INSECTS 



Cryptophagid^ {continued) 



Ephistemus gyrinoides, Marsh. In haystack 

 refuse ; common everywhere 



— globulus, Payk. As the preceding ; 



rare. Sheerness ; perhaps a variety 

 of E. gyrinoides 



SCAPHIDIID^ 



Scaphidium quadrimaculatum, Ol. In rot- 

 ten stumps, logs, fungi, etc. ; not 

 uncommon. Cobham Park, Darenth 

 Wood 



Scaphisoma agaricinum, L. As the pre- 

 ceding ; not uncommon. Chatham, 

 Sheerness, Whhstable, Darenth and 

 Birch Woods, etc. 



— boleti, Panz. As the preceding ; not 



common. Snodland, Whit stable. Birch 

 Wood, Bishop's Wood 

 Mycetophagid^ 



Typhsea fumata, L. In haystack refuse 

 and granaries ; common every- 

 where 



Triphyllus suturalis, F. In fungi on old 

 trees ; not common. Sheerness 



— punctatus, F. As the preceding ; 



common 



Litargus bifasciatus, F, Under bark of 

 beech and other trees ; local. Dar- 

 land Hill, Boxley, Westerham, Maid- 

 stone 



Mycetophagus quadripustulatus, L. In 

 fungi, rotten wood, etc. ; common 

 and generally distributed 



— piceus, F. In fungi on old trees and 



in damp logs ; very rare. Cobham 

 Park, Lee 



— atomarius, F. Under loose dry beech 



bark ; locally common. Chatham, 

 ^eendown Warren, Holly Hill, 

 Wigmore Wood, Brasted, Sevenoaks, 

 Westerham, Farnborough, etc. 



— quadriguttatus, Mull. In decayed ash, 



cut grass, haystack bottoms, granary 

 refuse, etc. ; rare. Cobham Park, 

 Dartford, Sheerness 



— multipunctatus, Hellw. In fungi on 



trees, under bark, etc. ; very local. 

 Sheerness, Darenth Wood, Sandwich 

 (abundant, Gorham) 

 Dermestid^ 



Dermestes vulpinus, F. In hides, furs, 

 etc. ; only too common 



— frischii, Kug. In dead animals, etc. ; 



rare. Greenwich, Deal 



— murinus, L. In small dry carcases 



(birds, mice, moles, etc.) ; common 



— undulatus, Brahm. In dead birds, fish, 



etc. ; usually on the coast ; local, 

 but widely distributed 



— lardarius, L. In skins, bacon, dead 



Dermestid^ {continued) 



animals, etc. ; far too common in 

 houses and warehouses, rarer out of 

 doors 



Attagenus pellio, L. In skins, furs, natural 

 history specimens, etc. ; common 



Megatoma undata, Er. In skins and furs, 

 also on palings, under bark, and even 

 in flowers ; very local and usually 

 rare. Lewisham, Lee, Darenth 



Tiresias serra, F. Under dry bark ; 

 rare. Greenwich, Cobham Park, 

 Sheerness 



Anthrenus varius, F. In natural history 

 specimens, also on flowers ; not com- 

 mon. Lee, Cowley, Dover, etc. 



— musaeorum, L. As the preceding; 



too common 



— claviger, Er. On flowers ; local. 



Sheerness, Chatham district, Darenth 

 Wood 

 Byrrhid^ 



Syncalypta spinosa, Rossi. In chalky places, 

 at roots of grass, in moss, etc. ; locally 

 common at times, but as a rule rare. 

 Darland Hill, Cuxton, Snowledge 

 Bottom, Sheerness, Faversham, Deal, 

 Folkestone 



— hirsuta. Sharp. As the preceding ; 



locally common. Darland Hill, 

 New Brompton, Higham, Cuxton, 

 Faversham, Farnborough, Deal, Folke- 

 stone 

 Byrrhus pilula, L. At roots of grass, in 



moss, etc. ; generally common 

 var. dennyi, Steph. Sandy and chalky 



places ; at roots of Teucrium scoro- 



donia; rare. Tunbridge Wells, Cow- 



ley 



— fasciatus, F. Sandy places ; not un- 



common, but very local. Chattenden, 

 Whitstable, Sheerness 



— dorsalis, F. Sandy places ; rare. Plum- 



stead, Cowley, West Wickham, Belve- 

 dere, Dover 



— murinus, F. At roots of heath, in 



moss, etc. ; rare. Plumstead 



Cytilus varius, F. Damp places, in moss, 

 at roots of grass ; local. Chatten- 

 den, Wigmore Wood, Sheerness 



Simplocaria semistriata, F. In flood re- 

 fuse, moss, etc. ; common. 



Limnichus pygmaeus, Sturm. Sandy and 

 chalky places, in moss, etc. ; rare. 

 Higham, Sheerness, Sheppey, Deal 



Aspidiphorus orbiculatus, Gyll. In brown 

 powdery fungus or rotten wood ; 

 rare. Cobham Park, Wigmore Wood, 

 Bishop's Wood, Darenth Wood, Faver- 

 sham 



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