INSECTS 



Bruchid/e 



Bruchus cisti, F. On Helianthemum 

 vulgare ; not uncommon, but some- 

 what local 



— canus, Germ. On sainfoin (Onobrychis 



sativa) ; rare. Hailing Downs, Chat- 

 tenden, Chatham, Gravesend, Darenth 

 Wood 



— pisi, L. In warehouses, in peas, etc. ; 



not rare ; introduced 



— rufimanus. Boh. On beans, under 



bark in winter ; common 



— affinis, Frol. Imported in beans ; rare. 



Sydenham, Bearsted 



— atomarius, L. On flowers ; local but 



widely distributed 



— rufipes, Herbst. (nubilus, Boh.). On 



Leguminosae ; very rare. Gravesend, 

 three specimens, June, 1869 (Power) 



— loti, Payk. On Lathyrus pratensis, 



also on Lotus corniculatus ; local 

 but widely distributed 



— lentis, Boh. On Leguminosx ; rare. 



Gravesend and Birch Wood (Power) 



— villosus, F. (ater, Marsh.). On Legu- 



minosas, Helianthemum, Spartium, 

 etc. ; locally common and widely 

 distributed 



EUPODA 



Orsodacna lineola, Panz. (nigriceps, Latr.). 

 On hawthorn blossom, also on sallows, 

 etc. ; rare, Gravesend and Darenth 

 Wood 



var. humeralis, Latr. On blossom 

 and in decaying wood of haw- 

 thorn ; very rare. Darenth Wood 



Donacia crassipes, F. On the white water- 

 lily and other aquatic plants ; rare. 

 Tonbridge, Deal 



— dentata, Hoppe. On aquatic plants ; 



rare. Sheerness 



— versicolorea, Brahm. (bidens, Ol.). On 



aquatic plants ; local. Lee, Deal 



— sparganii, Ahr. On aquatic plants ; 



rare. Pegwell Bay, in ditches 

 (Gorham), Sandwich 



— limbata, Panz. (lemnas, F.). On aqua- 



tic plants ; local, but widely distri- 

 buted 



— bicolora, Zach. (sagittariae, F.). On 



aquatic plants ; local. Lee, Maid- 

 stone, Deal 



— thalassina. Germ. On Scirpus, Carex, 



etc. ; rare. Pegwell Bay, Deal 



— impressa, F. On Carex, etc. ; rare. 



Maidstone, Sandwich 



— simplex, F. (linearis, Hoppe). On 



rushes, etc. ; common 



— vulgaris, Zach. (typhse, Ahr.). On 



Typha, Sparganium, etc. ; local and 



EuPODA [continued) 



as a rule rare. Lewisham, Pegwell 

 Bay, Deal, Sandwich 

 Donacia clavipes, F. (menyanthidis, Gyll.). 

 On aquatic plants in May and June ; 

 local. Whitstable 



— semicuprea, Panz. (simplex, F. ; syst. 



El.). As the preceding ; local. 

 Dover, Sandwich 



— cinerea, Herbst (hydrochasridis, F.). 



On Sparganium, Typha, Arundo, 

 etc., in May and June ; rare. Wool- 

 wich 



— sericea, L. On aquatic plants ; com- 



mon 



— discolor, Panz. (comari, SufFr.). On 



aquatic plants ; rare. Lewisham^ 

 Deal 



— braccata. Scop, (nigra, F.). On aquatic 



plants in June ; locally common. 

 Greenwich, Woolwich, Gravesend, 

 Whitstable, Bearsted, Pegwell Bay, 

 Deal 



— affinis, Kunze. On Carex, etc., in 



May and June ; local and as a rule 

 scarce. Snodland (locally common), 

 Greenwich, Maidstone, Birchington, 

 Dover 



Haemonia curtisi, Lac. On Potamogeton 

 pectinatus and Zostera marina, in 

 brackish water near the coast ; locally 

 common, but only found in a few 

 localities. Cuxton, Gravesend, Sheer- 

 ness, Birchington 



Zeugophora subspinosa, F. On young 

 aspens in woods ; local, but not un- 

 common 



— flavicollis. Marsh. In woods ; very 



rare. yf^A/or^ (Hart.), 5^Ar/^ji (Stephens) 

 Lema cyanella, L. (puncticoUis, Curt.). By 

 sweeping in meadows ; as a rule on 

 thistles, especially Cirsium arvense ; 

 local. Chattenden, Darenth Wood, 

 Maidstone 



— lichenis, Voet. (cyanella, SufFr. nee L.). 



Marshy places ; very common 



— melanopa, L. On herbage ; common 



and generally distributed 

 Crioceris lilii. Scop, (merdigera, F.). On 

 the white lily, in gardens ; very 

 rare. Deptford ; Chattenden, one 

 specimen, 1895 



— asparagi, L. On asparagus, in gardens ; 



locally common 

 Camptosomata 



Labidostomis tridentata, L. On sallows, 



birches, oaks, etc. ; rare. Darenth 



Wood 

 Clythra quadripunctata, L. On oaks, 



birches and hazels, also by sweeping ; 



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