A HISTORY OF KENT 



HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA 



Bugs 



In this division of the Hemiptera the county is very well repre- 

 sented, 330 species having been recorded. Darenth Wood, Birch Wood 

 and Deal are all historical hunting grounds, and have produced a great 

 number of rarities. Three species only figure as peculiar to the county 

 so far as records will allow me to judge, viz. Eurygaster nigra. Fab., Jalla 

 dumosa, Lin., and Aradus aterrimus, D. & S. The first two have only 

 occurred at Deal, the last one only at Darenth. Another Deal rarity, 

 Emblethis verbasci. Fab., has only occurred elsewhere in the Scilly Islands, 

 where Mr. Champion took it in some numbers. It is also abundant in 

 Jersey. 



GYMNOCERATA 



PENTATOMIDit 



Odontoscelis, Lap. 



knapweed 

 Deal (Hall), 



August ' 



Margate 



Generally distributed 



fuliginosa, Lin. Deal (Douglas and 

 Scott, etc.) 

 Corimelsena, White 



— scarabaoides, Lin. Deal (Saunders), 



Margate (Billups), Chatham, Darenth 

 (Champion), Folkestone (Rye), Dod- 

 ington, etc. (Chitty) 

 Eurygaster, Lap. 



— maura, Lin. Folkestone (Douglas and 



Scott, etc.). Deal (Billups), St. Mar- 

 garet's Bay (Newbery), Chatham 

 (Champion), Dover, ' common by 

 sweeping 

 _ (Hall) 



— nigra, Fab. 



(Billups) 

 Podops, Lap. 



— inuncta, Fab, 

 Sehirus, Am. S. 



— bicolor, Lin. Generally distributed 



— biguttatus, Lin. Chalky lanes Dover, 



'not common ' (Hall), Deal (B'Mups), 

 Darenth, Chatham (Champion), Dod- 

 ington (Chitty) 



— morio, Lin. Higham, Kent (Billups) 

 Gnathoconus, Fieb. 



— albomarginatus, Fab. Dover, 'common 



by sweeping in lanes' (Hall), Deal 

 (Billups, etc.), Hythe (Blatch), Hunt- 

 ingfield (Chitty), Lee (West) 



— picipes, Fall. Bromley (Saunders) 

 Sciocoris, Fall. 



— cursitans, Fab. Deal (Douglas and 



Scott, etc.) 

 iElia, Fab. 



— acuminata, Lin. Darenth Wood 



(Douglas and Scott), Huntingfield 

 (Chitty), Bickley (Jennings) 



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PENTATOMiD^ffi {continued) 

 Neottiglossa, Curt. 



— inflexa, WolfF. Generally distributed 

 Eysarcoris, Hahn. 



— melanocephalus. Fab. Darenth Wood 

 (Douglas and Scott), Chatham (Cham- 

 pion), Tonbridge (Blatch), Dodington 

 (Chitty), Tunbridge Wells (Billups), 

 Farleigh, Bredhurst, BIrling (Elgar), 

 Hawkhurst (Butler) 



— aeneus. Scop. Faversham (J. J. Walker) 

 Pentatoma, Oliv. 



— baccarum, Lin. Cliffs, Dover (Hall), 

 Bickley (Jennings), Dodington (Chitty) 



— prasina, Lin. Bromley, bred from 

 larva beaten from ivy (West), Maid- 

 stone (Elgar), Heme Bay (Butler), 

 Huntingfield (Chitty) 



Piezodorus, Fieb. 



— lituratus, Fab. Dover (Hall), Plumstead, 

 Brockley, Abbey Wood (West), Mail- 

 ing (Elgar) 



Tropicoris, Hahn. 



— rufipes, Lin. Dover district ' gene- 

 rally distributed' (Hall), Shooters 

 Hill (West), Huntingfield (Chitty) 



Strachia, Hahn. 



— festiva, Lin. Lee (Douglas and Scott), 

 Kingswood, near Maidstone, Oaken 

 Wood, Barming (Elgar), Dodington 

 (Chitty) 



— oleracea, Lin. CliSs, Dover (Hall), 

 Deal (Saunders), Huntingfield (Chitty) 



Picromerus, Am. S. 



— bidens, Lin. Folkestone on ragwort 

 (West), Boxley (El^ar), Deal (New- 

 bery) 



Podisus, H.S. 



— luridus. Fab. Darenth (Champion), 

 Abbey Wood (West) 



Jalla, Hahn. 



— dumosa, Lin. Larva, Deal (Saunders) 



