INSECTS 
PHYTOPHAGA 
Sawflies 
The following is a list of the Phytophagous Hymenoptera which 
occur in the county :— 
Tenthredo livida Selandria stramineipes 
— atra — serva 
— colon (?) Taxonus agrorum 
— rufiventris — equiseti 
— mesomela Poecilosoma liturata 
— viridis Eriocampa limacina 
— olivacea Blennocampa fuscipennis 
— velox Emphytus succinctus 
‘Tenthredopsis scutellaris Pachynematus capree 
— coqueberti Fenusa ulmi 
— liturata Athalia rosz 
— dorsalis Lygzonematus astutus 
— tristis (?) Hoplocampa testudinea 
— thornleyi Tomosthetus luteiventris 
Allantus maculatus Rhogogastera lateralis 
— ternulus — viridis 
— scrophulariz — punctulata 
— arcuatus Croesus septentrionalis 
Dolerus fulviventris Nematus ribesii 
— vestigialis — abdominalis 
— eneus, var. elongatus Trichiosoma lucorum 
— coruscans Abia sericea 
— gonagra Hylotoma cyanella 
— picipes — ustulata 
— niger Lopyrus pini 
— thomsoni Sirex gigas 
Strongylogaster cingulatus 
Ichneumon Flies occur very abundantly, and a large number have 
been collected by myself and friends, the bulk of which still await 
identification. Very little appears to be known of these insects in the 
British Isles, and the preparation of a county list could only be attempted 
after some years of careful study. 
COLEOPTERA 
Beetles 
Of this extensive order of insects upwards of 3,500 species inhabit 
the British Isles, about one-third of which have been found in Cumber- 
land, and the county fauna is by no means exhausted—indeed it cannot 
be said to have yet been much more than sampled. 
New species are added to the county list annually. During the past 
year (1900) over 150 were found of which there were no previous 
records, so that it is in every way likely that close on 1,700 species will 
ultimately be found in the county by the active though small band of 
resident collectors now investigating the coleopterous fauna of the moun- 
tains and the moors, the plains and the seashore. 
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