A HISTORY OF KENT 



Ischtmies sangumicoUis, Athoiis rhombeiis and Agriotes sordidus must not be 

 forgotten, and Melanoius puncto-Uneatus is one of the prizes of the Deal 

 sandhills, and has also been taken at Pegwell Bay and at Dover. 



The very rare Prionocyphon serriconiis has occurred in decaying logs 

 in Darenth and Birch Woods and in Cobham Park, and one pair of 

 Silis^ rujicollis has been found at Snodland by Com. "Walker. This species 

 is mostly confined to the fenny districts of Cambridgeshire and Norfolk. 

 Mr. Lewis captured one specimen of Dliioderus substriatus in Darenth 

 Wood. We have already alluded to the capture of Cis bilamellatm. 

 This insect was found in numbers by the Rev. T. Wood in West 

 Wickham Wood, and has not occurred elsewhere. 



Several good species of Longicornia are found in the county, the 

 best being perhaps Hylotntpes baju/us, Molorchus iwibellatariim and 

 Strangalia scutellata. The latter species, which is not uncommon at times 

 in the New Forest, has been found very rarely in Cobham Park by Com. 

 Walker. Mr. S. Stevens many years ago recorded the capture of the 

 very rare S. revesiita on flowers in Darenth Wood. 



The Phytophaga are very well represented. No less than thirteen 

 species of Cryptocephalus occur. The very rare Agelastica alni has recently 

 been taken at Deal by Mr. Jennings and Mr. Bedwell. Nearly thirty 

 species of Longitarsus are found in the county, including L. agilis, L. 

 distinguendus and other good insects, and Mr. Hall has taken the very 

 rare Crepidodera nitidula near Dover. Eleven species of Cassida have 

 been recorded, including C. mun-cea, C. fastuosa^ C. sanguinolenta, C. 

 riobilis and C. hemisphcerica. 



Among the Heteromera the most notable species are perhaps the 

 following : T'etratoma desmaresti and T". ancora, Anisoxya fusciila, Osphya 

 bipunctata, Oncomera femorata (this strange insect is nocturnal in its habits 

 and is found on ivy and sallows and also comes to ' sugar '), Mordellistena 

 abdom'malis, Anaspis melanostoma, several very rare species of Meloe and 

 Situris muralis. 



Judging from the varied flora of Kent, we should naturally expect 

 the Rhynchophora to be well represented, and such is certainly the case. 

 Many very good bark and decayed wood species also occur, such as 

 Macrocephalus albinus and Tropideres niveirostris. More than seventy 

 species of Apion are found, two of them being peculiar to the county, 

 and most of the other genera occur in much the same proportion. It is 

 hard to particularize, but the following species are worthy of especial 

 notice : Ccenopsis Jissirostris (Chislehurst and Plumstead), Brachysomus 

 hirtus (Cobham Park and Tonbridge), Hypera tigrina (Folkestone), Procas 

 armillatus (Darland Hill), Ceuthorrhynchus syrites (Birch Wood and Erith), 

 C. suturelha (Hythe, etc.), and C. pilosellus (Deal, etc.), Phytobius quadri- 

 nodosus (hte), Baris scolopacea (Sheerness), and Cryphalus fagi (Westerham 

 and Tonbridge). 



* In the recently published List of the Beetles of Ireland, by the Rev. W. F. Johnson and Mr. J. 

 L. Halbert, this species is recorded as having been taken abundantly on the south bank of the Slaney 

 estuary near Killurin, Wexford, by sweeping herbage close to high water mark. — W. W. F. 



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