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 INSECTS CURCULIONIDAE (continued) Otiorrhynchus scabrosus, Mnrsh. Whit sand Bay ; Llskeard ligneus, Ol. S. picipes, F. sulcatus, F. S. - rugifrons, Gyll. Widespread. S. ovatus, L. S. The genus Otiorrhynchus fre- quently causes great damage in the garden, as the beetles feed on leaves, shoots, flowers and even fruit, while the larvae live on roots. O. sul- catus is very destructive to straw- berries throughout the county, and is everywhere bad on neglected vines. Peaches, primulas, saxi- frages, cyclamens, maidenhairs, and begonias have all been damaged more or less throughout the county by this species during the last seven years. O. picipes attacks the apple, the gooseberry, and more especially the raspberry, and in 1878 did an enormous amount of damage to the raspberry canes about Gulval and Madron. O. tenebricosus infested some strawberry beds near Truro during 1903 and 1904, and if it spread will cause enormous loss throughout the county Trachyphloeus squamulatus, Ol. Obtained by Isabell in the Land's End district ; one specimen taken near St. Ives in 1900 scaber, L. scabriculus, L. Caenopsis fissirostris, Walt. Valley of the Lynhcr waltoni, SchOn. Whitsand Bay east Strophosomus coryli, F. capitatus, De G. retusus, Marsh. S. faber, Herbst. Taken by J. J. Walker at Whitsand Bay lateralis, Payk. Exomias araneiformis, Schr. pyrenaeus, Leidl. First dis- covered as a British insect by Keys in the Plymouth district ; subsequently taken by Cham- pion in Cornwall Brachysomusechinatus,Bonsd. One specimen in Bishop's Wood, Truro, May, 1902 Sciaphilus muricatus, F. Tropiphorus tomentosus, Marsh. Barypeithes sulcifrons, Boh. Mount Edgcumbe (Wollaston) ; at times frequent, Whltsand Bay (Keys) Liophloeus nubilus, F. Polydrusus tereticollis, De G. pterygomalis, Boh. cervinus, L. CURCULIONIDAE (continued} CURCULIONIDAE (continued) Polydrusus chrysomela, OL One from the Ganne /,near Newquay confluens, Steph. On broom near Wadebrldge Phyllobius oblongus, L. calcaratus, F. urticae, De G. pyri, L. argentatus, L. maculicornis, Germ. viridiaeris, Laich. Lostwlthiel ; Penzance Tanyinecus palliatus, F. S. Pether- wln, among coarse herbage growing between large slabs of slate Philopedon geminatus, F. S. Barynotus obscurus, F. elevatus, Marsh. On bracken, Netvfuay Alophus triguttatus, F. Under stones and moss, Hayie and Penzance Sitones griseus, F. cambricus, Steph. Penlee (Keys) ; between My/or and Trefusls, under cast- up larch-pole ; Scilly regensteinensis, Herbst waterhousei,Walt. Whitsand Bay crinitus, Herbst tibialis, Herbst hispidulus, F. humeralis, Steph. flavescens, Marsh. puncticollis, Steph. S. suturalis, Steph. lineatus, L. The clover weevil. In some years this does con- siderable damage to young seeds. In 1897, 1898, and 1899 it was abundant in almost every district in the county. In 1900 it was apparently nowhere common till the middle of July, and from that time till 1905 it was decidedly scarce. Last year it appeared in great numbers among clover near Wadebridge and caused ex- tensive injury to peas about Bodmin sulcifrons, Thunb. Limobius dissimilis, Herbst. One taken last year on Geranium sanguineum near Chapel- porth, St. jfgnes Hypera punctata, F. S. fasciculata, Herbst. Three on Erodium cicutarium on the sand at Perranpoilh rumicus, L. - pollux, F. Marazlon Marsh polygon!, L. suspiciosa, Herbst. Widespread but scarce along the south coas-t 201 Limobius variabilis, Herbst. Pad- stow ; Truro; Penzance; St. Mary's, Scilly murina, F. Hay/eand Penzance - plantaginis, De G. S. trilineata, Marsh. nigrirostris, F. Rhinocyllus latirostris, Latr. Rare on thistles, Penzance district (Marquand) Cleonus sulcirostris, L. Padstou (Lamb) ; Perranporth Larinus carlinae, Ol. Obtained, 1905, near the Lion's Den, Millook Liosoma ovatulum, Clairv. Liparus coronatus, Goeze. One at Tregantle (Keys) ; Get ran' s Bay ; Penzance district (Mar- quand) Hylobius abietis, L. At Trebartha ; one near Penzance (Mar- quand) Orchestes quercus, L. alni, L. ilicis, F. Two on oak, Coombe Valley, Kilkkampton avellanae, Doh. fagi, L. rusci, Herbst salicis, L. saliceti, Payk. On young wil- lows, Hayle ; Penzance Rhamphus flavicornis, Clairv. Orthocaetes setiger, Beck. Whitsand Bay east ; Penzance ; St. Mary's and Tresco, Scilly Erirrhinus acridulus, L. Dorytomus tremulae, F. Penzance district (Marquand) tortrix, L. Under poplar bark, Truro maculatus, Marsh. pectoralis, Gyll. Smicronyx jungermanniae, Reich. One specimen by sweeping at Tregantle (Keys) Tanysphyrus lemnae, F. Steanpool ; Marazlon Marsh Bagous alismatis, Marsh. Anoplus plantaris, Naez. Upper Tamar district Elleschus bipunctatus, L. Trebartha Tychius schneideri, Herbst. Whit- sand Bay and Falmouth (Fow- ler) lineatulus, Steph. junceus, Reich. Mount Edgcumbe tomentosus, Herbst. Neivjuay Miccotrogus picirostris, F. Sibinia arenariae, Steph. primita, Herbst. S.E. Cornwall Miarus micros, Germ. In vol. i of the Entomologist, p. 220, Crotch reports the capture of two specimens by Wol- laston at Whitsand Bay east ; still the only British record 26