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INSECTS PYROCHROIDAE Pyrochroa serraticornis. Scop, (ru- bens, F.) — pectinicornis, L. This is, per- haps, the most interesting insect in the Herefordshire list. It was taken by Dr. Chapman, who records it in the Entomologist^ s Monthly Magazim for July, 1894, p. 163. He says, 'On the 1st June, Dr. Wood and my- self made an exploration in the Herefordshire portion of the B/aci Mountain, where northern species occasionally reward our search. In an old birch stump I found two males and one female of Pyrochroa pectinicornis and two larvae thereof were also seen.' Later Dr. Chapman took it in some numbers and Mr. J. R. le B. Tomlin in July 1907. The only other British locality known is the Scotch Highlands OEDEMERIDAE Oedemera lurida, Marsh MORDELLIDAE Mordella aculeata, L. (Yerbury) Anaspis frontalis, L. — pulicaria,Costa(forcipata,Muls.) — ruficoUis, F. — subtestacea, Steph. — maculata, Fourc. (melanopa, Forst.) RHIPIDOPHORIDAE Metoecus paradoxus, L. MELOIDAE Meloe violaceus, Marsh CURCULIONIDAE Apoderus coryli, L. Rhynchites aequatus, L. — aeneovirens, Marsh CURCULIONIDAE (continued) CURCULIONIDAE (continued) Apion pomonae, F. — carduorum, Kirby — pallipes, Kirby. West Malvern (Tomlin) — aeneum, F. — striatum, Kirby — pubescens, Kirby. West Mal- vern (Tomlin) — seniculum, Kirby — varipes. Germ. — fagi, L. — trifolii, L. — flavipes, F. — nigritarse, Kirby — tenue, Kirby — virens, Herbst. — unicolor, Kirby (platalea. Germ.). West Malvern (Tomlin) — ervi, Kirby — filirostre, Kirby. West Mal- vern (Tomlin) — pisi,_F. — aethiops, Herbst — loti, Kirby — vorax, Herbst - — miniatum. Germ. — violaceum, Kirby — humile, Germ. Otiorrhynchus picipes, F. Strophosomus coryli, F. — faber, Herbst Exomias araneiformis, Schr. Brachysomus echinatus, Bons. Sciaphilus muricatus, F. Polydrusus undatus, F. Phyllobius calcaratus, F. • — alneti, F. — pyri, L. — argentatus, L. — oblongus, L. — viridiaeris, Laich (uniformis, Marsh) Alophus triguttatus, F. Sitones flavesccns. Marsh — suturalis, Steph. — sulcifrons, Thunb. — puncticollis, Steph. • — lineatus, L. — hispidulus, F. Hypera punctata, F. Hypera rumicis, L. — plantaginis, De G. — nigrirostris, F. — trilineata. Marsh Liosoma ovatulum, Clairv. Orchestes quercus, L. Rhamphus flavicornis, Clairv. Mecinus pyraster, Herbst Anthonomus ulmi, De G. — pomorum, L. Clonus blattariae, F. — pulchellus, Herbst Acalles turbatus. Boh. Coeliodes quadrimaculatus, L. Poophagus sisymbrii, F. Ceuthorrhynchus assimilis, Payk. - — ■ contractus, Marsh — litura, F. — chrysanthemi, Germ, (campes- tris, Brit. Cat.) — quadridens, Panz. — poUinarius, Forst. — sulcicoUis, Gyll. Ceuthorrhynchidius floralis, Payk. — • troglodytes, F. Rhinoncus pericarpius, F. — perpendicularis, Reich, (sub- fasciatus, Gyll.) Limnobaris T. album, L. Balaninus venosus, Grav. (glandium, Brit. Cat.) SCOLYTIDAE Scolytus destructor, Ol. — pruni, Ratz. — intricatus, Ratz. — rugulosus, Ratz. — multistriatus. Marsh Hylastinus obscurus. Marsh Hylesinus crenatus, F. — oleiperda, F. — fraxini, F. — vittatus, F. Myelophilus piniperda, L. Cissophagus hederae, Schm. Ear- disley Phloeopthorus rhododactylus, Marsh Tomicus bidens, F. Platypus cylindrus, F. LEPIDOPTERA Butterflies and Moths The following list runs to well over 1,300 species, the actual number being 1,332. Although it largely owes its size to its richness in Micros, yet the number is nevertheless large for a county which must be reckoned among the smaller ones, and has, moreover, neither coast-line, open sandy heaths, nor fens or marshes. It has, however, one valuable asset in a strip of mountain moorland on its Welsh side, which at its highest point is upwards of 2,200 ft. above sea-level, the greatest altitude in England proper south of Yorkshire. Here the fauna is largely of a northern character, and several interesting species seem to reach their most southerly English habitat on this elevated ground. Such, to mention only some of them, are Larentia caestata, Hadena glauca, Pamplusia mercuriana, Or