INSECTS 



Hydrophilid.*; [continued) 



Sphaeridium bipustulatum, F. Very com- 

 mon 

 var. marginatum, F. Not uncommon 

 Cercyon littoralis, Gyll. Abundant all 

 along the coast, on the shore 



— depressus, Steph. Not uncommon with 



the preceding 



— hsmorrhous, Gyll. Local. Snodland, 



Sheerness 



— hamorrhoidalis, Herbst. Common 



— obsoletus, Gyll. Local, and as a rule 



not common 



— aquaticus, Muls. Scarce. Sheppey, 



Sheerness 



— flavipes, F. Common 



— lateralis, Marsh. Local. Darenth 



Wood, Blue Bell Hill, Strood, Lee 



— melanocephalus, L. Very common 



— unipunctatus, L. Common 



— quisquilius, L. „ 



— nigriceps, Marsh. Not common. 



Greenwich, Rochester district 



— pygmaeus. 111. Not uncommon 



— terminatus. Marsh. Local and not 



common. IVhitstahle, Cobham, Green- 

 wich 



— analis, Payk. Common 



— lugubris, Payk. Local. Lee, Sheerness 



— minutus, Muls. Not common. Black- 



heath 



Megasternum boletophagum, Marsh. Com- 

 mon 



Cryptopleurum atomarium, Muls. Com- 

 mon 



STAPHYLINIDi€ 



Homoeusa acuminata, Mark. In the runs 



of Formica fuliginosa and F. fusca. 



Rare. Chatham, Upnor, Bromley, 



Tonbridge 

 Aleochara ruficornis, Grav. Near nests of 



Formica rufa and F. fusca. Very 



rare. Charlton 



— fuscipes, F. Very common everywhere 



— lata, Grav. Much less common than 



the preceding 



— brevipennis, Grav. Rare. Whitstable, 



Snodland 



— tristis, Grav. Common 



— bipunctata, Ol. Generally distributed, 



and as a rule common 



— cuniculorum, Kr. Rare. Maidstone, 



West Wickham, Birch Wood, Darenth 

 Wood, Bearsted 



— lanuginosa, Grav. Very common 



— lygaea, Kr. Rare. Eltham, Tonbridge 



— mcesta, Grav. Common 



— mycetophaga, Kr. Rare. Birch JVood 



— maerens, Gyll. Rare. Sheerness, Birch 



Wood 



Staphvlinid^ {continued) 



Aleochara brunneipennis, Kr. Very rare : 

 Frindsbury near Rochester (J. J. W.) ; 

 St. Mary Cray (Sharp) 



— nitida, Grav. Very common 



var. bilineata, Gyll. Not nearly as 

 common as the type form 



— morion, Grav. Common 



— grisea, Kr. Not uncommon on the 



shore in decaying seaweed. Heme 

 Bay, IVhitstahle, Broadstairs 



— algarum, Fauv. Rather common in 



decaying seaweed 



— obscurella, Er. Not uncommon in 



decaying seaweed. Sheerness, Margate 

 Microglossa suturalis, Sahl. Common 



— pulla, Gyll. In holes of the sand 



martin ; not uncommon, but local 



— nidicola, Fairm. In holes of the sand 



martin, etc.; not uncommon. Chisle- 

 hurst, Sevenoaks, Sheerness 

 Oxypoda spectabilis, Mark. Rare. Wig- 

 more Wood, New Brompton, Darenth 

 Wood 



— lividipennis, Mann.* Common 



— opaca, Grav. Common 



— alternans, Grav. Very common in 



decaying fungi 



— exoleta, Er. Rare. Gravesend, Sheer- 



ness, Tonbridge 



— lentula, Er. Locally common. Leey 



Darenth, Eltham, Tonbridge, etc. 



— umbrata, Gyll. Common 



— pectita, Sharp. Not common. Eltham, 



Tonbridge 



— nigrina, Wat. Local 



— exigua, Er. Rare. Deal 



— longiuscula, Er. Common 



— formiceticola, Mark. Common in nests 



of Formica rufa 



— hasmorrhoa, Mann. Common ; often 



in nests of Formica rufa 



— amcena, Fairm. Very rare. Eltham 



— waterhousei. Rye. Rare. Sheerness 



— annularis, Sahl., var. pallidula, Mann. 



Scarce. Tonbridge 



— brachyptera, Steph. Cobham Park 



(G. C. C.) 



— misella, Kr. Rare. Wickham 

 Thiasophila angulata, Er. In nests of 



Formica rufa ; common 



— inquilina, Mark. In nests of Formica 



fuliginosa ; rare. Charlton, Darenth, 

 Maidstone 



1 I have omitted O. vittata, Mark., as I can 

 find no actual record for Kent, but it is sure to 

 occur, as it is locally common in Surrey and the 

 London district generally, in nests of Formica 

 fuliginosa.— "f^ . W. F. 



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