INSECTS 



Elaterid^ {continued) 



Chatham, Strood, Sheerness (in num- 

 bers), Sheppey 

 Agriotes sobrinus, Kies. By beating and 

 sweeping in woods; rather local. 

 Chatham, Darenth Wood 



— pallidulus, 111. As the preceding ; com- 



mon 

 Dolopius marginatus, L. As the preceding ; 



local. Darenth Wood, Chatham 

 Corymbites quercus, Gyll. By sweeping 



and beating ; not common. Birch 



and Darenth JVoods, Belvedere 



— holosericeus, F. By sweeping, under 



stones, etc. ; local. Darenth Wood, 

 Lee 



— asneus, L. Grassy places ; rare. Belve- 



dere, West Wickham, Birch Wood 



— metallicuSjPayk. By sweeping bracken, 



etc. ; sometimes on sallows ; rare. 

 Darenth Wood 



— bipustulatus, L. In decaying willow ; 



also by sweeping. Tonbridge, Sand- 

 wich 



Campylus linearis, L. By beating and 

 sweeping in woods ; not rare 

 Dascillid.^ 



Dascillus cervinus, L. In chalky places, 

 on flowers ; local, and sometimes 

 plentiful 



Helodes minuta, L. In damp places by 

 sweeping ; also on sallows and alder ; 

 local, but not rare 



Microcara livida, F. By sweeping ; also 

 on hawthorn ; local. Chathatn, Sheer- 

 ness, Lee, Darenth Wood 



Cyphon coarctatus, Payk. By sweeping 

 in damp places ; rare. Snodland, 

 Chattenden, Sheerness 



— nitidulus, Thorns. As the preced- 



ing ; rather common 



— variabilis, Thunb. As the preceding ; 



common 



— pallidulus. Boh. As the preceding ; 



rather common, but local. Lee, 

 Chatham, Chattenden, Snodland, Sheer- 



— padi, L. As the preceding ; local. Lee, 



Chattenden, Snodland, Dover 

 Prionocyphon serricornis. Mull. By sweep- 

 ing ; also in decaying logs ; very rare. 

 Darenth Wood, Birch Wood, Cobham 

 Park 

 Scirtes hemisphaericus, L. Marshy places ; 

 on sallow and alder ; local. Tonbridge, 

 Pegwell Bay, Deal 



— orbicularis, Panz. As the preceding ; 



very local and usually rare. Near 

 Cltffe (in numbers), Gravesend, Sheer- 

 ness^ Deal 



LycidjE 



Platycis minutus, F. In or on old stumps 

 of fir and ash ; very rare. Cobham 

 Park, Birch Wood, Darenth Wood, 

 Ashford, Tunbridge Wells, Sandwich 

 Lampyrid^e 



Lampyris noctiluca, L. On grassy and 

 mossy banks ; the male often flies 

 to light ; somewhat local, but more 

 or less common 



Silis ruficollis, F. By sweeping; very rare ; 

 a pair on rushes, Snodland, 20 June, 



1895 (J. J. W.) 

 Telephorid^e 



Podabrus alpinus, Payk. On various trees ; 

 locally common. Darenth Wood 



Telephorus fuscus, L. By sweeping Umbel- 

 liferas, etc. ; local. Gravesend, Snod- 

 land, Chattenden, Dartford 



— rusticus. Fall. On flowers and shrubs ; 



common everywhere 



— lividus, L. On flowers and shrubs ; 



common everywhere 

 var. dispar, F. Rare. Folkestone 



— pellucidus, F. On flowers and shrubs ; 



local. Darenth Wood, Chatham dis- 

 trict, common 



— nigricans. Mull. On flowers in woods 



and lanes ; local. Darenth Wood, 



Chatham district 



var. discoideus, Steph. Not uncom- 

 mon. Darenth Wood, Chatham dis- 

 trict, Whitstahle, etc. 



— lituratus. Fall. Chiefly on Umbellifers ; 



rather common 



— figuratus,Mann. On hawthorn blossom. 



Chattenden and Snodland, not rare ; 

 not however a common insect 



— bicolor, F. On flowers, oaks, etc. ; 



common 



— haemorrhoidalis, F. Chiefly on haw- 



thorn blossoms ; local. Rochester dis- 

 trict, Darenth JVood, Lee 



— oralis. Germ. On flowers, etc., especially 



near the coast ; local. ^atAfj/^r dis- 

 trict, Gravesend, Lee, Sheerness, Whit- 

 stable, Deal 



— flavilabris, Fall. On flowers, etc. ; 



generally distributed and common 



— thoracicus, Ol. By sweeping in marshy 



places, on osiers, etc. ; very local. 

 Sydenham, Belvedere, Tonbridge, Peg- 

 well Bay, Dover 

 Rhagonycha unicolor. Curt. By sweeping 

 long grass in woods ; rare. Cobham 

 Park, Snodland, Citxton, ^teendown 

 Warren, Darenth JVood, Sevenoaks, 

 Maidstone 



— fuscicornis, Ol. Chiefly on hawthorn 



blossoms in woods ; local, but not 



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