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Material examined: 2 females Cwm fron, near Llanidloes, 22/972813, 20. ix. 1964, 

 Galeopsis tetrahit L. sensu lato, (A. M. E.). 



Meligethes morosus Erichson, 1845 



A common and widely distributed species on Lamium album L. In Wales also 

 occurring in Monmouth, Glamorgan, Brecon, Radnor, Carmarthen, Denbigh 

 and Flint. 



Material examined: 5 Garth-derwen, 33/263097, 3.ix.l961, Lamium album L., 

 (A. M. E.); 6 Four Crosses, 33/2718, 31. v. 1964, Lamium album L., (A. M. E.); 

 1 female Llanymynech Hill SSSI, TNR, 33/262216, 9.vi.l990, Thymus polytrichus 

 A. Kerner ex Borbas, (A. H. K.-S.); 3 males edge of Montgomery Canal, 

 near Welshpool, 33/2206, 9.vi.l990, Lamium album L., (A. H. K.-S.); 1 male 

 Llanmerewig Glebe TNR, 32/160929, 2.vi.l991, Lamium album L., (A. H. K.-S.); 

 3 males & 2 females Caerhowel camp site, near Montgomery, 32/203979, l.vi.1991, 

 Lamium album L., (A. H. K.-S.). 



Meligethes persicus Faldermann, 1837 (=M. pedicularius (Gyll.) auctt.) 



A common and widely distributed species on Stachys officinalis (L.) Trev. St Leon. 

 In Wales also occurring in Monmouth, Glamorgan, Brecon, Radnor, Carmarthen, 

 Pembroke, Cardigan, Denbigh and Flint. 



Material examined: 1 male & 2 females Old Church Stoke, 32/2894, 12.vii.1964, 

 Stachys officinalis (L.) Trev. St Leon, (A. M. E.). 



Meligethes nigrescens Stephens, 1830 



A common and widely distributed species on Trifolium repens L. In Wales also 

 occurring in Monmouth, Glamorgan, Brecon, Radnor, Carmarthen, Pembroke, 

 Cardigan, Caernarvon, Denbigh and Anglesey. 



Material examined: 1 Trinity Well, 33/267078, 3.ix.l961, Centaurea nigra L., 

 (A. M. E.); 1 Four Crosses, 33/2718, 14. vi. 1964, Aegopodium podagraria L., 

 (A. M. E.); 1 male & 1 female Breidden Hill SSSI, 33/294145, 31. v. 1991, 

 Hyacinthoides non-scripta (L.) Chouard ex Rothm., (A. H. K.-S.). 



Meligethes obscurus Erichson, 1845 



A common and widely distributed species on Teucrium scorodonia L. In Wales 

 also occurring in Monmouth, Glamorgan, Brecon, Radnor, Carmarthen, Pembroke, 

 Cardigan, Merioneth, Caernarvon, Denbigh, Flint and Anglesey. 



Material examined: 1 Breidden Hill SSSI, 33/294145, 5.vi.l960, Ranunculus repens 

 L., (A. M. E.); 2 same data, Teucrium scorodonia L., (A. M. E.); 4 same data, 

 Veronica chamaedrys L., (A. M. E.); 4 same data, Fragaria vesca L., (A. M. E.); 

 7 same data, Hieracium sp., and Senecio aquaticus Hill, (A. M. E.); 6 same data, 

 Geum urbanum L., (A. M. E.); 2 same data, Hieracium agg., (A. M. E.); 57 same 

 data, Ajuga reptans L., also on almost every flower seen, including Viola sp. & Digitalis 

 purpurea L., (A. M. E.); 1 same data, Lotus corniculatus L., (A. M. E.); 4 Breidden 

 Hill SSSI, 33/294145, 3.ix.l961, Hieracium agg., (A. M. E.); 4 same data, Solidago 

 virgaurea L., (A. M. E.); 1 same data, Centaurea nigra L., (A. M. E.); 1 Trinity 

 Well, 33/267078, 3.ix.l961, Leontodon autumnalis L., (A. M. E.); 2 Long Mountain, 

 33/2808, 14.vi.1964, general sweeping, (A. M. E.); 1 male & 1 female Todleth Hill, 

 32/2894, 12.vii.1964, Clinopodium vulgare L., (A. M. E.); 1 female Long Mountain, 

 33/2808, 12.vii.1964, Clinopodium vulgare L., (A. M. E.); 1 male & 1 female 



