INSECTS 



Staphylinid^ {continued) 



Philonthus agilis, Grav. Local. TFhitstahle, 

 Tonbridge 



— vernalis, Grav. Rare. Higham, Chat- 



tenden and Strood (J. J. Walker) ; 

 Deal (Power) 



— ventralis, Grav. Local. Sheerness, Lee, 



Tonbridge, Dover 



— discoideus, Grav. Not uncommon 



— quisquiliarius, Gyll. Local. Higham, 



Snodland, Lee, Chatham, Faversham, 



Tonbridge 



var. dimidiatus, Er. Rare. Maidstone 



— splendidulus, Grav. Rare. Tonbridge 



(Horner) 



— thermarum, Aub6. Local. IVester- 



ham 



— nigrita, Nord. Rare. Eltham 



— fumarius, Grav. Local. Higham, Lee, 



Elthain, Strood, Folkestone 



— micans, Grav. Local. Banks of Med- 



way, Lee, Birch Wood, Tonbridge 



— astutus, Er. Very rare. Sandgate, two 



specimens (Horner) 



— trossulus, Nord. Very common 



— fulvipes, F. Rare. Snodland, one 



specimen (J. J. W.) 



— punctus, Grav. Rare. Sheerness and 



Gravesend 



— puella, Nord. Rare. Gravesend 

 Cafius fucicola, Curt. Rare. Sheerness 



— xantholoma, Grav. Abundant in de- 



caying seaweed all along the coast 



— sericeus, Holme. Local. JVhitstuble, 



Sheerness, Margate, Kingsgate, Broad- 

 stairs 

 Actobius cinerascens, Grav. Not uncom- 

 mon, but local. Strood, Lee, Sheer- 

 ness, Higham, scarce (J. J. W.) 



— signaticornis, Rey. Rare. Banks of 



Medway below Strood 



— villosulus, Steph. Rare. Higham 



— procerulus, Grav. Local. Whitstahle, 



Lee, Sevenoaks 

 Xantholinus fulgidus, F. Scarce. Ton- 

 bridge 



— glabratus, Grav. Very common 



— ochraceus, Gyll. Local, but not un- 



common 



— atratus, Heer. In nests of Formica 



rufa ; not uncommon 



— glaber, Nord. Under bark, often in 



company with ants ; very rare. 

 IVesterhum, Cobham Park 



— tricolor, F. Not uncommon 



— linearis, Ol. Very common 



— longiventris, Heer. Common 

 Leptacinus parumpunctatus, Gyll. Local. 



Lee, Darenth JVood, Sheerness, Chat- 

 ham, Tonbridge, Kingsgate 

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StaphyliniDjT [continued) 



Leptacinus batychrus, Gyll. Local, but 

 not uncommon ; distributed much 

 as the preceding 



— linearis, Grav. Very common 



— formicetorum, Miirk. In nests of For- 



mica rufa ; local, but not uncommon. 

 Plumstead, Chatham, Frith, Mar- 

 gate 



Baptolinus alternans, Grav. Rather com- 

 mon 



Othius fulvipennis, F. Not uncommon 



— laviusculus, Steph. (punctipennis, Lac.) 



Local, but not uncommon 



— melanocephalus, Grav. Rare. Roches- 



ter district ; perhaps the specimens 

 should be referred to the following 

 species 



— myrmecophilus, Kies. Generally dis- 



tributed and common 

 Lathrobium elongatum, L. Not uncom- 

 mon 



— boreale, Hoch. Widely distributed, 



but not very common 



— fulvipenne, Grav. Very common every- 



where 



— angustatum, Lac. Rare. Higham, 



Strood, Gravesend, Folkestone 



— brunnipes, F. Very common and 



generally distributed 



— longulum, Grav. Generally distributed 



and common 



— punctatum, Zett. Local. Lee, Da- 



renth JVood, Tonbridge 



— quadratum, Payk. Rare. Darenth 



JVood 



— terminatum, Grav. Common 



— pallidum, Nord. Rare. JVest JVick- 



harn 



— multipunctum, Grav. Local. Chat- 



ham, Sheerness, Darenth, Hythe 

 Achenium depressum, Grav. Generally 

 distributed 



— humile, Nic. Not common. Chatham, 



Chattenden, Sheerness, Lee, Tonbridge, 

 Deal, Hythe 



Cryptobium glaberrimum, Herbst (fracti- 

 corne, Payk). Not uncommon 



Stilicus fragilis, Grav. In the damp bottoms 

 of woodstacks ; rare but occasionally 

 in numbers. Darenth JVood, Strood, 

 Cobham, Maidstone, Bearsted, Chat- 

 ham, Tonbridge 



— rufipes. Germ. Common 



— orbiculatus, Er. Local, but not un- 



common 



— subtilis, Er. Local. Darland Hill, 



Tonbridge 



— affinis, Er. Very common 



— geniculatus, Er. Not uncommon 



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