A HISTORY OF KENT 



Cryptophagid^ (continued) 



Cryptophagus lycoperdi, Herbst. In Lyco- 

 perdons ; locally common 



— setulosus, Sturm. In fungi, refuse, 



etc., also in nests of humble bees ; 

 not uncommon and widely distributed 



— pilosus, Gyll. In haystack bottoms, 



cut grass, etc. ; often in hotbeds ; 

 common 



— punctipennis, Bris. As the preceding ; 



local 



— ruficornis, Steph. In black fungus on 



old ash trees ; usually rare. Strood 

 (Champion), Cobham Park. It has 

 been taken in some numbers at 

 Strood by Mr. J. J. Walker since 

 Mr. Champion recorded it 



— populi, Payk. In fungi, rotten wood, 



etc., also about the burrows of bees' 

 nests, especially CoUetes daviesiana ; 

 local and usually rare. Sydenham, 

 Margate 



— saginatus, Sturm. In fungi, refuse ; 



local. Sheerness, Gravesend 



— umbratus, Er. In haystack refuse, etc. ; 



rare. Plumstead, St. Peter's {hie oj 

 Thanet) 



— scanicus, L. As the preceding ; com- 



mon everywhere 

 var. patruelis, Sturm. With the type 

 form, but much rarer 



— badius, Sturm. As the preceding ; not 



common. Sheerness, Darenth, Lee, 

 Gravesend, Tonbridge, Folkestone 



— dentatus, Herbst. As the preceding ; 



very common 



— distinguendus, Sturm. As the preced- 



ing ; not uncommon, but local 



— acutangulus, Gyll. As the preceding ; 



local. Sheerness, Lee, Deal 



— fumatus, Gyll. In cellars, etc. ; very 



rare. Deal 



— cellaris. Scop. In refuse, haystack 



bottoms, etc. ; not uncommon. Cob- 

 ham Park, Rochester, Sheerness, Graves- 

 end 



— affinis, Sturm. As the preceding and 



also in fungi ; not uncommon in 

 some localities. Cobham Park, scarce 



— pubescens, Sturm. In moss and hay- 



stack refuse ; local. Chatham, Cob- 

 ham Park (attached to wasps' nests) 



— bicolor, Sturm. In haystack refuse, 



etc. ; not common. Sheerness, Strood 

 Micrambe vini, Panz. On the flowers of 

 gorse and broom, also in stable re- 

 fuse ; common everywhere 

 Paramecosoma melanocephalum, Herbst. 

 On sallows, in flood refuse, etc. ; 

 rare. Chatham 



Cryptophagid^ [continued) 



Caenoscelis pallida, Woll. Evening sweep- 

 ing, also in runs of Formica fuliginosa; 

 rare. Chatham, Cobham Park 

 Atomaria barani, Bris. Marshy places, at 

 roots of grass and in flood refuse ; 

 rare. Eltham, Lee 



— nigriventris, Steph. (nana, Er.). Very 



common 



— umbrina, Er. In moss, dead leaves, 



refuse, etc. ; local. Lee, Darenth IVood 



— linearis, Steph. As the preceding ; 



common everywhere 



— badia, Er. In dead branches of Scotch 



fir ; rare. Gravesend (Power), Dover 

 (Hall) 



— fuscipes, Gyll. In haystack refuse, 



manure heaps, and under seaweed 

 near the coast ; local. Sheerness, 

 Chatham, Deal 



— peltata, Kr. In haystack and vegetable 



refuse ; rare. Chatham, Cobham Park, 

 Sheerness 



— munda, Er. As the preceding ; local. 



Strood, Sheerness, Lee, Cowley 



— impressa, Er. As the preceding ; very 



rare. Lee, one specimen (Sharp) 



— fuscata, Sch. As the preceding ; local. 



— atra, Herbst. Damp places, by sweep- 



ing ; very rare. Leigh, one speci- 

 men (Miss Shepherd) 



— pusilla, Payk. In moss, haystack re- 



fuse, by evening sweeping, etc. ; 

 local. Sheerness, Lee 



— atricapilla, Steph. As the preceding ; 



very common 



— berolinensis, Kr. As the preceding ; 



local. Sheerness, Lee, Sevenoaks, IVhit- 

 stable. West Wickham, Tonbridge 



— basalis, Er. In vegetable refuse ; 



very scarce. Darenth Wood 



— mesomelinus, Herbst. Marshy places, in 



flood refuse and at roots of grass ; 

 locally abundant. Sheerness, Higham, 

 Snodland, Eltham 



— gutta, Steph. As the preceding ; 



locally abundant. Sheerness, Chat- 

 ham, Rochester, Maidstone, Birchington 



— apicalis, Er. In haystack and other 



refuse, hotbeds, etc. ; local. Lee, 

 Chatham 



— analis, Er. As the preceding ; locally 



common 



— ruficornis. Marsh. Very common 



— versicolor, Er. In sheep dung ; rare. 



Shooters Hill 

 Ephistemus globosus, Waltl. In haystack 

 refuse, in dung, under bark, etc. ; 

 rare. Snodland, Lee, Cowley, Charl- 



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