. 

 striatum, but very scarce 



waltoni, Steph. Whilsand Bay 



(J. J. Walker) 



loti, Kirby. S. 



seniculum, Kirby 



tenue, Kirby 



simile, Kirby. Gerran's Bay ; 



Falmouth 



pubescens, Kirby. Padstoto 



(Lamb) 



violaceum, Kirby 



hydrolapathi, Kirby. S. 



humile, Germ. 



The larvae of the genus Apion 

 feed for the most part on seeds 

 and seed-pods, more especially of 

 the Leguminosae. In 1901 the 

 attacks from A. pomonae on vetches 

 in the east of the county were 

 severe and not confined to the 

 seed-pods, as in two cases the foli- 

 age also was badly eaten. From 

 Doublebois to Liskeard scarcely a 

 specimen of Vicia sepium by the 

 roadside escaped their attention. In 

 1902 they again appeared in con- 

 siderable numbers, but since 1903 

 the beetle has been scarce. A. 

 apricans was very abundant from 

 1900 to 1902 about Wadebridge, 

 and did considerable damage to 

 the seeding clovers. In 1903 a 

 plot of red clover at Nanoe, Truro, 

 was badly attacked. Last year it 

 was uncomfortably plentiful about 

 Liskeard. A. trifolii and A. virens 

 have both been hatched out of red 

 clover pods, A. dichroum out of 

 white, and A. nigritarse out of 

 crimson (Trifolium incarnatum) 

 and out of kidney vetch 



Otiorrhynchus tenebricosus, Herbst 

 fuscipes, Walt. 



atroapterus, De G. In moss 



and short grass at Perran- 

 forth ; on brambles at S/. 

 Ivet ; Penzance district (Mar- 

 quand) ; S/. Mary's and St. 

 Martin's, Stilly 



blandus, Gyll. Reported by 



Isabel! from Land's End, but 

 probably in error 



