INSECTS 



CvCLICA {continued) 



Phyllotreta exclamationis, Thunb. (bras- 

 sicas, F.). Marshy places, on Criici- 

 feras ; very local. Rochester district 

 Aphthona lutescens, Gyll. Marshy places, 

 on Comarum palustre, Ly thrum 

 salicaria, etc. ; very local. Snodland, 

 Maidstone 



— nonstriata, Goeze. On Irispseudacorus; 



locally common. Snodlandy Chatham, 

 Northfleet 



— venustula, Kuts. On the wood-spurge 



(Euphorbia amygdaloides) ; locally 

 common. Rochester district, St. 

 Peter's {Thanet), Chatham, Darenth 

 Wood, Birch Wood 



— atro-coerulea, Steph. By sweeping in 



chalky places ; locally common 



— virescens, Foudr. By sweeping low 



plants in marshy places ; local. 

 Maidstone, Deal, Folkestone 



— atratula, All. In chalky places, on 



Teucrium, Helianthemum, etc. ; 

 locally common. Rochester district, 

 Chatham, Sevenoaks, Margate, Dover 



— herbigrada, Curt. By sweeping in 



chalky places ; locally common. 

 Rochester district, Chatham, Maid- 

 stone, Dover 

 Batophila rubi, Payk. On Rubus and also 

 on low plants ; local. Blue Bell 

 Hill,nenT Chatham, Maidstone, Dover 



— serata, Marsh. On Rubus and haw- 



thorn ; common and generally dis- 

 tributed 

 Sphreroderma testaceum, F. On thistles ; 

 common and generally distributed 



— cardui, Gyll. On knapweed and 



thistles ; common and widely dis- 

 tributed 

 Apteropeda orbiculata, Marsh. By sweep- 

 ing, often found in moss ; common 

 and generally distributed 



— globosa, 111. In moss, etc. ; rare. 



Cohham Great Pari and Walderslade 



(J- J- w.) 

 Mniophila muscorum, Koch. In moss on 



chalky banks, stumps of trees, etc. ; 



locally common. Rochester district, 



Faversham, Birch Wood, Darenth 



Wood, Westerham 

 Podgacrica fuscipes, L. On mallows 



(Malva sylvestris and M. moschata) ; 



common and generally distributed 



— fuscicornis, L. As the preceding 

 Mantura rustica, L. By sweeping, on 



Rumex, etc. ; not very common, but 

 widely distributed 



— obtusata, Gyll. On Spirjea ulmaria, 



Helianthemum, etc. ; local and as 



Cyclica [continued) 



a rule rare. Snodland, HoUinghourne, 

 Maidstone 



Mantura matthewsi. Curt. On Helian- 

 themum, in chalky places ; very local. 

 Rochester district (not rare), Chatham, 

 Faversham, Maidstone, Eastry, Folke- 

 stone 



Ochrosis salicarias, Payk. Marshy places, 

 on Lysimachia, Lythrum and Hyperi- 

 cum ; very local. Cohham Great 

 Wood, on Lysimachia nummularia, 

 in shady places, not rare (J. J. 

 W.) 



Crepidodera transversa, Marsh. On 

 thistles, etc. ; somewhat local but 

 common 



— ferruginea. Scop. On nettles, etc. ; 



common 



— rufipes, L. On Malva, Orobus and 



Vicia ; common 



— ventralis, 111. By sweeping, in moss, 



etc. ; local. St. Mary Cray, Chat- 

 ham, Faversham 



— nitidula, L. On willows and aspens ; 



very rare. Dover (C. G. Hall) 



— helxines, L. On willows, sallows, 



aspens and poplars ; generally distri- 

 buted and common 



— chloris, Foudr. As the preceding ; 



locally common. Snodland, Sheer- 

 ness, Maidstone, Dover 



— aurata, Marsh. As the preceding ; 



very common 



Hippuriphila modeeri, L. Marshy places, 

 on Equisetum arvense ; locally com- 

 mon. Snodland, Sheerness, Faversham, 

 Maidstone, Deal, Folkestone 



Epitrix pubescens, Koch. On Solanum 

 dulcamara, marshy places ; rare. 

 hvade (J. J. W.), Sheppey 



Chaetocnema subccerulea, Kuts. By sweep- 

 ing herbage, in moss, etc. Pegwell 

 Bay, Dover 



— hortensis, Fourc. By sweeping herb- 



age ; common and generally distri- 

 buted 



Plectroscelis concinna, Marsh. By sweep- 

 ing ; abundant everywhere 



Psylliodes attenuata, Koch. On hops ; 

 generally distributed throughout the 

 hop districts and occasionally very 

 destructive 



— chrysocephala, L. On Cruciferx, es- 



pecially near the coast ; common 

 var. anglica, F. Not uncommon 



— napi, Koch. On Cruciferae, especially 



watercress ; common, but not so 

 often met with as the preceding 

 species 



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