INSECTS 



ScaraBj€id^ {continued) 



Chatham, Broadstalrs, Kingsgate, Ash- 

 ford. Mr. Walker records it as 

 abundant in Sheppey in late autumn 

 and early spring 

 Aphodius punctato-sulcatus, Sturm. Com- 

 mon everywhere 



— prodromus, Brahm. Common 



— contaminatus, Herbst. Common every- 



where 



— obliteratus, Panz. Local. Birch JVood, 



Darenth Wood, Cohham Park, Ton- 

 bridge 



— zenkeri, Germ. Local and rare. Cob- 



ham Park, Sevenoais 



— luridus, F.' Local, but not uncommon. 



Whitstahle, ^teendoivn Warren, Cob- 

 ham Park 



— rufipes, L. Very common everywhere 



— depressus, Kug. Local. Chatham. The 



typical red variety is extremely 

 rare 

 Heptaulacus sus, Herbst. Sandy places, 

 in dung ; local. Deal, Sandwich 



— villosus, Gyll. Sandy and chalky places ; 



by sweeping, etc. Considered one 

 of the rarest British beetles until 

 Dr. Sharp and Mr. Walker took 

 it in great profusion by sweeping 

 in a very limited grassy spot on 

 the south side of Cobham Park, on 

 20 June, 1889 



Oxyomus porcatus, F. In vegetable re- 

 fuse, hotbeds, etc. ; not uncommon 

 and widely distributed 



Pssamobius sulcicollis, Herbst. On the 

 coast ; in and on the sand, occa- 

 sionally under seaweed ; rare. Deal, 

 Dover 



i^lgialia arenaria, F. On the coast ; prob- 

 ably common, but I only have a 

 record from Deal 



Odontaeus mobilicornis, F. In dung ; 

 usually taken on the wing ; very 

 rare. Darenth Wood, Birch Wood, 

 Charlton, Dartford 



Gcotrupes typhoeus, L. Under cow dung. 

 Greenwich, and probably general 



— spiniger, Marsh. In dung ; generally 



distributed and common 



— stercorarius, L. In dung ; generally 



distributed and common 



— mutator, Marsh. In dung ; generally 



distributed and common 



— sylvaticus, Panz. In dung ; generally 



distributed and common 



— vernalis, L. Local. Greenwich, Plum- 



stead, Belvedere, etc. 

 1 The entirely black variety is not uncommon 

 !n Cobham Park and neighbourhood. 



ScARAB^ffilDi^: {continued) 



Geotrupes pyrenaeus, Charp. Sandy heaths ; 

 very local and rare. Belvedere 



Trox sabulosus, L. Sandy places ; in dry 

 carcases, rams' horns, etc.; rare. Sund- 

 ridge, Dover 



— scaber, L. In dry carcases, hides, bones, 

 etc. ; local. Blackheath, Tonbridge 



Hoplia philanthus, FUss. On flowers, etc. ; 

 local, but usually common where it 

 occurs. Chatham, Lee, West Wick- 

 ham, Sheerness, Tonbridge, Pegiuell 

 Bay, Dover, etc. 



Homaloplia ruricola, F. The black variety 

 is very rare. On flowers ; as a rule 

 rare. Cobham Great JVood, ^leen- 

 doivn Warren, Horsted, Darenth Wood, 

 Dover, Sandwich (in numbers, and also 

 a black variety, C. O. Waterhouse) 



Serica brunnea, L. By sweeping ; also on 

 or about poplars and birch ; local. 

 Sevenoaks, Lee, etc. Rochester district. 



not common 



Rhizotrogus solstitialis, L. Generally dis- 

 tributed and often in profusion, flying 

 about trees at dusk 



Melolontha vulgaris, F. About trees, fly- 

 ing at dusk ; generally distributed 

 and often in great abundance. Mr. 

 Walker records it as ' decidedly less 

 abundant now than in former years ' 

 in the Rochester district 



[Polyphylla fullo, F. All the known British 

 specimens up to Stephens' time were 

 recorded as taken between Hythe and 

 Ramsgate, chiefly in the neighbour- 

 hood of Deal and Sandwich. One 

 has occurred at Belvedere, Kent, since, 

 but the species is certainly not indi- 

 genous] 



Phyllopertha horticola, L. On flowers, 

 young trees, etc. ; common 



Anomala frischi, F. Sandy places, usually 

 on the coast ; not uncommon at 

 Deal, and probably widely distri- 

 buted 



Cetonia aurata, L. On flowers ; gene- 

 rally distributed and common 



Gnorimus nobilis, L. On flowers and in 

 orchards, in the rotten wood of trees, 

 etc. ; very rare. One specimen, road 

 between Farningham and Darenth 

 Wood, 1896 (R. W. Lloyd) 



BuPRESTIDit 



Agrilus biguttatus, F. Found flying about 

 and settling on oak stumps and felled 

 timber ; in clearings in woods ; very 

 local. Darenth Wood (in some num- 

 bers, Power and Champion) 



— laticornis, 111. By beating young hazel. 



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