INSECTS 



CuRCULiONiD^ {continued) 



woods ; rare. Lee, Beamed near 

 Maidstone, Hythe 

 Polydrusus cervinus, L. On young trees, es- 

 pecially oaks, birch and fir ; common 

 and generally distributed 



— chrysomela, Ol. On Artemisia mari- 



tima, on the coast ; rare. Near 

 Strood, Gravesend, Sheerness 



— confluens, Steph. On broom and 



furze ; very local, but not un- 

 common where it occurs. Charlton, 

 Plumstead, Gravesend, Bearsted 

 Phyllobius oblongus, L. On elms and 

 apple trees, also by beating hedges ; 

 common and generally distributed 



— calcaratus, F. On alders, also on 



young trees in woods, etc. ; local. 

 Lee, Darenth Wood 



— urticae, De G. On nettles ; very com- 



mon and generally distributed 



— pyrij L- On hawthorn, nettles, young 



trees in woods, etc. ; common and 

 generally distributed 



— argentatus, L. On young birches, 



oaks, etc. ; very common 



— maculicornis. Germ. On young oaks, 



hazels, etc. ; local, but not un- 

 common and widely distributed 



— pomonae, Ol. On young trees ; local 



but not uncommon 



— viridiaeris, Laich. (uniformis, Marsh.). 



Very abundant, and generally dis- 

 tributed 



Tanymecus palliatus, F. On burdocks, 

 thistles, nettles, etc. ; local. Darenth 

 Wood, Chattenden Roughs (rather 

 scarce), Chatham, Sheerness 



Philopedon geminatus, F. Sandy places 

 on the coast. Deal, abundant, and 

 probably common elsewhere 



Atactogenus exaratus, Marsh. On young 

 trees, also by sweeping ; local, but 

 very widely distributed 



Barynotus obscurus, F. At roots of grass, 

 in moss, etc. ; rather common 



— elevatus, Marsh, (masrens auct nee F.). 



As the preceding ; local, and as a 



rule scarce. St. Mary Cray, Chisle- 



hurst, banks of Medway (in flood 



rubbish), Folkestone 

 Alophus triguttatus, F. Sandy and chalky 



places, under stones, in moss, etc. ; 



not uncommon as a rule. Rochester 



district (rare), Chatham, Ranisgate, 



Dover, Folkestone 

 Sitones griseus, F. Sandy places, at roots 



of Genistje, grass, etc. ; very local. 



Deal 



— cambricus, Steph. Marshy places, at 



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roots of grass, in moss, and by sweep- 

 ing ; rare. Chattenden Roughs, Lee, 

 Charlton, Plumstead, Hythe 

 Sitones regensteinensis, Herbst. On broom 

 and furze ; abundant everywhere 



— crinitus, Herbst. On broom, clover, 



peas, etc., often in sandpits ; com- 

 mon and generally distributed 



— tibialis, Herbst. On broom, furze, 



clover, heath, etc. ; very common 



— brevicollis, Schon. Chattenden Roughs, 



etc. ; perhaps a variety of the pre- 

 ceding 



— hispidulus, F. On clover ; very com- 



mon 



— humeralis, Steph. On clover, vetches, 



etc. ; common 



— meliloti, Walt. On Melilotus officin- 



alis ; very local. Frindsbury chalk 

 pits (common), Chatham, Plumstead 



— flavescens, Marsh. By sweeping clover, 



in moss, etc. ; rather common and 

 widely distributed 



— puncticoUis, Steph. On clover, vetches, 



etc. ; very common 



— suturalis, Steph. On vetches and other 



low plants ; rather local. Chatten- 

 den, Heme Bay, Whitstable 



— ononidis. Sharp. On Ononis spinosa ; 



very local. Heme Bay, Whit- 

 stable 



— lineatus, L. On clover, vetches, peas, 



etc. ; only too common ; often very 

 injurious to peas 



— sulcifrons, Thunb. By sweeping clover, 



lucerne, vetch, etc. ; rather common 



and widely distributed 

 Gronops lunatus, L. At roots of low 



plants, nearly always by the sea ; 



local. Blackheath, Deal, Dover 

 Limobius dissimilis, Herbst. On Geranium 



pratense, also at roots of Geranium 



sanguineum ; rare. Darland Hill, 



Holly Hill, Boxley Warren, Chatham, 



Sandwich sandhills 



— mixtus, Boh. Sandy places ; on 



Erodium cicutarium ; very local. 

 Deal sandhills (common), Dover 

 Hypera punctata, F. On species of Tri- 

 folium, in moss, etc. ; very common 

 everywhere 



— fasiculata, Herbst. Sandy places near 



the sea, under Erodium cicutarium ; 

 extremely local. Deal sandhills, 

 Sandwich 



— rumicis, L. Marshy places, on docks ; 



common 



— pollux, F. On various Umbelliferap 



(Sium, etc.) ; local, but not un- 



