A HISTORY OF KENT 



HiSTERiDi^ {continued) 



Hister carbonarius, 111. Generally distri- 

 buted and common 



— sinuatus, 111. Very rare. Dartford 



Heath (Stephens) ; doubtfully indi- 

 genous 



— bissexstriatus, F. Not common, but 



occasionally in numbers. Blackheath, 

 Deal ; Sheerness in profusion in 

 flood refuse (J. J. W.) 



— i2-striatus, Schr. Local. Blackheath, 



. Chatham Dockyard, Sheerness, Deal 



— bimaculatus, L. Common and widely 



distributed 



Carcinops minima, Aube. Common and 

 widely distributed 



Paromalus flavicornis, Herbst. Not un- 

 common. Greenwich, Chatham, Cob- 

 ham, Chilham 



Dendrophilus punctatus, 111. In nests of 

 Formica fuliginosa, also in rotten 

 wood and dead animals ; not com- 

 mon. Greenwich, JFest Wickham 



— pygmaeus, L. In nests of Formica 



rufa ; local. Plumstead, IVigmore 

 Wood 



Myrmetes piceus, Payk. In nests of 

 Formica rufa ; local. Plumstead 



Gnathoncus nannetensis, Mars. In birds' 

 nests, dead birds, haystack refuse, 

 etc. ; not common. Cobham Park, 

 Lee, Sheerness, Deal 



Saprinus nitidulus, Payk. Generally dis- 

 tributed and common 



— aeneus, Gyll. Generally distributed 



and common 



— immundus, Gyll. On sandhills near 



the coast ; very local. Deal 



— virescens, Payk. In dung, sometimes 



on flowers of watercress feeding on 

 the larvae of Phaedon cochlearise ; 

 rare. Cobham Park, Sheerness, 

 Darenth Wood, Maidstone, Sand- 

 wich, Deal, Folkestone 



— metallicus, Herbst. On sandhills near 



the coast ; rare. Deal 



— rugifrons, Payk. On the coast ; rare. 



^Deal 



— maritimus, Steph. On the coast ; rare. 



Margate 

 Abraeus globosus, HofF. In rotten wood ; 

 local. Cobham Park, Abbey Wood, 

 West Wickham 



— granulum, Er. As a rule very rare, 



but taken in some numbers in 1889 

 in the rotten wood of an ash tree at 

 Cobham Park 

 Acritus minutus, Herbst. In manure heaps 

 and hotbeds, etc. ; rather common. 

 Sheerness, Greenwich, Whitstable 



HlSTERID.^ {continued) 



Onthophilus striatus, F. In dung, vege- 

 table refuse, etc. ; not uncommon 



MlCROPEPLIDi€ 



Micropeplus porcatus, Payk. Local. Seven- 

 oaks, Birch Wood 



— staphylinoides, Marsh. Local. Sheer- 



ness, Faversham 



— margaritae, Duv. Generally distributed 



NlTIDULlDi€ 



Brachypterus gravidus. 111. On Linaria 

 vulgaris ; not uncommon and widely 

 distributed 



— pubescens, Er. On nettles ; generally 



distributed 



— urticae, Kug. On nettles ; very com- 



mon everywhere 

 Cercus pedicularius, L. On Spiraea ul- 

 maria in marshy places ; not com- 

 mon. Greenhithe, Maidstone 



— bipustulatus, Payk. On Spiraea, Epilo- 



bium, Carex, etc. ; local. Snodland, 

 Maidstone, Wingham near Sandwich 



— rufilabris, Latr. Often on reeds and 



rushes and on other[plants ; common 

 Carpophilus hemipterus, L. Chatham Dock- 

 yard, one specimen at sap of a Cossus 

 infected poplar (J. J. W.) 

 Epuraea decemguttata, F. At sap of oaks, 

 etc. ; rare. Tonbridge 



— diffusa, Bris. One specimen at sap of 



a Cossus infected poplar in Chatham 

 Dockyard (J. J. W.) 



— asstiva, L. In hawthorn blossom in 



spring ; very abundant 



— melina, Er. With the preceding ; 



local. Chatham, Darenth Wood 



— florea, Er. Under bark, at sap and in 



flowers ; local but not uncommon 



— deleta, Er. Usually in fresh Boleti ; not 



uncommon. Snodland, Darenth Wood, 

 Chatham 



— parvula, Sturm. In faggots ; very 



local. Darenth Wood 



— obsoleta, F. Under bark, at sap, in 



fungi, etc. Not uncommon 



— neglecta, Sturm. At sap of freshly cut 



trees, also in faggots ; very rare. 

 Darenth Wood (Champion), West 

 Wickham (Janson) 



— pusilla, Er. Under bark and at sap ; 



local. Darenth Wood 



Omosiphora limbata, F. In fungi, etc. ; 

 local, sometimes plentiful. Chatham, 

 Cobham Park, Sheerness, Dartford 



Micrurula melanocephala. Marsh. On 

 flowers and trees in blossom in early 

 summer ; local. Cobham Park, in pro- 

 fusion on maple blossoms ; Sevenoaks, 

 St. Mary Cray, Birch Wood, Dover 



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