INSECTS 



CuRCULlONIDit {continued) 



Orchestes rusci, Herbst. In woods, on hazel, 

 birch, etc. ; not uncommon 



— stigma, Germ. On sallows, willows, 



alders, etc. ; not uncommon 



— salicis, L. On willows and sallows ; 



local, but not uncommon. Chatham^ 

 Sheerness, Darenth Wood 



— saliceti, Payk. On willows and sal- 



lows ; very local, and not common 

 as a rule. ChaUenden (not rare), 

 Smdland 



Rhamphus flavicornis, Clairv. On willows, 

 etc. ; locally common and widely 

 distributed 



Orthocastes setiger, Beck. Sandy and 

 chalky places, in moss and at roots 

 of low plants, especially ragwort and 

 sorrel ; local, but not uncommon in 

 many places. Blue Bell and Darland 

 Hills (scarce), Chatham, Sheerness, 

 Faversham, Kingsgate, Dover, Deal 



Pseudostyphlus pilumnus,Gyll. On Matri- 

 caria chamomilla ; very local. Dar- 

 land Hill (rare), Chatham, Lee, Sheer- 

 ness 



Procas armillatus, F. Very rare ; a single 

 specimen was taken by Mr. J. J. 

 Walker in a dry tuft of grass at 

 Darland Hill on II March, 1897 



Grypidius equiseti, F. On Equisetum ; 

 not common. Chattenden, Hythe 



Erirrhinus scirpi, F. Marshy places, on 

 Scirpus ; not common. Gravesend 



— bimaculatus, F. Near river banks, on 



sallows, etc. ; not common. Banks 

 of Medway, Gravesend 



— acridulus, L. Marshy places, in moss, 



flood refuse, etc. ; very common 

 Thryogenes festucae, Herbst. Marshy 

 places, on Scirpus and Carex ; not 

 common. Gravesend, JVhitstable 



— nereis, Payk. Marshy places, in tufts 



of grass, on reeds, etc. ; locally com- 

 mon. Rainham Marshes, Sheerness, 

 JVhitstable, Gravesend, Faversham, 

 Birchington, Sandivich, Deal 



— scirrhosus, Gyll. Marshy places, on 



water plants ; not common. Sheer- 

 ness, Eltham, Pegivell Bay 

 Dorytomus vorax, F. On poplars and 

 aspens, often in chinks of the bark ; 

 very local. Dover 



— tremulae. On young aspens (Populus 



tremula), also on P. alba, end 

 of June ; rare. Birch Wood, Siuans- 

 comhe Wood (near Gravesend), West 

 Wickham 



— tortrix, L. On aspens and willows ; 



very local. Darenth Wood, Svjans- 



CuRCULiONiD^ [continued) 



combe Wood, St. Peter s [Isle of 



Thanet) 

 Dorytomus maculatus. Marsh. On willows 



and sallows ; common and generally 



distributed 



var. costirostris, Gyll. On young 

 aspens and sallows ; rare. Darenth 

 and Sivanscombe JVoods, Chatten- 

 den 



var. silbermanni, Wenck. On wil- 

 lows and aspens ; very local. 

 Sheerness, Darenth Wood 



— melanophthalmus, Payk., var. agnathus, 



Boh. On sallows ; very local. 

 Sydenham, Darenth Wood 



— pectoralis, Gyll. On sallows ; local. 



Chattenden Roughs (rather scarce), 

 Darenth Wood, Sydenham, Whit- 

 stable, Sevenoaks, Dover 

 Smicronyx reichei, Gyll. On dodder 

 (Cuscuta europasa and C. epithy- 

 mum) ; rare. Holly Hill and Cuxton 

 Downs, Birch Wood 

 var. championis, Fowler. Rare; 

 Folkestone (E. A. Waterhouse), 

 between Folkestone and Dover 

 (Champion) 



— jungermannias, Reich. On Cuscuta 



epithymum. Rare, but sometimes 

 locally common. Hailing Downs 

 near Rochester 



Tanysphyrus lemnas, F. In ponds and 

 ditches, on Lemna ; common and 

 widely distributed 



Bagous alismatis. Marsh. In ditches and 

 stagnant ponds, on Alisma plantago 

 (the water-plantain) ; local, but not 

 uncommon. Smdland, Lee, Rams- 

 gate, Deal, Dover 



— cylindrus, Payk. In ditches, on aquatic 



plants ; rare. Lee, Gravesend, Sheppey, 

 Whitstable 



— binodulus, Herbst. In ditches ; very 



rare. Sandwich (Sharp and Saunders) 



— nodulosus, Gyll. In ditches ; very 



rare. Pegwell Bay 



— argillaceus, Gyll. (inceratus, Brit. Coll.). 



Brackish ditches ; very local and 

 usually rare. Gravesend, Sheerness 



— limosus, Gyll. In brackish ditches ; 



very local and usually rare. St. 

 Mary's Island and Cuxton, Sheerness, 

 Gravesend (in numbers, 19 April, 

 1867, Power) 



— tempestivus, Herbst. In ditches ; very 



local. Sheerness, Gravesend, Whit- 

 stable, Maidstone 



— subcarinatus, Brit. Coll. In ditches ; 



rare. Sheerness 



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