A HISTORY OF KENT 



CurculioniDj^: {continued) 



Apion pomonas, F. On Vicia sepium, 

 Lathyrus pratensis, etc. ; common 



— craccae, L. On Vicia cracca, etc. ; 



local. Darenth Wood, Chattenden 

 Roughs, Dover, Hythe 



— subulatum, Kirby. On Vicia, Lathy- 



rus and Lotus ; local. Chattenden 

 Roughs, Chatham, Tonbridge, Maid- 

 stone, Heme Bay, Dover 



— ulicis, Fcirst. On Ulex europasus 



(common furze) and U. nanus ; very 

 common everywhere 



— genista, Kirby. On Genista ; rare. 



Bearsted near Maidstone 



— fuscirostre, F. On Genista and Saro- 



thamnus ; very local. Chattenden, 

 JVhitstable, Plumstead, Birch Wood, 

 Charlton 



— malvas, F. On species of Malva ; 



common and generally distributed 



— urticarium, Herbst. On Urtica dioica 



(the common stinging nettle) ; locally 

 common. Darenth Wood, Gravesend, 

 Dartford, Sheer ness. Belvedere, Sitting- 

 bourne, Deal 



— miniatum, Germ. On the dock 



(Rumex obtusifolius, etc.) ; common 

 and generally distributed 



— cruentatum, Walt. On the sorrel 



(Rumex acetosella), and also on sal- 

 lows ; not common. Sydenham, 

 Cohham Park, Chatham, Birch Wood, 

 Deal 



— hamatodes, Kirby. Sandy places, 



chiefly on the wood sage (Teucrium 

 scorodonia) ; local but not uncom- 

 mon. Rochester district, Deal 



— rubens, Steph. Sandy places on sorrel 



and wood sage ; not common. Cob- 

 ham Park, West Wickham 



— pallipes, Kirby. On Mercurialis pe- 



rennis and Allium, chiefly in chalky 

 districts ; very local. Birch Wood, 

 Scvenoaks, St. Mary Cray, Birching- 

 ton, Maidstone 



— semivittatum, Gyll. On Mercurialis 



annua; very rare ; found many years 

 asjo by Mr. Walton in the Tivoli 

 gardens, Margate ; there is no other 

 British record 



— rufirostre, F. On mallows ; common 



everywhere 



— viciae, Payk. On Vicia cracca ; locally 



common. Chattenden, Chatham, 

 Birch Wood, Deal 



— difForme, Germ. Marshy places, on 



Polygonum hydropiper, etc. ; not 

 uncommon locally and widely dis- 

 tributed 



CuRCULlONlD^ {continued) 



Apion dissimile. Germ. On Trifolium ar- 

 vense ; very local. Sevenoaks, Birch 

 Wood, Deal, Sandwich 



— varipes, Germ. On the red clover ; 



very local. Birch Wood, Dartford, 

 Maidstone, Birchington, Pegviell Bay, 

 Dover 



— lasvicolle, Kirby. Sandy and chalky 



places, in stack refuse, etc. ; local. 

 Rainham Marshes, Darenth, Graves- 

 end, Sheerness, Dartford, Deal, Dover 



— schonherri, Boh. Probably on Tri- 



folium ; very local. Sheerness {G.C.C 

 and J. J. W.) 



— apricans, Herbst. On the red clover 



(Trifolium pratense) and occasionally 

 on trees ; generally distributed and 

 common 



— bohemani, Thoms. On the rest- 



harrow (Ononis) ; common and 

 generally distributed, but found 

 chiefly on the coast 



— trifolii, L. On the red clover ; gener- 



ally distributed and common 



— dichroum. Bedel. On the white clover 



(Trifolium repens). Spiraea, etc. ; 

 generally distributed and common 



— iiigritarse, Kirby. On various species 



of clover ; common 



— confluens, Kirby. On Matricaria 



chamomilla and Chrysanthemum 

 leucanthemum (ox-eye daisy); locally 

 common and widely distributed 



— stolidum. Germ. On the ox-eye 



daisy ; not common. Chattenden, 

 Hailing Downs, Birch Wood, Sheer- 

 ness, Birchington, Folkestone, Deal 



— sorbi, F. On Matricaria, Anthemis, 



the wild cherry, the blackthorn, etc.; 

 female very rare, male extremely 

 rare. Tunbridge JVells (male) 



— hookeri, Kirby. On Matricaria cha- 



momilla, Hieracium, red clover, etc. ; 

 not uncommon and widely distri- 

 buted 



— seneum, F. On various species of 



mallow ; very common 



— radiolus, F. With the preceding and 



equally common 



— onopordi, Kirby. On Onopordon 



acanthium and other thistles ; very 

 common 



— carduorum, Kirby. On thistles; gener- 



ally distributed and common 



— laevigatum, Kirby. By sweeping low 



plants in August and September ; 

 extremely rare ; a few specimens 

 have been captured in Birch Wood 

 many years ago by Mr. S. Stevens 



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