A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE OTIORRHYNCHINA (continued) Sciaphilus muricatus, F. Tring Tropiphorus tomentosus, Marsh. Tring, very rare Liophloeus nubilus, F. Tring, not common Metallites marginatus, Steph. Chipperfield (Piffard); Bricket Wood (Lewcock) Polydrusus micans, F. Tring, rather com- mon on beech, on which tree it seems to appear as soon as the buds expand in spring ; Felden (Piffard) tereticollis, De G. Tring; Kings Langley (Piffard) pterygomalis, Boh. cervinus, L. Tring Phyllobius oblongus, L. ) calcaratus, F. Tring, scarce urticae, De G. j pyri, L. Tring argentatus, L. j maculicornis, Germ. Tring, not com- mon pomonae, Ol. i o- . -j- T L I- Tring vindiasris, Laich. J viridicollis, F. Aldbury, plentiful some years near this village ; possibly this is the most southern locality for this insect in Britain ; Tring Hills (Piffard); Baldock (Wood) 1 Barynotus obscurus, F. Tring ; Baldock (Wood) schonherri, Zett. Baldock (Wood) elevatus, Marsh. Tring, commoner than obscurus, round this town, where it may often be seen feeding upon Mercurialis perennis ; Felden (Piffard) ; Baldock (Wood) CURCULIONINA Sitones cambricus, Steph. Hertford (Ste- phens) regensteinensis, Herbst. Wigginton Common crinitus, Herbst. Tring, common, in chalky places tibialis, Herbst. ) - , hispidulus, F. J humeralis, Steph. Aldbury, not common flavescens, Marsh. _. . puncticollis, Steph. J suturalis, Steph. Tring ; New Barnet lineatus, L. J (Newbery) sulcifrons, Thunb. Wihtone, in moss, by the reservoir Hypera punctata, F. Tring, not common rumicis, L. Wihtone polygon!, L. Aldbury variabilis, Herbst. ) . . plantaginis, De G. / 1 The Rev. T. Wood captured all three species of the genus, by sweeping at night. CURCULIONINA (continued) Hypera trilineata, Marsh. Aldbury, scarce nigrirostris, F. Tring. I have a couple of the very distinct var. ononinis (Stevens) taken on Aldbury Owers Cleonus sulcirostris, L. Hertford (Ste- phens) Liosoma ovatulum, Clairv. Tring oblongulum, Boh. Kings Langley (Piffard) Liparus coronatus, Goeze. Tring, rare, once taken in Miswell Lane Hylobius abietis, L. Tring, rare; Hertford (Stephens) Orchestes quercus, L. Tring, not com- mon ; New Barnet (Newbery) alni, L. Little Tring ; Bricket Wood (Lewcock) ; New Barnet (Newbery) ilicis, F. Aldbury Common, rare, on oak avellanas, Don. Hastoe, rare, on hazel fagi, L. Tring, to be found in great abundance everywhere in the beech woods pratensis, Germ. Hertford (Stephens) rusci, Herbst. Kings Langley (Piffard) salicis, L. Tring, not common Rhamphus flavicornis, Clairv. Tring Procas armillatus, F. Felden (Piffard) Orthochaetes setiger, Beck. Aldbury ; Hertford (Stephens) Grypidius equiseti, F. Chipperfield (Piffard) ; Hertford (Stephens) Erirrhinus bimaculatus, F. Wihtone, rare, at the reservoir ; Langley (Piffard) acridulus, L. Tring and Wihtone Thryogenes festucae, Herbst. Miswell, scarce, on the canal nereis, Payk. Wigginton, not uncom- mon on species of Carex, at side of a pond Dorytomus tremulae, F. Kings Langley (Piffard) tortrix, L. Wihtone, not uncommon on Populus alba, growing near the village validirostris, Gyll. Kings Langley (Piffard) maculatus, Marsh. Tring ; the var. costirostris occurs with it melanophthalmus (Payk.), var. agnathus, Boh. Bushey Common (Piffard) Tanysphyrus lemnae, F. Wilstgne, not un- common, in refuse on the reservoir banks Bagous alismatis, Marsh. Hastoe, on Alisma plantago, on pond bank ; Chipperfield (Piffard) limosus, Gyll. Wihtone, very rare, in refuse, by the reservoir 108
