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 A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE CURCULIONINA (continued) Ceuthorrhynchidius troglodytes, F. Tring chevrolati, Bris. Boxmoor, on the rail- way bank (PifFard) Amalus haemorrhous, Herbst. Near Bov- ingdon, scarce, in a clover field Rhinonchus pericarpius, L. Tring ; New Barnet (Newbery) gramineus, Herbst. Wihtone, rare, at the reservoir, on Polygonum amphibium perpendicularis, Reich. - . castor, F. J "** Eubrychius velatus, Beck, Wihtone, at the reservoir Litodactylus leucogaster, Marsh, Wihtone, with the preceding Phytobius quadrituberculatus, F. Tring ; Hertford (Stephens) canaliculatus, Fahr. Wihtone, rare, in refuse at the reservoir quadrinodosus, Gyll. 1 Aldbury, one at the roots of Thymus serpyllum Limnobaris T-album, L. Wihtone, rare, at the reservoir ; Kings Langley (PifFard) ; Hertford (Stephens) ; Bal- dock, common (Wood) Balaninus nucum, L. Bricket Wood (Lew- cock) betulae, Steph. Kings Langley (Piffard) villosus, F. Bovingdon ; Felden (PifFard) salicivorous, Payk. Tring ; near Hadley Wood (Newbery) ; Bricket Wood (Lewcock) pyrrhoceras, Marsh. Tring Magdalis armigera, Fourc. Little Tring, rare ; near Hadley Wood (Newbery) pruni, L. Tring CALANDRINA Calandra granaria, L. Tring, in granary oryzae, L. Tring, with the preceding COSSONINA Cossonus ferruginous, Clairv. Wihtone, where I once found a considerable quantity of the dead remains of this insect, in a decaying elm Rhyncolus lignarius, Marsh. Tring ; Hert- ford (Stephens) SCOLYTIDjE Scolytus destructor, Ol. Tring Scolytus pruni, Ratz. Wihtone, in decay ing plum tree rugulosus, Ratz. Tring, rare ; once caught on the wing ; New Barnet (Newbery) Hylastes ater, Payk. Tring opacus, Er. Wihtone, rare, in old ash tree ; Hertford (Stephens) palliatus, Gyll. Hastoe Hylesinus crenatus, F. Wihtone, in decay- ing ash fraxini, Panz. Tring Myelophilus piniperda, L. Tring, one caught on a gatepost Cissophagus hederae, Schmidt. Felden (PifFard) ; Baldock (Wood) Phlceophthorus rhododactylus, Marsh. Shot- hanger Common (PifFard) Pityophthorus pubescens, Marsh. Hertford (Stephens) Xylocleptes bispinus, Duft. Tring, usually common in Clematis vitalba Dryoccetes villosus, F. Bovingdon Trypodendron domesticum, L. Tring, frequently found in numbers, in dead beech Xyleborus saxeseni, Ratz. Felden (Piffard) ABNORMAL COLEOPTERA STREPSIPTERA or STYLOPID^ Stylops melittae, Kirby. Felden (Piffard) SUMMARY OF SPECIES Geodephaga 125 Hydradephaga 50 Palpicornia 40 Staphylinidae 408 Clavicornia 313 Lamellicornia 38 Sternoxi 37 Malacoderma 34 Teredilia 26 Longicornia 23 Phytophaga (with Bruchidae) 131 Heteromera (with Abnormal Coleoptera) 48 Rhyncophora (with Anthri- bidae) 251 LEPIDOPTERA Of the 2,061 species of Lepidoptera included in the British lists, 1,138, or rather more than half, have been observed in Hertfordshire. As might be anticipated, the group of insects commonly known as butterflies 1 This species formerly stood in British collections as Rhinonchus denticollis, Gyll. (Entomobgitti' Monthly Magazine, vol. xxrv. p. 142.) 110