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 INSECTS RHYNCHITINA (continued) Rhynchites aeneovirens, Marsh. Hastoe, scarce, in Brawn's Lane ; Bricket Wood (Lewcock) ; Hertford (Stephens) minutus, Herbst. Tring nanus, Payk. Hertford (Stephens) uncinatus, Thorns. Bricket Wood (Lewcock) sericeus, Herbst. Tring, very rare, on hazel pubescens, F. Tring (Piffard) Deporaus megacephalus, Germ. Near Bovingdon, rare ; Bricket Wood (Lew- cock) betulae, L. Tring, of occasional occur- ence, in the beech woods APIONINA Apion pomonae, F. Tring, rare ; Hert- ford (Stephens) craccas, L. Miswell ulicis, Forst. Tring, usually found wherever the furze grows miniatum, Germ. Aldbury and Wil- stone, not common haematodes, Kirby. Tring and Hastoe pallipes, Kirby. Tring, rather common, on Mercurialis perennis difforme, Germ. Tring varipes, Germ. Tring, rare apricans, Herbst. Tring assimile, Kirby. Tring; New Barnet (Newbery) trifolii, L. dichroum, Bedel. [ Tring nigritarse, Kirby j confluens, Kirby. Aldbury, on Matri- caria inodora, very rare stolidum, Germ. Bushey (Fowler, British Coleoptera, vol. v.) aeneum, F. Tring, scarce, on Malva rotundifolia radiolus, Kirby onopordi, Kirby Tring carduorum, Kirby ) vicinum, Kirby. Wihtone, rare, on Mentha aquatica at the reservoir atomarium, Kirby. Aldbury, not un- common, at the roots of Thymus serpyllum minimum, Herbst. Baldock, common, on sallow (Wood) virens, Herbst. 1 punctigerum, Payk. Tring pisi, F. I asthiops, Herbst. Wihtone, not com- mon ; New Barnet (Newbery) ; Bal- dock (Wood) ebeninum, Kirby. Aldbury, not com- mon ; Felden (Piffard) striatum, Kirby. Hastoe and Wigginton APIONINA (continued) Apion spencei, Kirby. Aldburj ervi, Kirby. Tring vorax, Herbst. Tring, not common unicolor, Kirby. Wihtone, scarce ; New Barnet (Newbery) scutellare, Kirby. Felden (Piffard) livescerum, Gyll. Tring, may be found in most fields of sainfoin (Onobrychis sativa) ; Felden (Piffard) waltoni, Steph. Aldbury, not un- common loti, Kirby. Tring ; Baldock (Wood) - seniculum Kirby j r tenue, Kirby simile, Kirby. Hertford (Stephens) pubescens, Kirby. Wihtone and Aid- bury, scarce marchicum, Herbst. Hastoe, rare, in Brown's Lane affine, Kirby. Felden (Piffard) violaceum, Kirby ) _. . hydrolapathi, Kirby J humile, Germ. Tring; New Barnet (Newbery) OTIORRHYNCHINA Otiorrhynchus tenebricosus, Herbst. Aldbury fuscipes, Walton. Tring, rare raucus, F. Baldock, one only (Wood) scabrosus, Marsh. Tring ligneus, Ol. Aldbury ; Baldock, com- mon in greenhouse (Wood) sulcatus, F. Tring, occasionally seen in gardens ; Baldock (Wood) ovatus, L. Aldbury Trachyphlceus aristatus, Gyll. Tring, rare, at roots of Helianthemum squamulatus, Ol. Aldbury, at the roots of Helianthemum vulgare ; Shothanger Common (Piffard) scabriculus, L. Tring alternans, Gyll. Miswell, rare Strophosomus coryli, F. Tring retusus, Marsh. Wigginton Common, rare faber, Herbst. Wihtone, rare, in moss by the reservoir lateralis, Payk. Aldbury Common, on Calluna vulgaris Exomias araneiformis, Schrank. Tring ; Hadley Wood (Newbery) 1 Brachysomus echinatus, Bonsd. Tring, rather common, on banks and in hedgerows 1 B. hirtus, Boh., which was at one time con- sidered so rare an insect, is almost sure to be found in the county ; it should be looked for in newly fallen leaves, in sheltered woods, during October and November ; it occurs commonly in several of the woods round Chesham, and quite close to the Herts border. 107