A HISTORY OF KENT 



SCOLYTID^ 



Scolytus destructor, Ol. In elms ; only 

 too common 



— pruni, Ratz. In decaying apple, cherry 



and other fruit trees ; rare. Lower 

 Rainham (J. J. W.) ; Tonbr'idge 

 (Horner) 



— intricatus, Ratz. In decaying oak ; 



rare. Cohham Park, Darenth Wood 



— rugulosus, Ratz. In decaying oak, 



cherry, apple, pear, elm, etc. ; very 

 local. Cobham Park (by sweeping), 

 Chatham, Birch and Darenth IVoodi, 

 Whltstable 



— multistriatus. Marsh. As the preced- 



ing ; local, but not uncommon. 

 Birch and Darenth IVoods, Sheerness 

 Hylastes ater, Payk. Under bark of pines, 

 and by sweeping under Scotch firs ; 

 locally common. Darland Hill, 

 Chatham 



— cunicularius, Er. In decaying firs ) 



local and scarce. IVesterham 



— opacus, Er. In and under decaying 



firs ; not uncommon locally. Dar- 

 land Hill, Wickham, Tonbridge 



— palliatus, Gyll. As the preceding. 



Darland Hill, TVest Wickham 

 Hylastinus obscurus. Marsh. On broom 

 and furze, also on clover. Ononis, 

 etc. ; local. Birch and Darenth 

 Woods, Sheerness, Gravesend, Dartford, 

 Bearsted, Folkestone 

 Hylesinus crenatus, F. In decaying ash 

 trees ; as a rule rare, but sometimes 

 common where it occurs. Cobham 

 Park, West Wickham, Abbey Wood 



— oleiperda, F. In decaying ash, also 



by sweeping ; local. Cobham Park, 

 Sheerness 



— fraxini, F. In decaying ash, also by 



sweeping ; generally distributed and 

 common 



— vittatus, F. In decaying elms ; very 



local. Greenwich, Wickham 

 Myelophilus piniperda. In and under de- 

 caying firs ; very local. Darland 

 Hill, Chatham 

 Cissophagus hederae, Schmidt. In decaying 

 ivy ; not common. Darland Hill, 

 Cobham Great Wood, St. Mary Cray, 

 Dartford 



ScOLYTID^ {continued) 



Phlceophthorus rhododactylus, Marsh. In 

 dead stems of furze, broom, etc. 

 Darland Hill and Chattenden, rare ; 

 not however uncommon in several ' 

 other localities, and widely distributed 



Cryphalus abietis, Ratz. In dead shoots of 

 the Scotch fir ; very rare. West 

 Wickham Wood (Champion) 



Magdalis fagi, Nord. In decaying beeches ; 

 very rare. Westerham (Gorham), 

 Tonbridge (Horner) 



Pityophthorus pubescens, Marsh. In dead 

 twigs of the Scotch fir, also by 

 sweeping underneath the trees ; lo- 

 cally common and widely distri- 

 buted 



Xylocleptes bispinus, Duft. In dead stems 

 of Clematis vitalba ; locally common 

 and widely distributed 



Dryocaetes villosus, F. In decaying oaks ; 

 also sometimes in chestnuts and 

 hollies ; common and generally dis- 

 tributed 



— coryli, Perris. In dead twigs and 



branches of hazel and hornbeam, 

 also by sweeping ; very rare. Darenth 

 and Birch Woods, Chattenden, and 

 near Cuxton 



Taphrorychus bicolor, Herbst. In de- 

 caying oaks ; very rare. Down, near 

 Beckenham (Crotch); Darenth Wood 

 (Champion) 



Tomicus laricis, F. In decaying larches ; 

 not common. Westerham 



Trypodendron domesticum, L. In hard 

 dead wood of beech, alder, birch, 

 oak and other trees ; rare. Wester- 

 ham, Brasted 



Xyleborus dryographus, Ratz. In decaying 

 oak and beech ; rare. Abbey Wood 



— saxeseni, Ratz. In oak, beech, apple, 



hornbeam and other trees ; scarce. 

 Cobham Park, in a sound oak log 



SxYLOPIDiS 



A number of Halicti infested with apterous 

 Strepsipterous females were once 

 found by Sir S. S. Saunders at 

 Folkestone. These probably belonged 

 to the very rare Halictophagus 

 curtisii. Dale, but no male was dis- 

 covered 



LEPIDOPTERA 



Butterjiies and Moths 

 Kent was formerly a paradise for collectors of insects of this order, 



and in the old days no county produced 



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larger number of species or a 



