A HISTORY OF KENT 



CuRCULlONlD-« [continued) 



common where it occurs. Higham 

 (scarce), 'Northfleet, Pegwell Bay, 

 Sandwich, Dover, Folkestone 

 Hypera alternans, Steph. (julini, Sahib). 

 Marshy places, at roots of plants, 

 etc. ; not common. Lee, Eastry, 

 Sandwich, Pegwell Bay 



— polygon!, L. On various plants, es- 



pecially Leguminosas, Polygonum, 

 Lychnis and Silene inflata ; widely 

 distributed, but commoner in some 

 localities than in others 



— tigrina, Boh. Chalky places, on the 



heads of Daucus carota (the wild 

 carrot) ; very rare. Dover, Folkestone 

 (S. Stevens) 



— elongata, Payk. Very rare and per- 



haps not indigenous. Birch Wood 

 (Power and Brewer). Dr. Power's 

 specimen appears doubtful 



— suspiciosa, Herbst. On various Le- 



guminosae ; local, but not un- 

 common, and widely distributed 



— variabilis, Herbst. On various Le- 



guminosae, Trifolium, Medicago, 

 etc. ; very common and generally 

 distributed 



— murina, F. By sweeping, also at 



roots of grass ; very local. Syden- 

 ham, Rochester district, Whitstable, 

 Gravesend, Dartford, Maidstone 



— plantaginis, De G. Chalky and sandy 



places, in moss and on low plants, 

 especially Plantago ; not uncommon 

 and widely distributed 



— trilineata. Marsh. On Leguminosa?, 



also in moss and hay stack refuse ; 

 rather common 



— nigrirostris, F. On various species of 



clover ; common everywhere 

 Rhinocyllus latirostris, Latr. On species 



of thistles ; local and usually rare. 



Canterbury, Faversham (where Mr. 



Walker found it in abundance) 

 Cleonus sulcirostris, L. On species of 



thistles ; chiefly but not entirely 



on the coast ; common 

 Lixus algirus, L. (angustatus, F.). On 



thistles and low growing Malvaceae ; 



very rare. Sydenham (Stephens) 



— bicolor, Ol. On the coast, under and 



at the roots of Erodium cicutarium ; 



very local and usually rare. Deal 



sandhills, Isle of Thanet, Sandwich 



sandhills (Gorham) 

 Larinus carlina, Ol. On thistles ; rare. 



Dover, Sandgate 

 Liosoma ovatulum, Clairv. In moss and 



at roots of grass ; common 



CuRCULIONID^ {continued) 



Liosoma ovatulum var. collaris. Rye. 

 Occurs with the type form, but 

 much more rarely. Lee, Chattenden 

 Roughs 



— oblongulum. Boh. Chalky and sandy 



places, in moss and by sweeping ; 

 rare. Chattenden Roughs, JVigmore 

 I Food, Cobham Great J Food, Faver- 

 sham 



— pyrenasum, Bris. (troglodytes, Rye.). 



Chalky banks, in damp moss in 

 spring ; very rare. Blue Bell Hill, 

 Chatham and Faversham (J. J. W. 

 and G. C. C.) 

 Liparus coronatus, Goeze. On Umbelli- 

 feras (Heracleum chasrophyllum, 

 etc.), also under stones, on grass 

 stems and crawling on roads ; rather 

 common. Strood, Darland Hill, 

 Lee, Darenth Wood, Maidstone, Folke- 

 stone, etc. 



— germanus, L. Not common. Maid- 



stone, Staple, Sandgate, Dover, Ash- 

 ford, Hythe, Folkestone 



Curculio abietis, L. On pines and firs ; 

 locally common and widely dis- 

 tributed 



Plinthus caliginosus, F. Under stones and 

 in moss, also under faggots in woods ; 

 local, but not uncommon in some 

 places. Rochester district, scarce ; 

 Chatham, Charlton, Faversham, 

 Dartford, Maidstone, Westerham, 

 Kingsgate, Sandgate, Dover, Folkestone 



Orchestes quercus, L. On oaks ; common 

 and generally distributed 



— scutellaris, Gyll. On alder and wild 



cherry ; rare. Darenth Wood (Ste- 

 phens), Bearsted, Deal 



— alni, L. On elms, etc. ; common 



everywhere 

 var. ferrugineus, Marsh. With the 

 preceding, but not so common 



— ilicis, F. On oak, birch, holly, etc. ; 



somewhat local, but not uncommon. 



Lee, Darenth Wood 



var. nigripes. Fowler. Rare. Birch 



[Food, Plumstead and Folkestone 



(Power) 



— avellana, Don. On hazels and oaks ; 



not uncommon and widely dis- 

 tributed 



— fagi, L. On the beech ; common 



everywhere 



— pratensis. Germ. By sweeping thyme 



and other low plants ; on the chalk ; 

 very local, and as a rule rare. Chat- 

 tenden, Hailing Doxuns, Maidstone, 

 Folkestone 



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