A HISTORY OF KENT 



NlTIDULID^ {continued) 



Cychramus fungicola, Heer. In fungi ; 



not uncommon 

 Cryptarcha strigata, F. At exuding sap of 

 Cossus infested oaks, also under bark ; 

 rare. Cobham Park, Weiterham, 

 Belvedere 



— imperialis, F. With the preceding, 



but more scarce. Cobham Park 

 [As far as I know no species of Ips has been 

 recorded from Kent, but I. quadripunctata pro- 

 bably occurs, as it is not rare in Surrey at sap and 

 under bark.] 



Rhizophagus cribratus, Gyll. Under bark 

 and at roots of trees, especially oak ; 

 rare. Birch Wood 



— depressus, F. Under bark of oak, fir, 



etc. ; local. Chatham, Borland Hill 



— perforatus, Er. Under bark and at 



sap ; not common as a rule. Cob- 

 ham Park, Borland Hill, frequent 

 (J. J. W.); Sheerness, Barenth, St. 

 Peter's {Isle of Thanet) 



— parallelocollis, Er. Under bark, at sap, 



in fungoid growth, etc. ; not com- 

 mon. Cobham Park 



— ferrugineus, Payk. Under bark, at fir 



sap, etc. ; local. Borland Hill, 

 scarce ; Sevenoaks, Barenth Wood 



— bipustulatus, F. Under bark, at sap, 



etc. ; very common 



— politus, Hellw. Under bark of pines, 



etc. ; very rare. Lee, one specimen 

 (Douglas) 



TrOGOSITIDjE 



Nemosoma elongatum, L. Under bark, 

 parasitic on Hylesinus vittatus ; very 

 rare. Barenth Wood (Stephens) 



Tenebrioides mauritanicus, L. In granaries, 

 etc. ; not uncommon — an imported 

 species 



Thymalus limbatus, F. Under bark ; very 

 rare. Westcrham (Stephens) 



MoNOTOMIDi^ 



Monotoma conicicollis, Aube. In nests or 

 Formica rufa ; local, but not uncom- 

 mon where it occurs. Plumstead, 

 Wigmore Wood 



— formicetorum, Thoms. With the pre- 



ceding ; perhaps less common 



— spinicoUis, Aube. In cut grass, hot- 



beds, haystack bottoms, etc. ; not 

 common. Chatham, Barenth Wood, 

 Maidstone, Forest Hill, Kingsgate, 

 etc. 



— brevicollis, Payk. As the preceding ; 



rare. Gravesend, Sheerness, Barenth 

 Wood, Maidstone 



— picipes, Herbst. As the preceding ; 



very common 



MoNOTOMID^ {continued) 



Monotoma quadricollis, Aube. In hay- 

 stack bottoms, dungheaps, etc. ; local, 

 but not uncommon 



— rufa, Redt. In haystack refuse, cut 



grass, etc., sometimes in granaries ; 

 locally common. Lee, Sheerness, El- 

 thom. New Brompton 



— sub-4-foveolata, Wat. As the preced- 



ing ; very rare. Strood and Sheer- 

 ness (J. J. W.) 



— longicollis, Gyll. As the preceding ; 



not common. Sheerness, St. Peter s 

 {Isle of Thanet) 

 Lathridhdj^ 



Anommatus i2-striatus, Wesm. In de- 

 caying wood, refuse, rotten seed 

 potatoes underground, etc. ; rare. 

 Sheerness (Walker), St. Peter's {Isle of 

 Thanet) and Kingsgate (T. Wood) 



Lathridius lardarius, De G. In moss, vege- 

 table refuse, etc. ; generally dis- 

 tributed 



— angulatus, Humm. As the preceding ; 



common 

 Coninomus nodifer, Westw. In vegetable 

 refuse, woodstacks, faggots, etc. ; 

 very common 



— carinatus, Gyll. Under bark, in dead 



twigs, moss, etc. ; very rare. Syden- 

 ham 

 Enicmus minutus, L. In stacks, vegetable 

 refuse, etc. ; abundant everywhere 



— transversus, Ol. As the preceding; 



abundant everywhere 



— testaceus, Steph. In powdery fungus 



on decaying wood ; as a rule rare, 

 but occasionally in numbers. Barenth 

 Wood, Cobham Park 

 Cartodere ruficollis. Marsh. In haystack 

 and other refuse, fungi, etc. ; locally 

 common. Cobham Park, Lee, Plum- 

 stead, Sheerness 



— elongata. Curt. As the preceding. 



Cobham Park, plentiful in dry leaves 

 under a log, October, 1889 (J.J. W.), 

 Greenwich, Gravesend, Bishop's Wood, 

 Barenth Wood, Bearsted 

 Corticaria pubescens, Gyll. (punctulata. 

 Marsh.). In haystack refuse, moss, 

 decaying seaweed, etc. ; not uncom- 

 mon 



— crenulata, Gyll. As the preceding ; 



not uncommon on the coast, rare 

 inland 



— denticulata, Gyll. As the preceding ; 



rather local, but not uncommon 



— serrata, Payk. In refuse, under bark, 



also in ants' nests ; not common. 

 Borland Hill, Chatham 



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