INSECTS 



CuRCULIONlD^ {continued) 



and others; it is found on Gnaphalium 

 (Filago) gallicum, the larva living in 

 a gall on the terminal bud of the 

 plant 

 Apion flavimanum, Gyll. Chalky districts 

 on Teucrium scorodonia ; very local. 

 Rochester district, not rare ; Graves- 

 end, Faversham, Bearsted 



— annulipes, Wenck. Chalky hillsides ; 



very rare. Chattenden, one specimen 

 (Champion) 



— vicinum, Kirby. On Thymus ser- 



pyllum, Mentha aquatica, etc. ; rare. 

 Pegivell Bay (T. Wood) 



— atomarium, Kirby. Chalky places on 



Thymus serpyllum ; very local. 

 Cohham Park, Cuxton Downs, Dar- 

 land Hill, Birch Wood, Dover 



— minimum, Herbst. On various species 



of Salix ; very local, and as a rule 

 rare. Maidstone, Dover 



— virens, Herbst. On species of clover ; 



common and generally distributed 



— punctigerum, Payk. On Vicia sepium 



and V. cracca ; local, but widely 

 distributed 



— pisi, F. On clovers and vetches ; one 



of our most abundant species 



— a;thiops, Herbst. On Vicia sepium 



and V. sativa ; rather common 



— ebeninum, Kirby. On Lotus corni- 



culatus, L. major, etc. ; local, but 

 not uncommon 



— filirostre, Kirby. Chalky and sandy 



places ; scarce. Rochester district, 

 Dartford, Birch JVood, Charlton, 

 Sheerness, JVhitstahle, Maidstone 



— striatum, Kirby. On Ulex and Saro- 



thamnus ; common and generally 

 distributed 



— immune, Kirby. On Sarothamnus ; 



local, but not uncommon where 

 found. Charlton, Chatham, Birch 

 Wood, Bearsted, Dover 



— ononis, Kirby. On Ononis spinosa ; 



locally common. Whitstable, Dover, 

 Folkestone 



— spencei, Kirby. On Vicia cracca ; 



rare. Margate 



— ervi, Kirby. On Lathyrus pratensis, 



etc. Common 



— vorax, Herbst. On Vicia cracca and 



other Leguminosae ; rather common 

 and widely distributed 



— gyllenhali, Kirby. On Vicia cracca ; 



also on trees ; rare. Whitstable 

 -'- imicolor, Kirby. On Vicia cracca 

 and other Leguminosne ; rare. Chat- 

 tenden, Chatham, etc. 



CuRCULIONlD^ {continued) 



Apion meliloti, Kirby. On Melilotus officin- 

 alis ; locally abundant. Charlton, 

 Bearsted, Frindshury chalk pits, Snod- 

 land 



— scutellare, Kirby. On furze (Ulex 



europseus and U. nanus) ; very local. 

 Charlton 



— livescerum, Gyll. On the sainfoin 



(Onobrychis sativa) ; local. Rochester 

 district, JVhitstahle, Darenth Wood, 

 Dartford, Birchington 



— waltoni, Steph. Chalky places, on 



Thymus serpyllum, etc. ; very local. 

 Rochester district, Sevenoaks, Dartford, 

 Faversham 



— loti, Kirby. On Lotus corniculatus ; 



common 



— seniculum, Kirby. On Trifolium pra- 



tense and other low plants ; rather 

 common and widely distributed 



— tenue, Kirby. On Melilotus and 



Medicago ; not so common as the 

 preceding, but generally distributed 



— simile, Kirby. On birch ; local. 



Birch Wood, Gravesend, Whitstable 



— pubescens, Kirby. On willows and 



by sweeping ; very local. Rochester 

 district, rare ; Birch Wood, Sheerness, 

 Kingsgate, Deal 



— curtisi, Walt. On the Coast, by 



sweeping ; very local. Deal 



— limonii, Kirby. Salt marshes on the 



decaying leaves and at old roots of 

 Statice limonium (the sea lavender) ; 

 very local. Gravesend, Strood, Sheer- 

 ness, Sheppey, Whitstable, Dover, Folke- 

 stone, Hythe 



— sedi, Germ. Sandy places on species 



of Sedum ; very local, and as a rule 

 rare. Deal 



— marchicum, Herbst. On dock, wood- 



sage, etc. ; local. Bromley, Deal, 

 Dover 



— affine, Kirby. Under Sarothamnus 



scoparius and by sweeping ; not 

 common. Lee, Bearsted 



— violaceum,' Kirby. On species of dock ; 



very common 



— hydrolapathi, Kirby. On the great 



water dock (Rumex hydrolapathum), 

 and also on R. obtusifolius ; local. 

 Snodland, St. Mary Cray, Chatham, 

 Lee, Sheerness, Dartford 



— humile. Germ. On the dock and on 



herbage generally ; very common 

 everywhere 

 Otiorrh)nchus tenebricosus, Herbst. By 

 beating hedges, in moss, etc. ; not 

 uncommon on the chalk 



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