A HISTORY OF KENT 



Telephoridje {continued) 



rare. Rochester district, Darenth 

 IVood, Lee, Sevenoais, Dover 

 Rhagoiiycha fulva, Scop. Chiefly on Um- 

 bellifersc ; very common everywhere 



— tcstacea, L. On flowers, etc., especially 



hawthorn blossom ; in damp places ; 

 not common. Rochester district, Ton- 

 bridge 



— limbata. Thorns. By sweeping ; very 



common 



— pallida, F. Chiefly in woods ; common 

 Malthinus punctatus, Fourc. In woods ; 



rather common 

 - — fasciatus,01. In woods ; rather common 



— balteatus, SufFr. In woods ; rather 



common 



— frontalis. Marsh. By beating and 



sweeping under fir trees ; not com- 

 mon. Cobham Park, Birch IVood 

 Malthodes marginatus, Latr. By beating 

 and sweeping in woods ; common 



— mysticus, Kies. By beating and sweep- 



ing ; rare. Tonhridge 



— fiavoguttatus, Kies. By sweeping in a 



damp thicket at iSnart'/awa', rare (J. J.W.) 



— dispar, Germ. By beating and sweep- 



ing in or near woods ; rare. Darenth 

 Wood 

 ■ — pcllucidus, Kies. On young birches, 

 grass, etc. ; rare. Sevenoaks 



— minimus, L. In damp places, by sweep- 



ing ; common 



— atomus, Thoms. In or near woods; 



local ; scarce in the Rochester dis- 

 trict ; rather common in some places. 

 Lee, Sevenoaks, Darenth JVood, Folke- 

 stone, etc. 

 Melyrid.^ 



Malachius aeneus, L. On flowers, especially 

 in woods, etc. ; local. Chatham, Chat- 

 tenden, Lee, Sheerness, Darenth JVood, 

 Belvedere, Tonhridge 



■ — bipustulatus, L. By general sweeping ; 

 common everywhere 



— viridis, F. As the preceding ; rather 



common and widely distributed 



— marginellus, Ol. On flowers, mostly 



on the coast ; locally common. 

 Snodland and Cohham Park, rare ; 

 JVhitstahle,Birchiyigton,Folkestone,Deal 

 Axinotarsus pulicarius, F. On Umbclli- 

 fcras ; rare. Charlton 



— ruficollis, Ol. By sweeping ; locally 



common. Beckenham, Erith, Ton- 

 hridge, etc. 

 Anthocomus fasciatus, L. By sweeping ; 

 on Umbellifcr;e ; sometimes on sal- 

 lows and willows ; local, but widely 

 distributed 



Melyrid.^ (continued) 



Dasytes flavipes, F. (plumbeus. Mull). By 

 sweeping herbage in lanes and woods ; 

 not uncommon 



— oculatus, Kies. As the preceding ; 



rare. Cobham Park under oaks, 

 Chatham, Darenth JVood 



— arosus, Kies (plumbeo-niger, Goeze). 



Local, but not uncommon 



Psilothrix nobilis, 111. On flowers, especially 

 of Hieracium, on the coast ; locally 

 common. JVhitstahle, Heme Bay, etc. 



Dolichosoma lineare, Rossi. Grassy banks 

 on the coast ; local, but not uncom- 

 mon. Sheerness, Deal 



Haplocnemus impressus. Marsh. Under 

 bark of elm, oak, pear, etc. ; rare. 

 Sheerness 



PhlcEophilus edwardsi, Steph. Under bark 

 and in rotten wood ; also by sweep- 

 ing ; rare. Cohham Park, Tonbridge, 

 Maidstone 

 Clerid^ 



Tillus elongatus, L. On decaying wood ; 

 sometimes on elder blossom. Cobham 

 Park, Sydenham, Darenth JVood, Ton- 

 bridge 



Opilo mollis, L. By sweeping and beating 

 dead hedges ; as a rule rare. Upnor, 

 Darland Hill, Lee, Darenth JVood, 

 Chatham, Sheerness, JVhitstahle 



Tarsostenus univiltatus, Rossi. On flowers, 

 etc. JVinchmore Hill, Kent. Two 

 specimens recorded by Stephens and 

 Curtis. It has recently been found 

 in some numbers at Harwich by Mr. 

 VVIiitaker 



Thanasimus formicarius, L. Under bark 

 of felled trees, especially fir ; very 

 local. Sheerness, Maidstone, Bearsted, 

 Deal, JValmer, Dover 



Necrobia ruficollis, F. In carcases, old 

 bones, etc. Common 



— violacea, L. In dry carcases ; also on 



flowers. Darland Hill, etc. Rochester 

 district, not rare (J. J. W.). I can 

 find no other record 



— rufipes, De G. In old bones and car- 



cases ; local. Greenwich, Sheerness 

 Corynetes coeruleus, De G. In old bones, 

 etc. ; also on flowers ; local, but 

 widely distributed, and occasionally 

 common 

 Drilid^ 



Drilus flavescens, Rossi. By sweeping in 

 chalky places where snails occur plenti- 

 fully ; male not uncommon locally ; 

 female extremely rare. Rochester 

 district, Strood, etc. ; Darenth JVood, 

 Ashford, Dover, Folkestone 



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