INSECTS 



Tenebrionid^ {continued) 



Helops pallidas, Curt. Sandy places on the 

 coast ; not common. Deal 



— striatus, Fourc. In rotten wood, under 



loose bark, at ' sugar,' etc. ; common 

 everywhere 

 Lagriid^ 



Lagria hirta, L. In hedges, on flowers ; 

 very common 



ClSTELID^ 



Cistela luperus, Herbst. On hazels and 

 young oaks ; local, but widely dis- 

 tributed 



— ceramboides, L. On oaks, Umbelliferae, 



etc.; rare. Sydenham, Belvedere, 

 Lee, Darenth Wood 



— murina, L. On flowers and shrubs ; 



common 

 Eryx ater, F. In decaying willow, ash, 



etc.; nocturnal; rare. Cobham Park, 



Chatham 

 Mycetochares bipustulata. 111. Under bark 



and in rotten wood ; rare. Lee, 



Darenth Wood, Dover 

 Cteniopus sulphureus, L. A coast species, 



on flowers, rushes, etc. ; locally 



common. Deal, Dover, Folkestone 

 Melandryidjs: 



Tetratoma fungorum, F. In fungoid 



growth on decaying trees, etc. ; very 



local, and as a rule not common. 



Erith, Sheerness 



— desmaresti, Latr. In rotten wood with 



fungus growth ; very rare. Becken- 

 ham (Power) 



— ancora, F. In moss on old stumps or 



fir, beech, etc. ; very rare ; two speci- 

 mens, one at Darland Hill, the other 

 in Cobham Park (J. J. W.) 



Orchesia micans, Panz. In fungoid growth 

 on old trees ; rare. Westerham, 

 Darenth Wood, Cobham Park (in 

 hard boleti) 



Clinocara undulata, Kr. In fungoid growth 

 and under bark of beech and horn- 

 beam, also on hawthorn blossom ; 

 rare. Chatham, Cobham Park (in 

 plenty, J. J. W. and G. C. C.) 



Hallomenus humeralis, Panz. In fungoid 

 growth on old trees, rotten willow, 

 etc.; very rare. St. Mary's Island, 

 Lee, Cobham Park, Chatham 



Conopalpus testaceus, Ol. In dead boughs 

 of trees, also by sweeping ; rare. 

 Darenth Wood (R. W. Lloyd), 

 Shooters Hill 



Melandrya caraboides, L. In old willow 

 stumps ; local. Darenth Wood, Lee, 

 Charlton, Sevenoaks, Belvedere, Ton- 

 bridge, Dover 



Melandryid^ [continued) 



Anisoxya fuscula. 111. In dead twigs 

 and by sweeping ; very rare. Lee, 

 Darenth Wood, Cobham Park 



Abdera quadrifasciata, Steph. In fungoid 

 growth on decayed hornbeam, also 

 in short rotten stumps of boughs ; 

 very rare. Cobham Park, Tonbridge 



— bifasciata. Marsh. In dead boughs, 



also by beating hedges at the end of 

 July; rare. Cobham Park, Chatten- 

 den, Darenth Wood, Birch Wood 



Phloeotrya rufipes, Gyll. In decaying oak, 

 etc.; rare. Brasted, near Sevenoaks, 

 Tunbridge Wells 



Hypulus quercinus, Quens. In decaying 

 oak, etc., also by sweeping ; very 

 rare. Darenth Wood, Plumstead 

 Wood (one specimen, S. Stevens) 



Osphya bipunctata, F. On hawthorn 

 blossom ; very rare. Chattenden 

 Roughs (about a dozen specimens 

 taken by Mr. Champion, Mr. Walker 

 and Mr. Chitty) 

 Pvthidj« 



Salpingus castaneus, Panz. In decaying fir 

 branches ; local. West Wickham, 

 Darland Hill, near Chatham 



— aeratus, Muls. (ater, Payk.). In dead 



twigs of fir, on walls and palings, etc.; 

 rare. Gravesend, Sheppey,Sittingbourne, 

 West Wickham 



— foveolatus, Ljungh. Very rare ; one 



example taken by Mr. Walker under 

 beech bark in Cobham Park on 

 21 August, 1895 



Lissodema quadripustulata. Marsh. Among 

 dead sticks and twigs ; very local. 

 Rochester district, Darenth Wood, Lee, 

 Sittingbourne, Tunbridge Wells, Kings- 

 gate 



Rhinosimus ruficollis, L. Under bark and 

 in dead twigs ; local but not un- 

 common 



— viridipennis, Steph. As the preced- 



ing ; not common but widely dis- 

 tributed 



— planirostris, F. Under bark, in moss, 



by sweeping, etc. ; common and 

 generally distributed 

 CEdemerid.*: 



CEdemera nobilis. Scop. On flowers ; 

 generally distributed and common 



— lurida. Marsh. On flowers, chiefly in 



chalky places ; local, but widely dis- 

 tributed 

 Oncomera femorata, F. On ivy bloom 

 and at sallows ; nocturnal in its 

 habits and comes to ' sugar ' ; local, 

 but not rare. Wigmore Wood, Chat- 



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