INSECTS 



MELOIDiS {continued) 



Meloe violaceus, Marsh. As the preceding 

 but much less common. Cuxton, 

 Queendown JFarren, Blue Bell Hill, 

 Strood, Dover 



— autumnalis, Ol. On grassy banks, 



pathways, etc., near the coast ; very 

 rare. Dartford (Stephens), Ramsgate 

 (Newman) 



— cicatricosus, Leach. As the preceding ; 



extremely local, but sometimes in 

 numbers. Margate and St. Peter s, 

 Thanct (T. Wood), Ramsgate in great 

 profusion (Champion), Deal (Syme), 

 Dover (Hall) 



— variegatus, Don. As the preceding ; 



very rare. Isle of Thanet, between 

 Broadstairs and Ramsgate (Stephens), 

 Ramsgate (T. Wood), Margate (T. 

 Wood), Dover (Hall) 



— rugosus. Marsh. Grassy banks, etc., 



in the vicinity of nests of Antho- 

 phora; very rare. Afflr^(7/^ (Stephens), 

 Broadstairs (T. Wood) 



— brevicoUis, Panz. Sandy heaths ; very 



rare. Dartford (Spiers), Faversham 

 (Power) 

 Sitaris muralis, Forst. Parasitic on Antho- 

 phora, and found in and near the 

 nests ; very rare. ' Kent ' (Ste- 

 phens) 



PLATYRRHINIDi^ 



Brachytarsus fasciatus, Forst. In decaying 

 hawthorn, elm, furze, etc., also by 

 sweeping; local. Lee, Darland Hill^ 

 Chattenden, Dover 



— varius, F. In decaying hawthorn, and 



also on firs and hazels ; rare. Darenth 

 Wood 



Macrocephalus (Anthribus) albinus, L. In 

 decaying trees, especially oaks, wil- 

 lows and birches ; rare. Elthatn, 

 Gravesend and Darenth IVood 

 (Stephens), Ashford, Chattenden^ Ab- 

 bots Wood, Folkestone 



Tropideres niveirostris, F. In dead wood 

 of birch, oak, etc., also in dead 

 hedges and faggot stacks ; very r-are. 

 Darenth Wood (Champion), West 

 Wick ham (Power) 



Choragus sheppardi, Kirby In dead 

 twigs, also sitting at the roots of 

 trees ; rare. Wigmore Wood, Chat- 

 tenden, Chatham, Sevenoaks, St. Peter's, 

 Isle of Thanet (where I have found 

 several specimens), Deal 



CURCULIONID^ 



Apoderus coryli, L. On the hazel ; local. 

 Rochester district, Sheppey, Darenth 



CuRCULIONlDi^ {continued) 



Attelabus curculionoides, L. On young 



oaks ; local but widely distributed 



and not uncommon 

 Byctiscus betuleti, F. In woods on young 



birch and hazel ; very local. Darenth 



Wood, Wesierham 



— populi, L. On young aspens ; very 



local. Darenth and Lee Woods, 

 Blenden 

 Rhynchites auratus. Scop. On Prunus 

 spinosa in hedges ; very rare and 

 doubtful ; recorded by Marsham as 

 ' taken in numbers at Crayford in 

 Kent' 



— bacchus, L. On the apple and vine 



and Prunus spinosa ; very rare. 

 Crawford and Birch Wood (Stephens); 

 Birch Wood, taken in 1795 by Lady 

 Maryon Wilson (Power) 



— cupreus, L. On the flowers of the 



mountain ash and other trees ; very 

 rare. Darenth Wood (Stephens) 



— aquatus, L. On hawthorn blossom ; 



common and generally distributed 



— aeneovirens. Marsh. In woods and 



hedges, on oaks, hazels, etc. ; not 

 uncommon 



— cceruleus, De G. On various fruit 



trees, apple, plum and pear, etc., also 

 on hawthorn blossom ; local. Chat- 

 tenden Roughs, Darenth Wood, Sheer- 

 ness. Shooters Hill, Maidstone 



— minutus, Herbst. On young trees in 



woods, especially oaks, also on herb- 

 age ; common and widely distributed 

 ■ — interpunctatus, Steph. On young trees; 

 not common. Darenth and Birch 

 Woods 



— pauxillus, Germ. On young oaks, 



hazels, etc., in woods ; rare. Darenth 

 Wood 



— nanus, Payk. On young birches in 



woods ; local and not uncommon 



— uncinatus, Thoms. On aspens, sal- 



lows, oaks, hazels, etc.; local. Chat- 

 tenden Roughs, scarce ; Darenth Wood, 

 Maidstone 



— sericeus, Herbst. On young birch and 



hazel in woods ; very local. Chat- 

 tenden Roughs, rare ; Darenth Wood 



— pubescens, F. On young birch, hazel, 



oak, etc., in woods ; not common. 

 S^ieendown Warren, Darenth Wood, 

 Westerham 

 Deporaus megacephalus. Germ. On young 

 birches ; local. Shorne, Darenth 

 Wood, Birch Wood, West Wickham 



— betula;, L. On various young trees, 



but chiefly birches ; common 



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