INSECTS 



Ptinid^ 



Ptinus germanus, F. In old posts ; rare. 

 Orpington (Power) 



— sexpunctatus, Panz. In old wood ; 



sometimes in houses ; rare. Black- 

 heath 



— fur, L. In old wood, often in houses ; 



far too common 



— subpilosus, Mull. In rotten wood and 



small carcases ; sometimes with ants ; 

 very rare. Cohham Park, one ex- 

 ample (J. J. W.) 

 [ — pilosus. Mull. Said to have been 

 taken at Chatham, but probably in 

 error] 



Niptus hololeucus, Fald. In old houses, 

 cupboards, etc. ; generally distri- 

 buted 



Hedobia imperialis, L. In old hedges, some- 

 times on the wing ; not common. 

 Darenth Wood, JVcit JVickham, Coh- 

 ham Park, Darland Hill, Faversham, 

 Tonbridge, Deal 

 Anobiid^ 



Dryophilus pusillus, Gyll. By sweeping 

 under fir trees ; local and usually 

 scarce. Darland Hill, Cohham Park, 

 Birch Wood, Favenham 



— anobioides, Chev. In old stumps of 



broom, also bred from dead bramble 

 sticks ; very rare. Plumstead, Maid- 

 stone 



Priobium castaneum, F, In dead hedges, 

 decayed hornbeam, old posts, etc. ; 

 rather common 



Anobium denticolle, Panz. In old oak 

 trees ; very rare. Erith, on an old 

 fence (Power) 



— domesticum, Fourc. In old wood, in 



houses, old buildings, hedges, etc. ; 

 only too common 



— fiilvicorne, Sturm. In dead hedges ; 



common 



— paniceum, L. A common introduced 



species, found in old flour, bread, 

 biscuit and other stores 



Xestobium tessellatum. In old wood of 

 willow and oak ; also in houses ; 

 common and generally distributed 



Ernobius mollis, L. In old posts ; also 

 under fir trees ; local. Sheerness, 

 Cohham Park, Lee, Whitstahle 



Ptilinus pectinicornis, L. In old posts ; 

 also in decaying oak, willow and 

 hornbeam ; not uncommon 



Ochina hederse, MuU. In old ivy ; not 

 uncommon 



Xyletinus ater, Panz. In decayed wood ; 

 very rare. Charlton (Janson), Ton- 

 bridge (Horner) 



Anobiid^ {continued) 



Coenocara bovistae, HofF. In Lycoperdons; 

 rare. Beanted, Tonbridge, Deal 



Dorcatoma chrysomelina, Sturm. In de- 

 ca}'ed oak trees ; very rare. Ton- 

 bridge (Horner) 



— flavicornis, F. In fungi on trees ; very 



rare. Cohham Park, 1889 and 1895 

 (J- J- w.) 



BOSTRICHID^ 



Dinoderus substriatus, Payk. Very rare. 



Darenth Wood, one example (G. 



Lewis) 

 Rhizopertha pusilla, F. An introduced 



species ; found in old stores, on 



walls of oil mills, etc. 

 Lyctid^ 



Lyctus canaliculatus, F. On oak palings, 



under bark, etc. ; locally common 



— brunneus, Steph. On oak palings 



and in oak stumps ; very rare. 

 Cohham Park, one specimen, July, 

 1889 (J. J. W.) 

 Sphindid^ 



Sphindus dubius, Gyll. In powdery fungus 

 on old wood ; rare. Cohham Park, 

 Chatham 



Cis boleti, Scop. In boleti, especially Poly- 

 pori, on the bark of rotten trees ; 

 very common 



— villosulus, Marsh. In boleti, also under 



bark of willow ; locally common. 

 Rochester district, Chatham, Graves- 

 end, Darenth Wood 



— micans, Herbst. In boleti, etc. ; not 



common. Darland Hill, Chatham, 

 Gravesend, Hawkhunt, West Wickham 



— hispidus, Payk. In boleti ; local. 



Hailing Downs (common), Chat- 

 ham, Cuxton, Darenth Wood 



— bidentatus, Ol. In boleti ; not un- 



common 



— alni, Gyll. In boleti, also on old 



stumps ; local, and as a rule rare. 

 Darenth IVood, Hawkhurst, Cohham 

 Park (under dead boughs lying on 

 the ground) 



— nitidus, Herbst. In boleti ; common 



— pygmaeus. Marsh. In boleti, on de- 



caying hornbeam and other trees. 

 Cohham Park, not rare (J. J. W.) ; 

 Tonbridge, as a rule rare 



— festivus, Panz. In boleti and dead 



bou2;hs ; rare. Cohham Park, Dar- 

 land Hill, Whitstahle 



— fuscatus, Mell. In boleti ; very local ; 



bred in abundance from hard white 

 fungus on oak. Cohham Park, 

 1896-7 (J. J. W.) 



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