A HISTORY OF STAFFORDSHIRE 



CuRCULIONIDAE 



Elleschus bipunctatus, L. Burton 

 (Bates); Henhurst (Brown); 

 Burnt Wood (Fowler) 



Tychius mcliloti, Steph. Burton 



tomentosus, Hbst. Burton 

 Miccotrogus picirostris, F. 

 Mecinus pyraster, Hbst. 

 Anthonomus ulmi, De G. 



pedicularius, L. 



- pomorum, L. Burton 



rubi, Hbst. 

 Clonus scrophulariae, L. 



- blattariae, F. 



- pulchellus, Hbst. 

 Cryptorrhynchuslapathi,L. Bur- 

 ton ; Cannock Chase 



Acalles roboris, Curt. Cannock 

 Chase 



ptinoides, Marsh. Burton ; 



Cannock Chase 

 Coeliodes rubicundus, Hbst. 



- quercus, F. 



- quadrimaculatus, L. 

 Poophagus sisymbrii, F. 

 Ceuthorrhynchus assimilis, Payk. 



- erysimi, F. Recorded by 



Garner ; one at Su-ynner- 

 ton (Jahn) 



- contractus, Marsh. 



- quadridens, Panz. 



CuRCULIONIDAE (fOnt.) 



Ceuthorrhynchus pollinarius, 

 Forst. 



litura, F. 



trimaculatus, F. Dovedalc 



Oahn) 

 Ceuthorrhynchidius floralis,Payk. 



pyrrhorhynchus, Marsh. 



troglodytes, F. 



Amalus haemorrhous, Hbst. 



Cheadle 

 Rhinoncus pericarpius, L. 



perpendicularis, Reich. 

 Litodactylus leucogaster, Marsh. 



Burton (Bates) 



Limnobaris T-album, L. Hanley 

 Baris picicornis, Marsh. Knightley 



(Brown) 

 Balaninus venosus, Gr. Sandon 



(Jahn) 



nucum, L. 



villosus, F. Burnt Wood 



(Fowler) 



pyrrhoceras, Marsh. 



salicivorus, Payk. 

 Calandra granaria, L. 



oryzae, L. 



Magdalis carbonaria, L. Burton 

 (Bates and Brown) 



armigera, Fourc. Hanley ; 



Burton 



CURCULIONIDAE (coat.) 



Magdalis cerasi,L. Cannock Chase; 

 Sandon (Jahn) 



pruni, L. 



SCOLYTIDAE 



Scolytus destructor, Ol. 

 Hylastes ater, Pk. 



palliatus, Gyll 



Hylesinus crenatus, F. Burton ; 

 very common and destruc- 

 tive about Madelty (Bland- 

 ford) ; Meaford (Jahn) 



fraxini, Panz. 



vittatus, F. Burton ; 'Need- 



wood Forest ; Trentham 

 (Fowler) 



Myelophilus piniperda, L. 



Pityophthorus pubescens, Marsh. 

 Burton (Fowler) 



Dryocaetes autographus, Ratz. 

 Hanley, probably in im- 

 ported timber 



villosus, F. 



Tomicus typographus, L. Hanley 



acuminatus, Gyll. Hanley 



laricis, F. Hanley 

 Pityogenes chalcographus, L. 



Hanley 



bidentatus, Hbst. 

 Trypodendron domesticum, L. 



The following species have from time to time occurred at Hanley in imported 

 timber : Ernobius nigrinus, St. ; Anthaxia quadripunctata, L. ; Semanotus undatus, L. ; Cal- 

 lidiurn coriaceum, Pk. ; Curcu/io piceus, de G. ; Crypturgui pusil/us, Gyll. The last-named 

 seems to be establishing itself locally. 



LEPIDOPTERA 



(Butter/lies and Moths] 



Staffordshire cannot be said to be rich in Rhopalocera (Butterflies) as only forty-two or 

 rather more than half of the British species have been met with in the county, and these 

 with the exception of the commoner ' Whites,' E. cardamines, V. urticae, and atalanta and perhaps 

 E. ianira, cannot be considered as abundant or even fairly common. The rarer species are 

 uncertain both in appearance and in numbers, and generally very local in distribution. Two 

 species (L. sinapis and A. paphia] are only represented in the county records by a single 

 occurrence each, although other records may have been overlooked. The county is, however, of 

 great interest to entomologists as it was formerly a home of the now extinct large Copper Butterfly 

 (Polyommatus dispar y Haw.) if the following account of its occurrence in Staffordshire is authentic. 

 The late Richard Weaver, in The Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer for 1856, p. 1 8 (quoted in 

 The Field in December, 1893), states : 'A few days ago a gentleman brought and showed 

 me a male and female of that species, namely Polyommatus dispar. Haw. (the large Copper 

 Butterfly), which he had captured last year in Staffordshire. This is a new locality to me and 

 I suppose is to most entomologists.' 



The species of Heterocera (moths) found in the county are on the other hand numerous, 

 and many of the species are themselves frequently met with in great numbers, and their larvae 

 are at times most destructive to trees and crops. The county of Stafford being situated nearly 

 in the centre of England, and the northern portion of it being at an altitude running to 

 considerably over 1,000 ft. above sea level, may be considered as somewhere about the 

 dividing line between the northern and southern species of British Lepidoptera, and thus we 

 find many species of both .northern and southern insects in our lists. 



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