A HISTORY OF KENT 



Staphylinid^ {continued) 



Homalota marcida, Er. Local, but often 

 found in abundance in fungi, leaves, 

 etc., in the autumn 



— intermedia. Thorns. Not common. 



Bexley, T onhndge 



— longicornis, Grav. Common every- 



where 



— sordida. Marsh, (melanaria. Thorns.). 



Very common everywhere 



— testudinea, Er. Locally common 



— aterrima, Grav. Common as a rule 



— pygmaea, Grav. Local. Lee^ Chatham^ 



Sheerness, Tonhridge 



— muscorum, Bris. Widely distributed 



— pilosiventris. Thorns. Rare. Birch 



Wood^ Lee, Tonhridge, Deal 



— laticollis, Steph. (fusca, Sahl.). Com- 



mon 



— subsinuata, Er. Not common. Birch 



Wood 



— montivagans, Woll. (pulchra, Kr.). 



Rare. Sheer-ness, Charlton 



— orbata, Er. On the coast ; rare. 



Whltitahle, Deal 



— fungi, Grav. Very common every- 



where 

 var. clientula, Er. Rather common 



— orphana, Er. Rare. Sheerness, Sheppey 

 Gnypeta labilis, Er. Common 

 Tachyusa constricta, Er. Very local. Ton- 

 bridge 



— scitula, Er. Rare. IVest Wlckham 



— flavitarsis, Sahl. Local. Lee, Tonhridge, 



Bear St ed 



— umbratica, Er. Local. Lee, Tonhridge 



— atra, Grav. Local. Lee, Sheer-ness, Deal 



— concolor, Er. Rare. Lee, Eltham 

 Myrmecopora uvida, Er. On the coast ; 



local. Whltstahle, Rochester, Sheer- 

 ness, Hythe 



— sulcata, Kies. On the coast ; local. 



Whltstahle, Rochester 

 Falagria sulcata, Payk. Very common 



— sulcatula, Grav. Local. Chatham, 



Sheerness, Deal 



— thoracica. Curt. Not common. Birch 



Wood, St. Peter's {Isle of Thanet), 

 Dover 



— obscura, Grav. Common 



Autalia impressa, Ol. Generally distributed 

 and common 



— rivularis, Grav. Local ; not uncom- 



mon 



Encephalus complicans, Westw. Not un- 

 common. Upnor, Lee, Chatham, 

 Sheerness 



Brachida notha, Er. Very rare. Only 

 taken in Britain in two localities in 

 Kent, viz. Chatham district, banks of 



Staphylinid^ {continued) 



Medway at Ralnham (Sharp and 

 Brewer), Folkestone (Rye) 

 Gyrophsena pulchella, Heer. Rare. West 

 JVlckham 



— affinis, Mann. Common 



— gentilis, Er. Not rare 



— nana, Payk. Not common. Tonhridge 



— fasciata, Marsh, (congrua, Er.). Rather 



common 



— minima, Er. Occasionally abundant, 



but local. Birch JVood, Chatham 



— lasvipennis, Kr. Very local, but abun- 



dant where it occurs. Snodland, Ton- 

 hridge 



— lucidula, Er. Very local. Lee, Eltham, 



Snodland 



— strictula, Er. Very local. Maidstone, 



Darenth Wood 

 Agaricochara laevicollis, Kr. Very local. 



Chathatn 

 Placusa pumilio, Er. Not uncommon. 



Lee, Tonhridge 



— infima, Er. Rare. West JVlckham 

 Epipeda plana, Gyll. Local. Sheerness, 



Chatham 

 Silusa rubiginosa, Er. At the exuding sap 



of the small black poplar infected 



with the larva of Cossus ; rare. 



Chatham Dockyard, Tonhridge 

 Leptusa fumida, Er. Very common 

 Sipalia ruficollis, Er. Local. Westerham, 



Cohham Park 



— testacea, Bris. One specimen taken by 



Mr. Champion at Whltstahle, 6 June, 

 1870, which was unique as British 

 for many years until Mr. Blatch 

 found the species at JVeymouth 

 Bolitochara lucida, Grav. Not uncommon 



— lunulata, Payk. Rare. Cohham Park. 



— bella, Mark, (lunulata, Muls. et Rey.). 



Local, but not uncommon, and 

 sometimes in great abundance 



Phytosus spinifer. Curt. On the shore 

 below high-water mark ; not com- 

 mon. Margate, Broadstalrs 



Diglossa mersa, Hal. Under shingle be- 

 low high-water mark ; rare. Sheer- 

 ness 



Hygronoma dimidiata, Grav. Local, but 

 common 



Oligota inflata, Mann. Not uncommon. 



— pusillima, Grav. Generally common 



— atomaria, Er. Rare. Charlton, Ton- 



hridge, Deal 



— punctulata, Heer. (ruficornis, Sharp). 



Very common 



— apicata, Er. Rare. Cohham, Bexley 

 Myllaena dubia, Grav. Local. Lee, Coh- 

 ham, Strood, Tonhridge 



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