A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE CuRCULIONlDit (continued) Cleonus sulcirostris, L. Common on this- tles on the sandhills Liosoma ovatulum, Clairv. Generally dis- tributed Hylobius abietis, L. Common in fir woods Pissodes notatus, Germ. Chat Moss, on moribund fir trees Orchestes salicis, L. The only gene- rally abundant species — stigma, Germ. On birch on the mosses — rusci, Herbst. „ „ — ilicis, F. Occasional — fagi, L. „ — quercus, L. „ — avellanae, Don. „ — saliceti, Payk. Very rare ; Birkdale Rhampus flavicornis, Clair. Not uncom- mon on willow on the sandhills Orthocaetes setiger, Beck. Birkdale sand- hills ; not common Grypidius equiseti, F. Generally dis- tributed Erirrhinus scirpi, F. Not uncommon — bimaculatus, F. „ „ — acridulus, L. „ „ Thryogenes nereis, Payk. Southport Dorytomus vorax, F. Generally distributed — maculatus. Marsh. „ — ■ pectoralis, Gyll. „ Tanysphyrus lemnae, F. Common Bagous alismatis. Marsh. Common wher- ever Alisma plantago occurs — limosus, Gyll. Birkdale, among water weeds Anoplus plantaris, Naez. Generally dis- tributed Tychius squamulatus, Gyll. One speci- men, Birkdale sandhills Miccotrogus picirostris, F. Southport Gymnetron beccabungje, L., with its var. veronicae, Germ. Recorded by Mr. Kidson Taylor from the Bollin Valley — collinus, Gyll., and G. linariae, Panz. On Linaria vulgaris near Southport ; the former rare, the latter very local Mecinus pyraster, Herbst. Generally dis- tributed Anthonomus ulmi, De G. Bollin Valley, Scarisbrick — pedicularius, L. Generally common — pomonim, L. „ „ — rubi, Herbst. „ „ — rosinas, Des Goz. Southport, on poplar Nanophys lythri, F. Common on Lyth- rum Cionus scropulariae, L. Recorded — pulchellus, Herbst. „ On Viola on the Chat Moss, ■>■> Generally common from CuRCULlONiDit {continued) Orchitis cyaneus, L. sandhills Coeliodes rubicundus, Herbst. Southport — cardui, Herbst. Not uncommon — quadrimaculatus, L. Abundant Ceuthorrhynchus. Besides the generally abundant species the following occur : — — ericae, Gyll. Commonly on heather — viduatus, Gyll. Recorded by Chappell on Lamium ^nr^nrevima.t Fallowjield, Manchester — asperifoliarum, Gyll. Southport — arcuatus, Herbst. Chat Moss (Kidson Taylor and Reston) — euphorbiae, Bris. Southport ; rare — punctiger, Gyll. „ „ Ceuthorrhynchidius floralis, " Payk. — pyrrhorhynchus, Marsh. — troglodytes, F. — terminatus, Herbst. Recorded Chat Moss — dawsoni, Bris. One specimen re- corded from the foreshore at South- port Rhinonchus. Except R. bruchoides, Herbst. and R. denticollis, Gyll., all our British species have been recorded as more or less common Litodactylus leucogaster. Marsh. Southport Phytobius comari. Occasional — quadrituberculatus, F. Rare at South- port Limnobaris T-album, L. Generally dis- tributed Balaninus salicivorus, Payk. Generally common — pyrrhoceras, Marsh. Local and rare Calandra. Both our species occur com- monly in rice and flour mills, etc. Rhyncolus gracilis, Ros. A large number of this rare species was taken by Chappell at Greenheys, Manchester, in a piece of old timber SCOLYTID.^ Hylastes palliatus, Gyll. Chat Moss Myelophilus piniperda, L. „ Hylesinus crenatus, Gyll. Liverpool, Swin- ton near Manchester Cryphalus binodulus, Ratz. Drinkwater Park, Manchester Dryocaetes villosus, F. Not uncommon — alni, Georg. Drinkwater Park, South- port Tomnicus typographus, L., T. nigritus, Gyll., and T. acuminatus, Gyll., are all recorded by Chappell from t26
