INSECTS Carabid^ {continued) Polystichus vittatus, Brull^. Local and usually rare. TFhitstabley Heme Bay, Sheerness, Sheppey, Hythe Drypta dentata. Very local and rare. Faversham, Chatham, Chattenden Brachinus crepitans, L. Locally common. Gravesend, Sheerness, Chatham, Whit- stable, Folkestone [ — sclopeta, F. A small series said to have been taken near Margate in 1830, but the record is very doubtful] Haliplid^ Brychius elevatus, Panz. Local. Maid- stone, Bexley Haliplus obliquus, Er. Local. Lee, Deal — confinis, Steph. Local. Lee, Gravesend — flavicollis, Sturm. Common — fulvus, F. Common in most localities ; recorded as scarce from the Rochester district — variegatus, Sturm. Rare. Sheerness, St rood, Rainham, Deal — cinereus, Aub6. Rare. Lee — ruficollis, De G. Very common — fluviatilis, Aube. Rare. Chattenden, Snodlatid, etc. — lineatocollis, Marsh. Common Cnemidotus impressus, F. Local. Lee, Gravesend, Birchington, Whitstable, Deal Pelobiid^ Pelobius tardus, F. Widely distributed and not uncommon Dytiscid.« Noterus sparsus, Marsh. Common Laccophilus interruptus, Panz. Rather common, but apparently scarce in the Rochester district — obscurus, Panz. (hyalinus, De G.). Locally common — variegatus, Germ. Extremely local and usually rare. Pegwell Bay, Deal, Dover Bidessus geminus, F. Very local. Lee Hyphydrus ovatus, L. Common Coelambus versicolor, Schall. (reticulatus, F.). Very local. Rainham, Deal — inaequalis, F. Common — decoratus, Gyll. Very local. Lee — confluens, F. Local. Lewisham, Cat- ford, Upnor — parallelogrammus, Ahr. Brackish ditches ; common — impressopunctatus, Schall. (picipes, F.). Rather common Hydroporus pictus, F. Very common — granularis, L. Not common. Lee — fiavipes, Ol. Very local. Gravesend — lepidus, 01. Local. Lee Dytiscid^ [continued) Hydroporus dorsalis, F. Rather common. Rainham, Chattenden, Lee, Chatham — lineatus, F. Rather local — neglectus, Schaum. Rare. Zf^ (Power) — angustatus, Sturm. Local. Lee, Deal — gyllenhalijSchiodte. Locally common, Lee, Darenth Wood — vittula, Er. Not common. Lee — palustris, L. Very common everywhere — incognitus. Sharp. Sheerness ; one ex- ample taken by Mr. Champion which must apparently be referred to this species — erythrocephalus, L. Common — melanarius, Sturm. Rare. Esher and Lee Pit (Power) — memnonius, Nic. Local. Darenth JVood, Lee, Chattenden — obscurus, Sturm. Not common. Lee — discretus, Fairm. Rare. Lee — pubescens, Gyll. (melanocephalus, Marsh.). Very common — planus, F. Common — lituratus, F. Local. Gravesend, Chat- ham, Lee, Chattenden Agabus guttatus, Payk. Local. Greenwich — biguttatus, 01. (nitidus, Steph.). Not common. Maidstone — paludosus, F. Local. Lee — unguicularis. Thorns. Local. Lee — didymus, Ol. Local. Lee, Chattenden — nebulosus, Forst. Common — conspersus. Marsh. Brackish ditches ; common — sturmii, Gyll. Locally common. Lee, Rainham, Chattenden — chalconotus, Panz. Locally common. Lee, Darenth JVood, Chattenden — bipustulatus, L. Very common every- where — Ilybius fuliginosus, F. Very common — ater, De G. Locally common — obscurus. Marsh. Not uncommon. Lee, Greenwich, Snodland Copelatus agilis, F. Not uncommon. Lee, Rochester district. Deal Rhantus grapii, Gyll. Local. Lee, Birch Wood — exoletus, Forst. Local. Lewisham — pulverosus, Steph. Snodland and Rain- ham, scarce ; Lee, rather common — notatus. Berg. Not uncommon. Gravesend, Whitstable, Sheerness, Strood, Chattenden, etc. Colymbetes fuscus, L. Very common Dytiscus punctulatus, F. Rather common — marginalis, F. Very common — circumflexus, F. Local and not common. Woodlands Farm, Chattenden and Lee 129 17
