A HISTORY OF KENT 



CEdemerid^ {continued) 



ham, Darenth Wood, Tunhridge JVells, 

 IVeiterham, Dover 



Nacerdes melanura, Schmidt. On old 

 posts and timber on the sea shore 

 and at the mouths of large rivers ; 

 rather common locally and widely- 

 distributed 



Ischnomera coerulea, L. In rotten wood 

 of ivy, willow, etc., also on haw- 

 thorn blossom ; local, but widely 

 distributed 

 Pyrochroid^ 



Pyrochroa coccinea, L. Under bark of 

 decaying oak ; very local, but some- 

 times found in numbers where it 

 occurs. Darenth and Birch TVoods 



— serraticornis, Scop. On flowers and 



herbage ; very common 



MoRDELLID^ 



Mordella fasciata, F. On flowers of Um- 

 belliferas in woods ; local, but some- 

 times very common. Chattenden, 

 Cuxton, Strood, Maidstone, Sitting- 

 bourne, Canterbury, Dover 



— aculeata, L. On flowers and herbage; 



very rare. Cobham Park, one speci- 

 men, June, 1897 (J. J. W.), Wester- 

 ham (Gorham) 

 Mordellistena abdominalis, F. On flowers 

 of hawthorn and Umbelliferae, in 

 and near woods ; rare. Chattenden 

 Roughs, Chatham, Strood, Darenth 

 Wood, Sevenoaks, Bearsted, Folkestone 



— humeralis, L. On Umbelliferae ; rare. 



Cobham Park, Hailing, Sevenoaks, 



Maidstone 



var. lateralis, Ol. Less uncommon 

 than the type form. Lee, Darenth 

 Wood, Chatham, Sevenoaks, Bear- 

 sted 



— brunnea, F. On flowers of Umbelli- 



ferae, by beating hawthorn hedges, 

 etc. ; local, and as a rule scarce. 

 Chattenden, Chatham, Eltham,Darenth 

 Wood 



— pumila, Gyll. On flowers, especially 



on the chalk ; locally common 



— brevicauda, Boh. Chiefly on butter- 



cups and Hieracium ; very local. 

 Rochester district (not rare), Maidstone, 

 Folkestone 



— parvula, Gyll., var. inaqualis, Muls. 



On Artemisia ; local, but sometimes 

 abundant. Sheerness (in numbers). 

 Deal, Folkestone ; the type form does 

 not apparently occur in Britain 

 Anaspis frontalis, L. On hawthorn blos- 

 som and on herbage ; common 

 everywhere 



MoRDELLiD^ [continued) 



Anaspis garneysi, Fowler. On hawthorn 

 blossom ; rare. Cobham Park 



— pulicaria, Costa (forcipata, Muls.). On 



flowers, etc. ; locally common 



— rufilabris, Gyll. On flowers and in 



dead twigs, etc. ; local, perhaps over- 

 looked. Darenth Wood 



— melanostoma, Costa (monilicornis, 



Muls.). On flowers ; very rare. 

 Darenth Wood, one specimen 

 (Power) 



— geoffroyi. Mull. On flowers, especially 



hawthorn blossom ; local, but not 

 uncommon 



— ruficollis, F. On hawthorn blossom, 



Umbelliferze, etc. ; very common 



— flava, L., var. thoracica, L. (? costas, 



Emery). On hawthorn blossom ; 

 not common. Cobham Park, Darenth 

 Wood 



— subtestacea, Steph. On hawthorn 



blossom, etc.; local. Chattenden, 

 Sevenoaks, Darenth Wood, West Wick- 

 ham, Birch Wood, etc. 



— maculata, Fourc. On hawthorn blos- 



som, etc.; common everywhere 

 Anthicid^ 



Notoxus monoceros, L. Sandy places, in- 

 land and on the coast ; not uncom- 

 mon and widely distributed 



Anthicus humilis. Germ. Salt marshes on 

 wet mud ; not uncommon locally 

 and widely distributed 



— salinus. Crotch. Salt marshes ; rare. 



Gravesend, Strood 



— floralis, L. In hotbeds, haystack refuse, 



etc.; very common 

 var. quisquilius, Thoms. With the 

 type form and equally common 



— instabilis, Schmidt. Salt marshes ; 



locally common 



— angustatus, Curt. Salt marshes and on 



the beach under seaweed ; rare. 

 Gravesend 



— antherinus, L. In moss, haystack and 



vegetable refuse, etc. ; common and 

 generally distributed 

 Xylophilid^ 



Xylophilus populneus, F. In old trees, 

 dead hedges, on flowers, etc.; rare. 

 Darenth Wood, Lee, Lewisham, Birch 

 Wood, Sheerness 

 - — oculatus, Gyll. In decaying oak, white- 

 thorn, etc. ; rare. Lee (Douglas and 

 Scott), Birch Wood (Power) 



MeloS; proscarabxus, L, Found crawling 

 on heaths, meadows, roads, etc., in 

 early spring ; common 



