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 A HISTORY OF STAFFORDSHIRE CuRCULIONIDAE Elleschus bipunctatus, L. Burton (Bates); Henhurst (Brown); Burnt Wood (Fowler) Tychius mcliloti, Steph. Burton tomentosus, Hbst. Burton Miccotrogus picirostris, F. Mecinus pyraster, Hbst. Anthonomus ulmi, De G. pedicularius, L. - pomorum, L. Burton rubi, Hbst. Clonus scrophulariae, L. - blattariae, F. - pulchellus, Hbst. Cryptorrhynchuslapathi,L. Bur- ton ; Cannock Chase Acalles roboris, Curt. Cannock Chase ptinoides, Marsh. Burton ; Cannock Chase Coeliodes rubicundus, Hbst. - quercus, F. - quadrimaculatus, L. Poophagus sisymbrii, F. Ceuthorrhynchus assimilis, Payk. - erysimi, F. Recorded by Garner ; one at Su-ynner- ton (Jahn) - contractus, Marsh. - quadridens, Panz. CuRCULIONIDAE (fOnt.) Ceuthorrhynchus pollinarius, Forst. litura, F. trimaculatus, F. Dovedalc Oahn) Ceuthorrhynchidius floralis,Payk. pyrrhorhynchus, Marsh. troglodytes, F. Amalus haemorrhous, Hbst. Cheadle Rhinoncus pericarpius, L. perpendicularis, Reich. Litodactylus leucogaster, Marsh. Burton (Bates) Limnobaris T-album, L. Hanley Baris picicornis, Marsh. Knightley (Brown) Balaninus venosus, Gr. Sandon (Jahn) nucum, L. villosus, F. Burnt Wood (Fowler) pyrrhoceras, Marsh. salicivorus, Payk. Calandra granaria, L. oryzae, L. Magdalis carbonaria, L. Burton (Bates and Brown) armigera, Fourc. Hanley ; Burton CURCULIONIDAE (coat.) Magdalis cerasi,L. Cannock Chase; Sandon (Jahn) pruni, L. SCOLYTIDAE Scolytus destructor, Ol. Hylastes ater, Pk. palliatus, Gyll Hylesinus crenatus, F. Burton ; very common and destruc- tive about Madelty (Bland- ford) ; Meaford (Jahn) fraxini, Panz. vittatus, F. Burton ; 'Need- wood Forest ; Trentham (Fowler) Myelophilus piniperda, L. Pityophthorus pubescens, Marsh. Burton (Fowler) Dryocaetes autographus, Ratz. Hanley, probably in im- ported timber villosus, F. Tomicus typographus, L. Hanley acuminatus, Gyll. Hanley laricis, F. Hanley Pityogenes chalcographus, L. Hanley bidentatus, Hbst. Trypodendron domesticum, L. The following species have from time to time occurred at Hanley in imported timber : Ernobius nigrinus, St. ; Anthaxia quadripunctata, L. ; Semanotus undatus, L. ; Cal- lidiurn coriaceum, Pk. ; Curcu/io piceus, de G. ; Crypturgui pusil/us, Gyll. The last-named seems to be establishing itself locally. LEPIDOPTERA (Butter/lies and Moths] Staffordshire cannot be said to be rich in Rhopalocera (Butterflies) as only forty-two or rather more than half of the British species have been met with in the county, and these with the exception of the commoner ' Whites,' E. cardamines, V. urticae, and atalanta and perhaps E. ianira, cannot be considered as abundant or even fairly common. The rarer species are uncertain both in appearance and in numbers, and generally very local in distribution. Two species (L. sinapis and A. paphia] are only represented in the county records by a single occurrence each, although other records may have been overlooked. The county is, however, of great interest to entomologists as it was formerly a home of the now extinct large Copper Butterfly (Polyommatus dispar y Haw.) if the following account of its occurrence in Staffordshire is authentic. The late Richard Weaver, in The Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer for 1856, p. 1 8 (quoted in The Field in December, 1893), states : 'A few days ago a gentleman brought and showed me a male and female of that species, namely Polyommatus dispar. Haw. (the large Copper Butterfly), which he had captured last year in Staffordshire. This is a new locality to me and I suppose is to most entomologists.' The species of Heterocera (moths) found in the county are on the other hand numerous, and many of the species are themselves frequently met with in great numbers, and their larvae are at times most destructive to trees and crops. The county of Stafford being situated nearly in the centre of England, and the northern portion of it being at an altitude running to considerably over 1,000 ft. above sea level, may be considered as somewhere about the dividing line between the northern and southern species of British Lepidoptera, and thus we find many species of both .northern and southern insects in our lists. 96