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Beetles of Rochester District. 



THE Beetle tribe is one of immense numerical extent, and the 

 British list is a very long one, numbering, according to 

 Catalogue by T. Hudson Beare, B.Sc, F.R.G.S., F.G.S., and 

 H. St. J. K. Donisthorpe, F.Z.S., F.G.S. (1904), 3262 species, of which 

 Mr. J.J.Walker, R.N., recorded in the "Rochester Naturalist" the 

 capture in our District of 1510, i.e. 46-3 per cent, of the whole. The 

 following list, with slightly altered and abridged remarks, is taken 

 from his record in the pages of the '' Rochester Naturalist," of species 

 collected within a seven-mile radius. 



The majority of these, like the Lepidoptera are vegetable feeders, 

 often confining their attention to one or two plants ; but a considerable 

 number feed upon other insects, dead bodies of larger animals, etc. 

 Their wide ran^e of feeding and their ubiquity of habitat largely 

 accounts for their great number of specific forms. 



ClCINDEWD.^. 



Cicindela campesiris (Tiger Beetle) — General!}^ distributed. 



Carabid.^. 

 Cychrzis rostrahcs. — Local. In rotten wood. Bredhurst, Boxley. Rare. 

 Carabus catemilatus. — Cobham Park. Occasional. 



,, violaceus. — Generally common. 



,, nemoj-alis. — Strood. Rare. In moss. 



,, granulahis. — Snodland. Willow stumps. 



,, monilis. — Chalky places. Queendown Warren, etc. 



,, monilis var : consitus. — Rare. Formerly taken at Gillingham. 

 Notiophihis biguttahis. — In Moss, on paths, etc. Common. 



,, stibst7-iahcs.—Qi^nQ.X2i\\y distributed. 



,. aquatictis. — In Moss. Darland Hill, etc. 



,, palustris. — In Moss. Dailand Hill, etc. Rather common. 



,, 7-ufipes. — Cobham Park. Rare. Under logs. 

 Leishis fulvibai-bis. — Damp places. Snodland, Higham, Cobham Park. 



,, spinibarbis. — Common. Under stones, etc. 



,, ferrugineus. — Damp places. Snodland, etc. 



,, nifesccus. — Damp places. Snodland, etc. 

 Nebria brevicollis. — Common everywhere. Under stones. 

 ElaphriLS mpre2(s. — Borders of ponds. 



Loricerx pilicornis.—Yery common. Under logs, bark, etc. Cobham 

 Park. 



