Coleoptera Collection (page 9)

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Coleoptera: *Agonum austriacum (Cranch?s Agonum), probably = Agonum viridecupreum (a mainland-European species) [Plant: Serratula tinctoria (Common Saw-wort)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Callistus lunatus (Kent Carabus) [Plant: Scabiosa columbaria (Small Scabious)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Elaphrus uliginosus (Dark-legged Elaphrus) [Plant: Cardamine pratensis (Common Ladies? Smock)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Lamia nubila = Mesosa nebulosa (Clouded Lamia) [Plant: Lathyrus tuberosus (Orobus tuberosus, Heath or Wood Pea)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Clivina collaris (Winged Clivina) [Plant: Galeopsis ladanum (Red Hemp-nettle)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Steropus concinnus = Pterostichus madidus var. concinnus (Mountain Steropus) [Plant: Saxifraga cernua (Drooping Bulbous Saxifrage)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Throscus obtusus = Trixagus obtusus (Minute Throscus) [Plant: Dianthus armeria (Deptford Pink)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Rugilus fragilis (Red-necked Rugilus) [Plant: Viola canina (Dog?s Violet)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Malachus bispinosus = Malachius marginellus Olivier (Spined Soft-beetle) [Plant: Adonis annua (Asonis autumnalis, Pheasant?s Eye)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Stenus kirbii = Stenus guttula (Kirbian Stenus) [Plant: Lysimachia nemorum (Yellow Pimpernell)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Cryptophagus populi (Dark Cryptophagus Fungus-feeder) [Plant: Lathraea squamaria (Great Tooth-wort)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Hydrophilus caraboides = Hydrochara caraboides (Globose Pond-beetle) [Plant: Glyceria fluitans (Poa fluitans, Flote Meadow-grass)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Mycetophagus piceus (Orange-spotted Fungus-eater) [Plant: Boletus submentosus ] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Melandrya canaliculata (Scarce Melandrya), = Melandrya dubia (doubtfully British) [Plant: Symphytum officinale (Common Comfrey)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Cybister roeselii (Roesel?s Diving Beetle, a Mainland-European species) [Plant: Hottonia palustris (Water Violet)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Cicones carpini = Cicones variegatus (Hornbeam Cicones) [Plant: Moehringia trinervia (Arenaria trinervis, Plantain-leaved Sand-wort)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Blaps obtusa, Blaps lethifera (Blunt-tailed Blaps) [Plant: Helleborus viridis (Green Hellebore)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Cacidula scutellata = Coccidula scutellata (Spotted Cacidula) [Plant: Cardamine bulbifera (Dentaria bulbifera, Bulbiferous Coral-wort)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Bledius skrimshirii = Bledius furcatus var. skrimshirii (Skrimshirian Bledius) [Plant: Funaria hygrometrica (Little Golden-locks, Golden Maiden-hair)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Badister cephalotes = Broscus cephalotes (Large-headed Badister); Badister bipustulatus (dissections only) [Plant: Ajuga reptans (Common Bugle)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Byrrhus denii = Byrrhus pilula ssp. dennii (Denny?s Byrrhus) [Plant: Cynosurus cristatus (Crested Dog?s-tail Grass)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Dendrophilus sheppardi = Dendrophilus pygmaeus (Sheppardian Hister) [Plant: Iris foetidissima (flower; Stinking Flag)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Cassida salicorniae = Cassida vittata (Samphire Tortoise-beetle) [Plant: Cochlearia danica (Danish Scurvy-grass)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Tetratoma ancora (Black-and-yellow Tetratoma) [Plant: Mycena epipterygia? (Agaricus flavipes, Yellow-stalked Agaric)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Demetrias monostigma (Single-spotted Demetrias) [Plant: Salicornia europaea (Salicornia herbacea, Marsh Samphire)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Hypera fasciculosa = Hypera dauci (Pretty Hypera) [Plant: Galeopsis speciosa (Galeopsis versicolor, Large-flowered Hemp-nettle)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Achenium depressum (Depressed Achenium) [Plant: Narthecium ossifragum (Lancashire Asphodel)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Zonitis testacea = Rhagonycha testacea (Testaceous Zonitis) [Plant: Vinca minor (Less Periwinkle)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Chrysomela adonidis = Entomoscelis adonidis (Lincolnshire Chrysomela: not indigenous) [Plant: Porotrichum alopecurum (Hypnum alopecurum, Fox-tail Feather-moss)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Paederus fuscipes (New Forest Paederus) [Plant: Leucojum aestivum (Summer Snow-flake)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Dianous coerulescens (Rough Dianous) [Plant: Littorella lacustris (male; Plantain Shore-weed)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Hylurgus piniperda = Tomicus piniperda (Pine-feeding Hylurgus) Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Helobia gyllenhalii = Nebria gyllenhalii (Gyllenhal?s Helobia Beetle) [Plant: Saxifraga aizoides (Yellow Mountain Saxifrage)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Dytiscus dimidiatus (Thick-horned Dyticus Beetle) Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Hydaticus cinereus = Graphoderus cinereus (Orange-striped Hydaticus Water-beetle) [Plant: Ranunculus aquatilis (Water Crowfoot)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Obrium cantharinum (Reddish Obrium) [Plant: Malus sylvestris (Pyrus malus, Crab-tree)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Lebia turcica = Lebia scapularis (Yellow-shouldered Lebia) [Plant: Anemone nemorosa (Wood Anemone)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Chlaenius sulcicollis Payk. (Channel-necked Chlaenius), = Agostenus sulcicollis (a mainland-European species) [Plant: Cakile maritima (Bunias cakile, Sea Rocket)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Licinus depressus (Flattened Licinus) [Plant: Anagallis arvensis (Scarlet Pimpernel)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Gyrinus bicolor (Elongated Whirl-wig or Whirligig Beetle) [Plant: Parnassia palustris (Grass of Parnassus)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Necrophorus germanicus (Black-horned Grave-digger) [Plant: ? (Agaricus coccineus Bulliard)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Agrilus chryseis = Agrilus sinuatus (Gold-and-purple Agrilus) [Plant: Verbena officinalis (Vervain)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Acilius caliginosus = Acilius canaliculatus (Pale-thighed Acilius) [Plant: Myosotis palustris (March Mouse-ear)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Cossonus tardii = Mesites tardii (Irish Cossonus Weevil) [Plant: Ilex aquifolium (Holly-tree)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Platypus cylindrus (Cylindric Ambrosia Beetle) [Plant: Geranium pratense (Meadow Crane?s Bill)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Melasis buprestoides (Buprestis-like Melasis) [Plant: Linum anglicum (Linum perenne, Perennial Flax)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Onthophagus taurus (Bull-headed Dung-beetle) [Plant: Achillea ptarmica (Sneeze-wort Yarrow)] Date: 1824-39

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Coleoptera: Pogonus burrellii = Pogonus luridipennis (Burrellian Pogonus) [Plant: Statice limonium (Lavender Thrift)] Date: 1824-39

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