INSECTS 



Lathridiid/e {continued) 



Corticaria umbilicata, Beck, (cylindrica, 

 Mann.). In moss ; very local. 

 Chattenden, Strood, Shooters Hill. 

 Mr. Walker records it as being 

 much less common than it used to 

 be 



— fulva, Com. I have a record of this 



species from ' Kent,' but I consider 

 it to be doubtful 



— clongata, Humm. In refuse, moss, 



etc. ; generally distributed and com- 

 mon 



— fenestralis, L. (rufula, Zett.). As the 



preceding ; not common, and usually 

 occurs singly. Chattenden, Chatham, 

 Darenth Wood, Sevenoaks 

 Melanophthalma gibbosa, Herbst. In moss, 

 haystack refuse, etc. ; abundant 

 everywhere 



— transversalis var. w^ollastoni, Wat. 



In moss, haystack refuse, etc., 

 and also in and among rushes on 

 the coast ; rare, but plentiful some- 

 times where it occurs. Sheerness, 

 Darenth Wood, Chatham, Kingsgate. 

 We do not apparently possess the 

 type form in Britain 



— fuscula, Humm. In moss, refuse, etc. ; 



very common 



— fulvipes. Com. (curta, Woll.). Sandy 



places on the coast, in decaying sea- 

 weed and at roots of grass ; locally 

 common 

 CucujiD^ 



Pediacus dermestoides, F. Under bark 

 and in chinks of freshly cut oaks, 

 etc. ; very rare. Cobham Park 

 (Walker) 



Lsemophloeus bimaculatus, Payk. Under 

 bark of oak, beech and hornbeam ; 

 very rare. Gore Court near Beantal 

 (Gorham), Bromley, Kent (under oak 

 bark) 



— duplicatus, Waltl. Under bark of 



beech, oak, etc., also in fungus ; 

 very local, and as a rule rare. Cob- 

 ham Park, rare in dry fungus ; 

 Maidstone, Farnhorough, Bromley (in 

 numbers) 



— pusillus, Schon. In a granary at Strood; 



probably introduced 



— ferrugineus, Steph. In haystack refuse, 



in granaries and under bark ; com- 

 mon ; probably introduced 

 • — ater, OI. In dead stems of broom ; 

 rare. Darenth Wood 



— clematidis, Er. In dead stems of Cle- 



matis vitalba ; rare. Gravesend 

 (Janson), Dartford (Champion) 



CucujiD.-E [continued) 



Brontes planatus, L. Under bark of dead 

 beech trees ; very rare. Blackheath 

 (Douglas) 



Psammachus bipunctatus, F. Marshy 

 places, in refuse, etc. ; local. Lee, 

 Higham, Rainham, Snodland, Strood, 

 Bearsted, Wickham, Birchington, 

 Folkestone 



Silvanus surinamensis, L. In sugar, in 

 granaries, etc. ; an introduced 

 species ; not uncommon. Cobham 

 Park, by sweeping 



— unidentatus, F. Under bark of 



oak, beech, etc. ; local. Cobham 

 Park 



— similis, Er. Very rare ; one specimen 



in a birch faggot, Cobham Park 

 (J. J. W.). Mr. Champion has 

 taken it abundantly at Esher in 

 Surrey, but only in dead branches 

 of Scotch fir 



BYTURIDiE 



Byturus sambuci. Scop. On flowers ; rather 

 common 



— tomentosus, F. On flowers, especially 



on raspberry blossoms ; common 

 Cryptophagid^ 



Diphyllus lunatus, F. In the black fungus 



and under bark of old ash trees ; 



rare. Chatham, Sheerness 

 Telmatophilus sparganii, Ahr. In stems 



of Sparganium, Typha, etc. ; rare. 



Pegwell Bay, Hythe, Sandwich 



— caricis, Ol. In stems of Typha, also 



by sweeping in marshy places ; com- 

 mon. Snodland, Sheerness, Lee, 

 Hythe 



— typhsc. Fall. In stems of Typha, also 



in flood refuse, etc. ; locally com- 

 mon. Snodland, Chatham, Sheerness, 

 Hythe 



— schonherri, Gyll. As the preceding ; 



not uncommon. Sheerness, Deal 

 ■ — brevicollis, Aubc. As the preceding ; 

 rare. Sheerness, Birchington, Pegwell 

 Bay, Sandwich, Hythe 

 Antherophagusnigricornis, F. On flowers; 

 also in and about nests of humble 

 bees, and taken attached to the bees 

 in flight ; rather common 



— pallcns, Gyll. Often in and near 



humble bees' nests ; rare, ^teen- 

 down Warren, Chattenden, Cobham 

 Park, Darenth Wood, Folkestone, 

 Dover, Birchington, Kingsgate, etc. 



— silaceus, Herbst. By sweeping ; prob- 



ably with humble bees ; rare. Dar- 

 land Hill (very rare), Darenth (Food, 

 Gravesend, Deal, Folkestone 



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