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 A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE Palorus melinus, Herbst. Baldock (Wood) Hypophlceus bicolor, Ol. Berkhamsted (PifFard) Helops coeruleus, L. Tring, very rare ; a pair were taken by Mr. J. W. Shipp, in the town striatus, Fourc. Tring, not common CISTELID.E Cistela luperus, Herbst. Tring and Aid- bury ; Hertford (Stephens) ceramboides, L. Hertford (Stephens) murina, L. Tring Lagria hirta, L. Tring, somewhat common MELANDRYID^E Tetratoma desmaresti, Latr. Aldbury Common, four specimens under bark of oak impregnated with fungoid growths ; Felden (PifFard) ancora, F. Tring, very rare, one beaten from dead oak bough Orchesia micans, Panz. Wilstone. I have bred this insect in great numbers from a large brown fungus, growing on old ash tree Clinocara tetratoma, Thorns. Tring, several seen under holly bark in Pavis Wood, all but one however managed to es- cape Hallomenus humeralis, Panz. Near Flaun- den, two or three found, under rotten wood ; Baldock, about thirty in a decaying pine (Wood) Conopalpus testaceus, Ol. Tring ; I have bred this species from rotten oak boughs, the perfect insect appearing in the latter half of June ; Felden (PifFard) ; Hertford (Stephens) Phlceotrya rufipes, Gyll. Felden (PifFard) PYTHID^E Salpingus castaneus, Panz. Felden (Piflard) Lissodema quadripustulata, Marsh. Tring, frequently met with in beating old hedges ; Hertford (Stephens) Rhinosimus ruficollis, L. Tring viridipennis, Steph. Tring, very scarce planirostris, F. Tring OEDEMERID^E Oedemera lurida, Marsh. Tring, occasion- ally seen, in grassy uncultivated places MORDELLID^E Mordella aculeata, L. Hertford (Stephens) Mordellistena abdominalis, F. Shothanger Common (Piffard) humeralis, L. Tring, very rare brunnea, F. Tring, very rare, one specimen beaten out of hedge in the Shire Lane pumila, Gyll. Tring; Hertford (Ste- phens) brevicauda, Boh. Tring, rare Anaspis frontalis, L. Tring garneysi, Fowler. Baldock (Wood) pulicaria, Costa. Tring, rather com- mon, especially on UmbelliferEe rufilabris, Gyll. Tring geofFroyi, Mall. Tring, common ; Hertford (Stephens) ruficollis, F. Tring, common, in moist situations ; New Barnet (Newbery) subtestacea, Steph. Tring maculata, Fourc. Tring, very com- mon. I have found the larvae in the hollow stems of Clematis vitalba, in winter ; New Barnet (Newbery) PYROCHROID^: Pyrochroa serraticornis, Scop. Tring Anthicus floralis, L. Tring ; New Barnet (Newbery) antherinus, L. Tring, rather common; New Barnet (Newbery) MELOID.E Meloe violaceus, Marsh. Tring, scarce ; Baldock, one only (Wood) proscarabaeus, L. Tring ; this species seems to feed very voraciously in the perfect state. I once watched a well- developed female devour two or three leaves of Ranunculus repens in quite a short time ANTHRIBID^: Brachytarsus fasciatus, Forst. Hertford (Stephens) ; Baldock (Wood) Choragus sheppardi, Kirby. Miswell near Tring, once found in some numbers, in an old hedge CURCULIONID^: ATTELABINA Apoderus coryli, L. Tring, rare, on hazel at Bishop's Wood ; Baldock, one speci- men (Wood) Attelabus curculionides, L. Hastoe, rare, in Brown's Lane RHYNCHITINA Byctiscus populi, L. Bncket Wood (PifFard) Rhynchites aequatus, L. Aldbury, not common 1 06