A HISTORY OF KENT 



Cyclica {continued) < 



Longitarsus suturellus, Dufts. On Senecio 

 jacobaea; very local. Chattenden,ct.c. 

 var. fuscicoUis, Steph. Locally com- 

 mon 



— atricillus, L. On Medicago and other 



low plants ; common 



— patruelis, All. On Verbascum ; rare. 



Darenth Wood 



— melanocephalus, All. By sweeping ; 



very common 



— atriceps, Kuts. By sweeping ; rare. 



Cobham Great Wood, Darenth 

 Wood 



— distinguendus, Rye. On Teucrium 



scorodonia and Scrophularia nodosa ; 

 very local and usually rare. Roches- 

 ter district, Wigmore Wood and Bhie 

 Bell Hill 



— nasturtii, F. On Echium vulgare ; 



rare. Lee, Darenth Wood, Birch 

 Wood 



— piciceps, Steph. On Senecio jacobaea ; 



locally common. Darenth Wood, 

 Chatham 



— membranaceus, Foudr. (teucrii, All.). 



On Teucrium scorodonia (the wood- 

 sage) ; local. Wigmore Wood, Dar- 

 enth Wood, Chatham, Gravesend, 

 Dover 



— ballotas, Marsh. On Ballota nigra and 



Marrubium vulgare ; locally com- 

 mon. Darenth Wood, Faversham, 

 Chatham, Gravesend, Sheeniess, Birch- 

 ington 



— waterhousei, Kuts. By sweeping herb- 



age ; rare. Chattenden, Chatham 



— exoletus, L. (femoralis, Marsh.). On 



Echium vulgare and Convolvulus 

 sepium ; locally common. Hailing 

 and Cuxton Downs, Darenth Wood, 

 Sheerness, Whitstahle, Maidstone, 

 Dover 



— pusillus, Gyll. On Thymus serpyllum ; 



locally common 



— tabidus, F. (and var. thapsi, Marsh.). On 



Verbascum thapsus ; local but not 

 uncommon where it occurs. Cob- 

 ham Park and neighbourhood, Chat- 

 ham, Sevenoaks, Sheerness, Darenth 

 Wood, Dover 



— jacobaeas, Wat. On Senecio jacobaea 



(ragwort) ; very common 



— ochrolcucus. Marsh. By sweeping 



herbage ; not uncommon 



— gracilis, Kuts. On Senecio jacobasa ; 



locally common 

 - — lavis, Duft. On Chrysanthemum, 

 Artemisia, etc. ; locally common 

 and widely distributed 



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'VCLICA [continued) 

 Longitarsus pellucidus, Foudr. On Tri- 



folium and Mentha ; not common. 



Darenth Wood, Sheerness, Whitstahle, 



Maidstone 

 Haltica lythri, Aube. Marshy places, on 



Epilobium and Lythrum salicaria ; 



locally common. Snodland, Higham, 



Maidstone 



— ampelophaga, Guer. On young hazels 



in woods ; locally common. Darenth 

 Wood, Chattenden, Wigmore Wood, 

 Birch Wood 



— oleracea, L. (pusilla. All. nee Duft.). 



Probably common 



— pusilla, Duft. (helianthemi. All.). On 



Helianthcmum and Epilobium; local. 

 Rochester district, Maidstone 



Hermaeophaga mercurialis, F. On Mer- 

 curialis perennis ; common in woods 

 and hedges 



Phyllotreta nodicornis. Marsh. On the 

 wild mignonette. Reseda lutea ; com- 

 mon on the chalk, though somewhat 

 local 



— nigripes, F. (lepidii, Koch). On 



Crucifcrae ; locally common 



— consobrina. Curt, (melasna, 111.). Very 



local and as a rule not common, 

 but taken in great numbers by the 

 Rev. T. Woo^d at St. Peter s [Isle of 

 Thanet), doing injury to cabbage, 

 etc. IVest Wickham, Maidstone 



— punctulata. Marsh. On Cruciferae ; 



not common. Margate 



— atra, Payk. On Cruciferae ; common 



and generally distributed 



— cruciferae, Goeze (obscurella. 111.). 



Locally common. Lee, Dartford, 

 Sheerness, Plunistead, Margate, Rams- 

 gate, Deal 



— vittula, Redt. On Nasturtium amphi- 



bium and other Cruciferae ; locally 

 common 



— undulata, Kuts. On Cruciferae, espe- 



cially turnips ; this is the ' turnip- 

 fly,' and is only too common 



— nemorum, L. As the preceding ; very 



common ; also spoken of as ' the 

 turnip-fly ' 



— ochripes. Curt. On the hedge mustard 



(Erysimum alliaria) and other Cruci- 

 ferae ; common and widely distri- 

 buted 



— sinuata, Steph. On Raphanus rapha- 



nistrum and other Cruciferae ; rare. 

 Blue Bell Hill [Chatham) and Sheerness 



— tetrastigma. Com. On Cardamine 



amara and nasturtium ; locally 

 common. Snodland, Maidstone 



