A HISTORY OF KENT 



BuPRESTlD>« {continued) 



oak, birch, etc. ; very local. Darenth 



Wood 

 Agrilus angustulus, III. As the preceding ; 



very local. Darenth Wood 

 Aphanisticus pusillus, Ol. By sweeping, 



in moss, etc. ; rare. Chattenden, 



Strood, Deal, Folkestone 

 Trachys minuta, L. On sallows and 



hazels ; local. Chattenden, Chatham, 



Darenth Wood 



— pumila, 111. By sweeping short herb- 



age ; in moss and at roots of Marru- 

 bium vulgare, etc. ; very rare. Cob- 

 ham Par-^, eight examples in 1897-8 



— troglodytes, Gyll. In moss and on 



flowers ; rare. Cuxton, one speci- 

 men (J. J. W.) ; Chatham ; Folke- 

 stone (Waterhouse) 



ThROSCIDj^ 



Throscus dermestoides, L. Often com- 

 monly found by evening sweeping ; 

 generally distributed and common 



— carinifrons, Bonv. By evening sweep- 



ing ; very local. Cobham Park, Chat- 

 tenden, St. Marys Island (rather 

 plentiful, J. J. W.), Sheppey, Chisle- 

 hurst, Tonbridge (in numbers, A. C. 

 Horner) 



— elateroides, Heer. At roots of grass; often 



in salt marshes, and by evening sweep- 

 ing ; very local. Rainham, St. Mary's 

 Island, Chatham, Sheerness, Cowley 



— obtusus. Curt. In moss, haystack 



refuse, etc. ; not common as a rule 

 and very local, but occasionally in 

 numbers. Lee, Sheerness, Darland 

 Hill, Chatham 



EUCNEMID^ 



Melasis buprestoides, L. In decaying beech 

 and hornbeam ; local. Cobham Park, 

 sometimes plentiful (J. J. W.) ; Seven- 

 oaks, Darenth Wood, Tonbridge 

 ElateriDj* 



Lacon murinus, L. On grassy hillsides, 

 under stones, etc. ; common 



Cardiophorus asellus, Er. Sandy places, 

 at roots of grass and by sweeping ; 

 very local and as a rule rare. Faver- 

 sham, Darenth Wood, Birch Wood 



Cryptohypnus quadripustulatus, F. Damp 

 grassy places ; scarce. Lee, Cowley 



Elater sanguinolentus, Schr. At roots of 

 heath, on nettle flowers, etc. ; rare. 

 Darenth Wood 



— pomonas, Steph. Very rare. Darenth 



IFood (Stephens), but this record re- 

 quires confirmation 



— elongatulus, F. In decaying oaks ; 



very rare. Darenth Wood (Power) 



ELATERiDii: [continued) 



Elater balteatus, L. On birches ; occasion- 

 ally in rotten wood of oak and birch ; 

 not uncommon. Darenth Wood, Birch 

 Wood, Abbey Wood, Shooters Hill, and 

 probably general 



Ischnodes sanguinicollis, Panz. In rotten 

 wood and fungus ; rare. Greenwich, 

 Blackheath, Sheerness 



Ludius ferrugineus, L. In decayed trees ; 

 very rare. Darenth Wood; the species 

 has not been taken for many years 



Melanotus punctolineatus, Pel. Sandy 

 places, at roots of grass, etc. ; rare. 

 Pegwell Bay, Deal, Dover 



— rufipes, Herbst. In rotten wood and 



on the wing ; common 

 var. castanipes, Payk. In rotten 



wood; rare. Cobham Par k{]. ]. W .), 



Tonbridge (Horner) 

 Athous rhombeus, Ol. In decaying trees 

 and logs ; also on bracken ; very 

 rare. Cobham Park, one specimen, 

 (H. A. Maling) 



— niger, L. By sweeping in woods ; not 



uncommon 



— longicollis, 01. By sweeping in woods ; 



not uncommon 



— difFormis, Lac. By sweeping, especially 



at night ; not common. Eastry (Got- 

 ham) ; Ramsgate,'m alders(Stephens) ; 

 Sandwich (Waterhouse) ; St. Peter's, 

 Isle of Thanet (T. Wood); Deal 

 (Hull) 



— hasmorrhoidalis,F. On bracken, !;szels, 



birches, etc. ; very common through- 

 out the kingdom 



— vittatus, F. As the preceding, but local. 



Darenth Wood 

 Limonius cylindricus, Payk. By sweeping 

 in damp places ; rare. Birch Wood 



— minutus, L. On flowers, etc. ; local, 



but not uncommon 

 Adrastus limbatus, F. By sweeping in 

 grassy places in woods ; local. 

 Sheerness, Chatham, Sevenoaks 



— pusillus, F. By sweeping long coarse 



grass in open ground. Sandwich 

 (E. A. Waterhouse), Deal and Dover 

 (Hall) 

 Agriotes sputator, L. Under stones, at 

 roots of grass, etc. ; common and 

 generally distributed 



— obscurus, L. As the preceding ; very 



common 



— lineatus, L. As the preceding ; very 



common 



— sordidus. 111. Sandy coasts and banks 



of rivers, under stones and in flood 

 refuse ; very local and usually rare. 



