INSECTS 



CuRCULIONIDit {continued) 



Rhinoncus pericarpius, F. On Polygonum, 

 dock, thistles, etc. ; common and 

 generally distributed 



— gramineus, F. Marshy places ; on 



Polygonum ; very local. Snodland, 

 West Wickham, Deal, Sandgate 



— perpendicularis, Reich. In damp 



places ; on species of Polygonum ; 

 rather common and widely distri- 

 buted 



— castor, F. In sandy places ; at roots 



of docks, etc.; generally distributed 

 and common 



— denticollis, Gyll. Chalky and sandy 



places, by sweeping ; also in grass 



tufts in winter ; rare. Borland Hill, 



Blue Bell Hill, Chattenden, Cobham 



Park, Hythe 

 Eubrychius velatus. In stagnant or slowly 



moving water ; on Potamogeton, etc. ; 



rare. Whitstahle 

 Litodactylus leucogaster, Marsh. As the 



preceding ; local, but not uncommon 



and widely distributed 

 Phytobius waltoni, Boh. Very scarce ; 



sparingly in a dried up ditch at 



Snodland (J. J. W.) 



— quadrituberculatus, F. Marshy places ; 



not uncommon and widely distri- 

 buted 



— canaliculatus, Fahr. Marshy places, 



on aquatic plants ; also by sweeping ; 

 very local. Blue Bell Hill and Cob- 

 ham Park, rare ; Sheerness 



— quadricornis, Gyll. On aquatic plants, 



especially Polygonum lapathifolium ; 

 rare. Sheerness (Walker) 



— quadrinodosus, Gyll. On aquatic 



plants, especially Polygonum am- 

 phibium ; very rare. Lee (Power 

 and Champion) 



Limnobaris T-album, L. In damp mea- 

 dows ; not uncommon. Rochester 

 district, common ; Faversham, Maid- 

 stone 



Baris laticoUis, Marsh. On Cruciferae ; 

 as a rule rare. Charlton, Deal, 

 Folkestone (common) 



— picicornis. Marsh. On Reseda lutea ; 



local, but sometimes abundant, and 

 widely distributed 



— lepidii. Germ. Marshy places, especially 



on the sandy banks of rivers ; also 

 in grass, at roots of Tanacetum, etc.; 

 very local, but not uncommon. 

 Cobham Park, Snodland, Shooters Hill, 

 Lewisham, Bearsted, Dover 



— scolopacea. Germ. Salt marshes ; by 



sweeping the sea purslane (Atriplex 



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CuRCULIONlD^ {continued) 



portulacoides) and other plants ; 

 extremely local and usually very 

 rare. Sheerness (Champion and 

 Walker) 

 Balaninus venosus, Grav. On oaks, in 

 woods and hedges ; not uncommon 



— nucum, L. On hazel ; common 



— turbatus, Gyll. On oak, hazel, etc. ; 



not common. Rochester district, 

 widely distributed but scarce ; 

 Darenth and Birch Woods, Wester- 

 ham, Sheerness 



— betulae, Steph. On birch ; very rare. 



Plumstead (S. Stevens) 



— villosus, F. On oaks and hazels, also 



on hawthorn blossom ; local. Chat- 

 tenden, St. Mary Cray, Darenth and 

 Birch Woods, Whitstahle 



— salicivorus, Payk. On willows ; com- 



mon 



— pyrrhoceras. Marsh. On oak, hazel, 



willow, etc. ; much less common 

 than the preceding. Chattenden, Lee, 

 Greenwich, Darenth Wood, and prob- 

 ably widely distributed 

 Calandra granaria, L. In granaries, bakers' 

 shops, etc. ; only too common 



— oryza, L. With the preceding ; plenti- 



ful in granaries in Rochester, Strood, 

 Rainham, etc. 



Cossonus ferrugineus, Clairv. In decaying 

 willows, elms, oaks, etc. ; not com- 

 mon. Greenwich 



Rhyncolus lignarius. Marsh. In decaying 

 elms, oaks, ivy, etc. ; common 



— ater, L. In decaying fir, also in elm ; 



rare. Darland Hill, Sittingbourne 

 Caulotrypis aeneopiceus. Boh. In old posts, 

 old wine casks, etc. ; very scarce. 

 5/. Margaret's Bay, Deal 

 Codiosoma spadix, Herbst. In old posts on 

 the seashore and on the banks at the 

 mouths of large rivers ; locally com- 

 mon. Gravesend, Sheerness, Pegwell 

 Bay 

 Magdalis armigera, Fourc. (atramentaria, 

 Marsh.). By beating dead hedges ; 

 also on elms ; not uncommon. 

 Chattenden (in profusion, 24 May, 

 1894, J. J. W.), Lee, Darenth 

 Wood, Belvedere, Plumstead, Sheerness, 

 Whit stable, etc. 



— cerasi, L. In dead hedges and by 



sweeping ; not uncommon 



— pruni, L. As the preceding ; common 



— barbicornis, Latr. By beating hedges 



and by sweeping ; rare. Lee, Lewis- 

 ham, Darenth Wood, Ashford, Chat- 

 tenden 



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