A HISTORY OF KENT 



StaphyliniDj« {continued) 



Ischnoglossa prolixa, Grav. (rufopicea, Kr.). 

 Local. Chatham, Cobham Park, 

 Darenth Wood, Tonhridge 



— corticina, Er. Rare. Bromley 

 Ocyusa incrassata, Kr. Rare. Sheerness, 



Cobham Park 



— maura, Er. Common 



— picina, Aube. Rare. Maidstone, Bear- 



sted, Tonbridge 

 Phloeopora reptans, Grav. Under bark ; 



not common 

 Ocalea castanea, Er. Rare. Cobham Park 



— latipennis, Sharp. Rare. Tonhridge 



— badia, Er. Usually common. Rochester 



district, scarce 

 Ilyobates nigricollis, Payk. Rare. Snodland, 

 Birch Wood, Folkestone 



— propinquus, Aube. Very rare. West 



Wickham 



— forticornis, Lac. 



Very rare. Snodland, 

 Rare. Shooters Hill, 



one specimen 

 Calodera riparia, Er. 

 Tonbridge 



— asthiops, Grav. Local. Darenth Wood, 



Lee, Gravesend, Sheerness 



— rubens, Er. Very local ; occasionally 



found in abundance in flood refuse 

 in early spring. Lee (Power) 



— umbrosa, Er. Not common. Darland 



Hill, Bromley, Darenth, Chatham, 

 Charlton, Deal 

 Chilopora longitarsis, Er. Common 

 Dinarda markeli, Kies. In nests of For- 

 mica rufa ; not uncommon 

 Atemeles emarginatus, Grav. In nests of 

 Formica fusca, Myrmica scabrinodis, 

 M. ruginodis and M. Ijevinodis. Not 

 uncommon 



— paradoxus, Grav. In nests of Myrmica 



laevinodis and Formica fusca. Very 

 rare. Charlton, Folkestone 

 Myrmedonia limbata, Payk. In association 

 vv'ith Formica flava, F. fusca and F. 

 fuliginosa ; not uncommon ^ 



— humeralis, Grav. In nests of Formica 



rufa ; rather common 



— cognata, Mark. In nests of Formica 



fuliginosa ; scarce. Tonbridge 



— laticollis, Mark. In nests of Formica 



fuliginosa. Locally common. Chat- 

 ham, Upnor 

 Astilbus canaliculatus, F. Very common 

 everywhere 



• I cannot find an actual Kent record for 

 Myrmedonia funesta, Grav., but it almost cer- 

 tainly occurs in the nests of Formica fuliginosa, as 

 it is common in Surrey and the London district 

 generally. M. lugens, Grav., also probably occurs 

 in Kent.— W. W. F. 



StaphylinidvI: [continued) 



Callicerus obscurus, Grav. Local, but 

 widely distributed 



— rigidicornis, Er. Rare. Chatham, Cob- 



ham Park, Upnor, Lewisham, Esher, 

 etc. 

 Thamiaraea cinnamomea, Er. At the 

 exuding frass of Cossus infected 

 trees. Local. Sittingbcurne, Cobham 

 Park 



— hospita, Er. At frass as the preceding. 



Local. Sheerness, Sittingbourne, Cob- 

 ham Park 

 Notothecta flavipes, Grav. In nests of 

 Formica rufa. Common 



— confusa, Mark. In nests of Formica 



fuliginosa. Rare. Charlton 



— anceps, Er. In nests of Formica rufa. 



Common 

 Alianta incana, Er. Local, but widely 

 distributed 



— plumbea, Wat. On the coast ; locally 



common. Dover, Folkestone 

 Homalota planifrons, Wat. Very rare. 

 Charlton Pit 



— gregaria, Er. Very common 



— eximia, Sharp. Very rare. Tonbridge 



(Horner) 



— longula, Heer. Rare. Tonbridge 



— littorea, Sharp. On the coast ; local. 



Sheerness, Deal 



— imbecilla, Wat. On or near the coast ; 



local 



— luteipes, Er. Rare. Sheerness, Ton- 



bridge 



— luridipennis, Mann. Local. Chatham, 



Darland Hill 



— gyllenhali, Thoms (londinensis. Sharp). 



Local. Lee 



— hygrotopora, Kr. Local. Tonbridge 



— elongatula, Grav. Very common 



— volans, Scriba. Common 



— vestita, Grav. Abundant on the coast 



— silvicola, Fuss. Rare. Bexley, Darenth 



Wood, Esher, Tonbridge 



— vicina, Steph. Very common 



— pagana, Er. Local and not common. 



Cobham Park, Darenth, Tonbridge 



— graminicola, Gyll. Common 



— halobrectha. Sharp. On or near the 



coast ; not uncommon 



— algae. Hardy (puncticeps, Thoms.). On 



the coast ; not uncommon 



— occulta, Er. Rare ; Gravesena 



— fungivora, Thoms. Not uncommon 



— nigella, Er. Not uncommon. Lee, 



Sheerness, Strood 



— aquata, Er. Rather common under 



bark of various trees 



— angustula, Gyll. Locally common 



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