A HISTORY OF KENT 



Cyclica {continued) 



Psylliodes cuprea, Koch. On Crucifera-, 

 poppies, etc. ; not rare 



— affinis, Payk. On Solanaceae ; common 



and widely distributed 



— marcida, 111. Sandy coasts ; on Cranibe 



and Cakile, etc.; rare. Sheerness 



— dulcamaras, Koch. Chalky places; on 



Solanum dulcamara ; local. Rochester 

 district, Chatham^ Dartford, Darenth 

 Wood, Westerham, Maidstone 



— chalcomera. 111. On thistles, etc.; 



local. Cohham Park, Chatham, 

 IVhttstahle, Maidstone, Folkestone 



— picina. Marsh. Damp places ; on 



Lythrum salicaria, and also on Cir- 

 sium; not common. Snodland, West 

 Wlckham 

 Cryptosomata 



Cassida murrasa, L. On Inula dysenterica 

 (fleabane) and Mentha ; very local 

 and scarce. Greenwich, Plaistow, 

 Dover, Sandwich 



— fastuosa, Schall (vittata, F.). On Sene- 



cio jacobaea ; very rare. Chattenden, 

 Greenwich 



— nebulosa, L. On low plants ; rare. 



Darenth Wood 



— vibex, F. On Centaurea, thistles, etc.; 



local. Darenth Wood, Birch Wood, 

 Belvedere, Cobham Park, Chattenden, 

 Chatham, Faversham, Whitstahle, 

 Tonbridge 



— sanguinolenta, F. On thistles, Achillea 



millefolium and other low plants ; 

 not common. Blue Bell Hill near 

 Rochester, Chatham, Deal, Dover, 

 Folkestone 



— vittata, Vill. (oblonga. 111.). On Sali- 



cornia and other salt marsh plants ; 

 almost always found near the coast ; 

 local, but widely distributed 



— nobilis, L. On low plants in chalky 



and sandy places; local and rather 

 scarce, but very widely distributed 



— flaveola, Thunb. (obsoleta, 111.). On 



starwort and other low plants, also in 

 moss, decaying seaweed, etc. ; common 



— equestris, F. Marshy places on Men- 



tha aquatica; not common. Snodland, 

 Maidstone, Dover 



— viridis, F. On thistles; very common 



— hemisphasrica, Herbst. On Silene in- 



flata and other low plants, at roots of 

 Reseda, etc.; rare and usually found 

 singly. ^eendown Warren, Birch 

 Wood, Lee, Deal, Folkestone 

 Tenebrionid^ 



Blaps mucronata, Latr. In houses and 

 cellars; generally distributed 



Tenebrionid^ {continued) 



Blaps similis, Latr. In cellars and outbuild- 

 ings, also out of doors ; not common. 

 Strood, Kingsgate on the seashore (T. 

 Wood), Dover 



Crypticus quisquilius, L. Sandy places on 

 the coast ; local. Sheerness, Dover, 

 Deal, Sandwich 



Heliopathes gibbus, F. Sandy places on 

 the coast ; locally common. Deal, 

 Dover 



Opatrum sabulosum, Gyll. Sandy places 

 on the coast ; locally common. 

 Whitstable, Deal, Dover 



Microzoum tibiale, Redt. Mostly on the 

 coast, but not always; locally com- 

 mon. Deal, Dover 



Phaleria cadaverina, F. On the coast, 

 under seaweed, at roots of grass, etc. ; 

 local. Margate, Dover 



Heledona agaricola, F. In dry white 

 boleti on oak trees ; very local. 

 Cobham Park (sometimes very plenti- 

 ful), Chatham, West Wickham 



Scaphidema aeneum, F. In old stumps, 

 among damp dead sticks, etc. ; local, 

 but not uncommon in several locali- 

 ties 



Alphitophagus quadripustulatus, Steph. In 

 great numbers in a granary at Strood 



Tenebrio molitor, L. In old flour in 

 granaries ; common 



— obscurus, F. In old flour, etc. ; much 



rarer than the preceding. Strood, 

 Sheerness, Whitstable, Dover 

 Alphitobius diaperinus, Panz. In flour, 

 etc. ; probably introduced ; not com- 

 mon, ^eenborough (J. J. W.) 



— piceus, Ol. As the preceding ; rather 



common. Rainham, Dover, etc. 



Gnathocerus cornutus, F. In flour, bread, 

 etc., a cosmopolitan species ; local. 

 Dover,2ind probably widely distributed 



Tribolium ferrugineum, F. A cosmopoli- 

 tan species occurring in flour, also 

 under bark of trees. Rainham, 

 Sheerness, Dover, St. Peter's {Isle of 

 Thanet) and probably common 



Hypophloeus bicolor, Ol. Under bark of 

 elms ; very local. Sydenham, Chat- 

 ham, Charlton, Lee, in old elms near 

 Chattenden, also in burrows of Sco- 

 lytus destructor 



Latheticus oryzae, Wat. A cosmopolitan 

 species. Lee 



Helops coeruleus, L. In decaying willows, 

 old posts, etc. ; very local. Chat- 

 ham, New Brompton, Darenth JVood, 

 Greenwich, Belvedere, Gravesend, 

 Sheerness, Dover 



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