INSECTS 



CURCULIONIDAE (continued) 



Otiorrhynchus scabrosus, Mnrsh. 

 Whit sand Bay ; Llskeard 



ligneus, Ol. S. 



picipes, F. 



sulcatus, F. S. 



- rugifrons, Gyll. Widespread. S. 



ovatus, L. S. 



The genus Otiorrhynchus fre- 

 quently causes great damage in the 

 garden, as the beetles feed on leaves, 

 shoots, flowers and even fruit, while 

 the larvae live on roots. O. sul- 

 catus is very destructive to straw- 

 berries throughout the county, and 

 is everywhere bad on neglected 

 vines. Peaches, primulas, saxi- 

 frages, cyclamens, maidenhairs, and 

 begonias have all been damaged 

 more or less throughout the county 

 by this species during the last seven 

 years. O. picipes attacks the apple, 

 the gooseberry, and more especially 

 the raspberry, and in 1878 did an 

 enormous amount of damage to the 

 raspberry canes about Gulval and 

 Madron. O. tenebricosus infested 

 some strawberry beds near Truro 

 during 1903 and 1904, and if it 

 spread will cause enormous loss 

 throughout the county 



Trachyphloeus squamulatus, Ol. 

 Obtained by Isabell in the 

 Land's End district ; one 

 specimen taken near St. Ives 

 in 1900 



scaber, L. 



scabriculus, L. 



Caenopsis fissirostris, Walt. Valley 

 of the Lynhcr 



waltoni, SchOn. Whitsand 



Bay east 

 Strophosomus coryli, F. 



capitatus, De G. 



retusus, Marsh. S. 



faber, Herbst. Taken by J. J. 



Walker at Whitsand Bay 



lateralis, Payk. 

 Exomias araneiformis, Schr. 



pyrenaeus, Leidl. First dis- 



covered as a British insect by 

 Keys in the Plymouth district ; 

 subsequently taken by Cham- 

 pion in Cornwall 



Brachysomusechinatus,Bonsd. One 

 specimen in Bishop's Wood, 

 Truro, May, 1902 



Sciaphilus muricatus, F. 



Tropiphorus tomentosus, Marsh. 



Barypeithes sulcifrons, Boh. Mount 

 Edgcumbe (Wollaston) ; at 

 times frequent, Whltsand Bay 

 (Keys) 



Liophloeus nubilus, F. 



Polydrusus tereticollis, De G. 



pterygomalis, Boh. 



cervinus, L. 



CURCULIONIDAE (continued} CURCULIONIDAE (continued) 



Polydrusus chrysomela, OL One 

 from the Ganne /,near Newquay 



confluens, Steph. On broom 



near Wadebrldge 

 Phyllobius oblongus, L. 



calcaratus, F. 



urticae, De G. 



pyri, L. 



argentatus, L. 



maculicornis, Germ. 



viridiaeris, Laich. Lostwlthiel ; 



Penzance 

 Tanyinecus palliatus, F. S. Pether- 



wln, among coarse herbage 



growing between large slabs 



of slate 



Philopedon geminatus, F. S. 

 Barynotus obscurus, F. 



elevatus, Marsh. On bracken, 



Netvfuay 

 Alophus triguttatus, F. Under 



stones and moss, Hayie and 



Penzance 

 Sitones griseus, F. 



cambricus, Steph. Penlee (Keys) ; 



between My/or and Trefusls, 

 under cast- up larch-pole ; 

 Scilly 



regensteinensis, Herbst 



waterhousei,Walt. Whitsand Bay 



crinitus, Herbst 



tibialis, Herbst 



hispidulus, F. 



humeralis, Steph. 



flavescens, Marsh. 



puncticollis, Steph. S. 



suturalis, Steph. 



lineatus, L. The clover weevil. 



In some years this does con- 

 siderable damage to young 

 seeds. In 1897, 1898, and 

 1899 it was abundant in 

 almost every district in the 

 county. In 1900 it was 

 apparently nowhere common 

 till the middle of July, and 

 from that time till 1905 it 

 was decidedly scarce. Last 

 year it appeared in great 

 numbers among clover near 

 Wadebridge and caused ex- 

 tensive injury to peas about 

 Bodmin 



sulcifrons, Thunb. 

 Limobius dissimilis, Herbst. One 



taken last year on Geranium 

 sanguineum near Chapel- 

 porth, St. jfgnes 



Hypera punctata, F. S. 



fasciculata, Herbst. Three on 



Erodium cicutarium on the 

 sand at Perranpoilh 



rumicus, L. 



- pollux, F. Marazlon Marsh 



polygon!, L. 



suspiciosa, Herbst. Widespread 



but scarce along the south 

 coas-t 



201 



Limobius variabilis, Herbst. Pad- 

 stow ; Truro; Penzance; St. 

 Mary's, Scilly 



murina, F. Hay/eand Penzance 

 - plantaginis, De G. S. 



trilineata, Marsh. 



nigrirostris, F. 

 Rhinocyllus latirostris, Latr. Rare 



on thistles, Penzance district 

 (Marquand) 



Cleonus sulcirostris, L. Padstou 

 (Lamb) ; Perranporth 



Larinus carlinae, Ol. Obtained, 

 1905, near the Lion's Den, 

 Millook 



Liosoma ovatulum, Clairv. 



Liparus coronatus, Goeze. One at 

 Tregantle (Keys) ; Get ran' s 

 Bay ; Penzance district (Mar- 

 quand) 



Hylobius abietis, L. At Trebartha ; 

 one near Penzance (Mar- 

 quand) 



Orchestes quercus, L. 



alni, L. 



ilicis, F. Two on oak, Coombe 



Valley, Kilkkampton 



avellanae, Doh. 



fagi, L. 



rusci, Herbst 



salicis, L. 



saliceti, Payk. On young wil- 



lows, Hayle ; Penzance 

 Rhamphus flavicornis, Clairv. 

 Orthocaetes setiger, Beck. Whitsand 



Bay east ; Penzance ; St. 



Mary's and Tresco, Scilly 

 Erirrhinus acridulus, L. 

 Dorytomus tremulae, F. Penzance 



district (Marquand) 



tortrix, L. Under poplar bark, 



Truro 



maculatus, Marsh. 



pectoralis, Gyll. 

 Smicronyx jungermanniae, Reich. 



One specimen by sweeping 

 at Tregantle (Keys) 



Tanysphyrus lemnae, F. Steanpool ; 

 Marazlon Marsh 



Bagous alismatis, Marsh. 



Anoplus plantaris, Naez. Upper 

 Tamar district 



Elleschus bipunctatus, L. Trebartha 



Tychius schneideri, Herbst. Whit- 

 sand Bay and Falmouth (Fow- 

 ler) 



lineatulus, Steph. 



junceus, Reich. Mount Edgcumbe 



tomentosus, Herbst. Neivjuay 

 Miccotrogus picirostris, F. 

 Sibinia arenariae, Steph. 



primita, Herbst. S.E. Cornwall 

 Miarus micros, Germ. In vol. i 



of the Entomologist, p. 220, 

 Crotch reports the capture 

 of two specimens by Wol- 

 laston at Whitsand Bay east ; 

 still the only British record 



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