INSECTS 



CocciNELLID^ {continued) 



Scymnus haemorrhoidalis, Herbst. Common 

 and generally distributed 



— capitatus, F. Local. Rochester district, 



Lee, Faversham 



— ater, Kug. Sandy places, at roots of 



grass, etc. ; rare. Deal 



— minimus, Rossi. Very local. Chat- 



ham, Borland Hill, Cobham, Belve- 

 dere, Sheerness, Darenth fVood, Birch 

 Wood 



Platynaspis luteorubra (villosa, Fourc). 

 Very local. Darland Hill, Chat- 

 ham, in profusion under bark of 

 dead fir trees in winter (J. J. W.) ; 

 rarely under oak bark, Queendown 

 Warren (J. J. W.) ; Deal, Folke- 

 stone 



Chilocorus similis, Rossi. Local, but not 

 uncommon. Chatham, Darenth 

 Wood, Chattenden, Shooters Hill, 

 Folkestone 



— bipustulatus, L. Apparently very local. 



Brasted 

 Exochomus 4-pustulatus, L. Locally com- 

 mon. Chatham, Dartford, Shooters 

 Hill. Under fir bark, Darland Hill, 

 scarce (J. J. W.) 

 Rhizobius litura, F. Common everywhere 

 Coccidula rufa, Herbst. Very common and 

 generally distributed 



— scutellata, Herbst. Marshy places on 



aquatic plants ; local. Gravesend, 

 Sheerness, St. Mary's Island, Birch- 

 ington (abundant), Pegwell Bay 

 Endomychid^ 



Mycetaea hirta. Marsh. In haystack re- 

 fuse, cornbins, etc. ; often in cellars 

 about beer drippings and in fungi in 

 wine cellars. Generally distributed 

 and common 



Alexia pilifera, Mull. Locally common 

 and widely distributed 



Lycoperdina bovistas, F. In pufF balls 

 (Lycoperdon bovistae) ; very local, 

 but generally common where found. 

 Birch Wood 



Endomychus coccineus, L. In fungoid 

 growth, and under bark of decaying 

 birch, elm, etc. ; locally common. 

 Sevenoaks, Lewisham, Cobham Park, 

 Cuxton, ^leendown JVarren, Boxley, 

 Westerham, Abbey Wood, Sittingbourne 



EaOTYLIDiE 



Dacne humeralis, F. In hard boleti on 

 beech and elms ; rare. Sheerness 



— rufifrons, F. In fungoid growth on 



trees ; locally common 

 Triplax russica, L. In fungi on trees ; not 

 common. Darenth Wood 



EROTYLiDiS: {continued) 



Triplax lacordairei, Crotch. In fungoid 

 growth on ash and other trees ; 

 very rare. Darenth Wood (Cham- 

 pion), Frith (Power) 



Cyrtotriplax bipustulata, F. In fungi on 

 trees and rotten stumps ; local and 

 not common. Darenth Wood, Birch 

 Wood 



CoLYDIIDiB 



Aglenus brunneus, Gyll. In manure heaps, 

 cornbins, hotbeds, etc. ; rare. Ash- 

 ford 



Oxylaemus variolosus, Duft. (coesus, Er.). 

 Under bark ; very rare. Charlton 

 (Pelerin) 



Orthocerus muticus, L. Sandy places ; 

 local, but not uncommon. Sheerness, 

 Deal, Dover 



Cicones variegatus, Hellw. Under bark of 

 beech and hornbeam ; rare. Brom- 

 ley, Chatham, Westerham, Chilham 



Langelandia anophthalma, Aub6. Very 

 rare ; the only locality in Britain is 

 St. Peter's, Thanet, where I took it 

 in decaying seed potatoes in 1886 

 in the Rev. J. G. Wood's garden, 

 where his son had discovered it some 

 little time before 



Cerylon histeroides, F. Under bark and 

 in ants' nests ; rather common 



— fagi, Bris. Under bark and under 



fallen beech branches ; rare. Cob- 

 ham Park, Chatham, Sevenoaks, 

 St. Mary Cray, Darenth Wood 



— ferrugineum, Steph. (angustatum, Er.). 



Under bark of felled ash and beech 

 trees ; very local, but occasionally 

 abundant. Cobham Park, Chatham, 

 Chilham 



HlSTERID.«: 



Hister quadrimaculatus, L. Formerly not 

 uncommon on or near the coast. 

 Gravesend, Sheerness, Chatham, Whit- 

 stable, Heme Bay, Ramsgate, Deal. 

 Appears now to be much less often 

 met with 



— unicolor, L. Generally distributed and 



common 



— cadaverinus, HofF. Generally distri- 



buted and common 



— succicola, Thoms. In carcases and 



also putrid fungi and at sap ; not 

 common. Cobham Park, Sevenoaks, 

 Darenth and Birch Woods 



— purpurascens, Herbst. Local but widely 



distributed 



— neglectus, Germ. Not uncommon in 



several localities. Banks of Medway, 

 not common 



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