A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



SCARABAEIDAE {continued) 



Geotrupes mutator, Marsh. 



— sylvaticus, Panz. 



— vernalis, L. 



— pyrenaeus, Charp. Devon (Stephens) 

 Trox sabulosus, L. Spitchwick (Stephens) 



— scaber, L. Plymouth, Braunton Burrows 

 Hoplia philanthus, Fuss. 



Serica brunnea, L. 



Rhizotrogus solstitialis, L. 



Melolontha vulgaris, F. 



Phyllopertha horticola, L. 



Anomak Frischii, F. Braunton Burrotes, Exmouth. 

 The very rare unicolorous green variety has 

 been found at Braunton Burrows or in the 

 district 



Cetonia aurata, L. Torquay, Lundy Island (WoUaston) 



Gnorimus nobilis, L. Devon (Stephens) 



Trichius fasciatus, L. Taken nr. Exeter by Mr. Harris 

 (Parfitt). This record is probably correct as 

 the species has occurred in numbers in S. Wales 



BUPRESTIDAE 

 Aphanistlcus pusillus, Ol. Kingsbridg; 



THROSCIDAE 



Throscus dermestoides, L. 



Microrrhagus pygmaeus, F. Bickletgh Vale (J. H. 

 Keys). A very interesting capture in Devon 



ELATERIDAE 



Lacon murinus, L. 

 Cryptohypnus riparius, F. 



— quadripustulatus, F. Barnstaple 



— dermestoides, Herbst. Banks of the Meavy 



var. quadriguttatus, Lap. Banks of the Meavy 

 Elater sanguineus, L. Spitchwick (Stephens). Per- 

 haps in error 



— balteatus, L. 



Melanotus rufipes, Herbst. (Parfitt records Cratony- 

 chus niger, F., Ectinus aterrimus, Stephens, 

 Melanotus punctolineatus. Pel., as from '■Stoke 

 Wood, very rare in old oaks.' This is certainly 

 in error, as M. punctolineatus is only found 

 in damp places at the roots of grass, etc., 

 chiefly on the south-east coast) 



Athous niger, L. 



— longicoUis, Ol. Exmouth, etc. 



— difformis, Lac. Newtown 



— haemorrhoidalis, F. 



— vittatus, F. 

 Limonius cylindricus, Payk. 



— minutus, L. 

 Adrastus limbatus, F. 

 Agriotes sputator, L. 



— obscurus, L. 



— lineatus, L. 



— sobrinus, Kies. 



— pallidulus. 111. 

 Dolopius marginatus, L. 

 Corymbites cupreus, F. Dartmoor 



var. aeruginosus, F. 



— tessellatus, F. 



— quercus, Gyll. 



var. ochropterus, Steph. 



ELATERIDAE {continued) 



Corymbites holosericeus, Ol. Dartmoor, etc, ; Lundy 



Island 

 * — aeneus, L. On high ground, Dartmoor, Drew- 



steignton, Blackdown, etc. 

 — bipustulatus, L. Killerton Park, Exeter 

 Campylus linearis, L. 



DASCILLIDAE 



Dascillus cervinus, L. 

 Helodes minuta, L. 



— marginata, F. 

 Microcara livida, F. 

 Cyphon coarctatus, Payk. 



— nitidulus, Thorns. 



— variabilis, Thunb. 



— pallidulus. Boh. 



— padi, L. 



Hydrocyphon deflexicollis. Mull. Ivybridge, Bick- 



leigh Vale 

 Scirtes hemisphaericus, L. 



— orbicularis, Panz. Spitchwick Park (Stephens) 



LYCIDAE 

 Platycis minutus, F. Woodland, Devon (Leach) 



LAMPYRIDAE 



Lampyris noctiluca, L. Torquay, Haldon, Dartmoor, 

 Stoke Wood, Torrington, etc. Parfitt says that 

 this insect is not so abundant in Devon as in 

 the eastern counties, but I have never noticed 

 it in such abundance anywhere as I have seen 

 it on a hot summer evening at Torrington, 

 N. Devon 



TELEPHORIDAE 



Podabrus alpinus, Payk. Lydford (Thouless), etc. 

 Telephorus rusticus, Fall. 



— lividus, L. 



— pellucidus, F. 



— nigricans, MflU. 



— bicolor, F. 



— haemorrhoidalis, F. Lundy Island (WoUaston) 



— oralis. Germ- (lateralis, L.) 



— flavilabris, Fall. 



— thoracicus, Ol. Valley of the Walkham 

 Rhagonycha unicolor. Curt. Parfitt records this 



species as generally distributed in watery places, 

 but as a rule it is very scarce 



— fulva. Scop. 



— testacea, L. 



— limbata. Thorns. 



— pallida, F. 

 Malthinus punctatus, Fourc. 



— fasciatus, Ol. 



— balteatus, SufF. 

 Malthodes marginatus, Latr. 



— mysticus, Kies. 



— dispar. Germ. 



— minimus, L. (sanguinolentus. Fall.) 



— atomus. Thorns. (brevicoUis, Payk.). Devon 



(Stephens) 



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