INSECTS 



SiLPHlD.*: [continued) 



Agathidium atrum, Payk. Local. Favcr- 

 sham, Bexky, Rochester district ; very 

 scarce 



— seminulum, L. Local. Chatham, 



Sevcnoaks, Darenth Wood, Rochester 

 district 



— Isevigatum, Er. Generally distri- 



buted 



— marginatum, Sturm. Scarce as a rule. 



Sheerness, Chatham, Deal, Darland 

 Hill; not rare (J. J. W.) 



— varians, Beck. Local. Cohhayn Park, 



Chattendcn, ^leendown Warren, Dar- 

 enth Wood 



— globosum, Muls. Rare. Bexky, Dar- 



land Hill, Chatham, Darenth and 

 Birch Woods 



— rotundatum, Gyll. Rare. Chatham, 



Darenth Wood ; sometimes not rare 

 in Cobham Park (J. J. W.) 



— nigrinum, Sturm. As a rule scarce. 



Chatham, Darenth Wood, Cobham 

 Park, Chattendcn, etc. ; frequent 

 (J- J. W.) 



Amphicyllis globus, F. Not common, but 

 occasionally occurs in numbers. As 

 a rule very scarce. Darenth JVood, 

 Chatham, Sheppey, Wigmore Wood, 

 Cobham Park, ^eendown Warren, 

 etc. 



Liodes humeralis, Kug. Locally common 



— orbicularis, Herbst. As a rule rare. 



Chattendcn, Darenth Wood, Strood. 

 In snuff-like fungus on decaying 

 wood. Cobham Park ; common, 

 1885 and 1889. 



Cyrtusa pauxilla, Schmidt. Not uncom- 

 mon, but local. Wigmore JVood, 

 Cobham Park, Charlton, Maidstone, 

 Gravesend, Chatham, Birch Wood 



Anisotoma cinnamomea, Panz. By even- 

 ing sweeping under beech trees in 

 autumn ; rare. Darland Hill, 

 ^leendown Warren, Cobham Park, 

 Chatham, Eythorne near Dover 



— oblonga, Er. (grandis, Fairm.) Very 



rare. Cobham Park 



— picea. 111. Very rare. Sandwich (E. A. 



Waterhouse) 



— dubia, Kug. Not uncommon 



— badia, Sturm. Local, but not uncom- 



mon, and widely distributed 



— ovalis, Schmidt. Rare. Cobham Park, 



Sheppey 



— punctulata, Gyll. (litura, Steph.). 



Local. Cobham Park, ^leendoiun 

 Warren, not rare ; Folkestone 



— calcarata, Er. Generally distributed 



and common 



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Anisotoma curvipes, Schmidt (macropus. 

 Rye). Very rare. Cuxton ; one 

 specimen, 22 June, 1895 (J. J. W.) 



— nigrita, Schmidt. Very local. Darland 



^Hill, Chatham 



— lunicollis. Rye. Very rare. Forest 



Hill (Marsh.), Sydenham (Water- 

 house) 



— triepkei, Schmidt. Very rare. Forest 



Hill (Power) 



— pallens, Sturm. Very rare. Deal; 



three examples, 1873 (J. J. W.) 



— rugosa, Steph. Very rare. Cobham 



Park ; one example, 2 October, 

 1897 (J.J. Walker) 



— parvula, Sahib. Rare. Chattendcn, 



Chatham, Cobham Park, Darenth 



Wood, Whitstable 

 Colenis dentipes, Gyll. Not uncommon 



and generally distributed 

 Agaricophagus cephalotes, Schmidt. Rare. 



Cobham Park, Chatham, Sandwich 



— conformis, Er. Rare. Birch JVood. 



Perhaps not distinct from the pre- 

 ceding 

 Hydnobius punctatissimus, Steph. Rare. 

 ^teendown JVarrcn, Folkestone 



— strigosus, Schmidt. Rare. Chattendcn, 



Cobham Park, Sheppey, Darenth JVood, 

 Maidstone 

 Necrophorus humator, Goeze. Common 

 and generally distributed 



— mortuorum, F. Not uncommon 



— vestigator, Hersch. Rare. Deal 



— ruspator, Er. Rare. Cobham Park 



— interruptus, Steph. Rare. Hailing 



Downs, Cobham Park, Dover 



— vespillo, L. Local. Greenwich, Graves- 



end, Cobham Park, Sheerness 

 Necrodes littoralis, L. Very local and not 



common. Snodland, Hailing Downs 

 Silpha tristis. 111. Local. Darland Hill, 



scarce (J. J. W.); Sheerness, Chatham, 



Deal, Dover 



— obscura, L. Local, but widely distri- 



buted 



— quadripunctata, L. Very local. Dar- 



enth JVood ; Chattendcn, a dark var- 

 iety (J. J. W.) 



— opaca, L. Rare. JVhitstable, Deal 



— thoracica, L. Very local and not 



common. Cobham Park 



— rugosa, L. Generally distributed and 



common 



— sinuata, F. Not uncommon 



— laevigata, F. Not uncommon and 



widely distributed 



— atrata, L. Generally distributed and 



common 



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