INSECTS Staphylinid.^ {continued) Myllasna intermedia, Er. Common — minuta, Grav. Local. Strood, Sheer- ness, Lee — elongata, Matth. Not common. Sheer- ness, Sheppey, Tonhridge — gracilis, Matth. Local. Lee, Sheer- ness — brevicornis, Matth. Rather common Deinopsis erosa, Steph. Local. Cohham, Sheerness, Lee, Tonhridge Hypocyptus longicornis, Payk. Very com- mon everywhere — laaviusculus, Mann. Rare. Chatham — seminulum, Er. Not common, though occasionally abundant where it occurs. Cohham Park, Strood, Folkestone Conosoma littoreum, L. Not uncommon. Strood, Darenth Wood — pubescens, Grav. Generally distributed and common — immaculatum, Steph. Local — pedicularium, Grav. Rare. Tonhridge — lividum, Er. Generally distributed — bipunctatum, Grav. Very rare. Chat- ham Tachyporus obtusus, L. Generally abun- dant var. nitidicollis, Steph. Rare. Ton- hridge — formosus, Matth. Rare. Chattenden, Chatham, Tonhridge — solutus, Er. Local, but not uncom- mon — pallidus, Sharp. Very local. Lee — chrysomelinus, L. Very abundant everywhere — humerosus, Er. Generally distributed — tersus, Er. Not uncommon in the Chatham district, and probably widely distributed — hypnorum, F. Very abundant every- where — pusillus, Grav. Somewhat local. Sheer- ness, Darenth TVood — brunneus, F. Generally common Lamprinus saginatus, Grav. Very rare. TFeU Wickham Cilea silphoides, L. Not uncommon Tachinus humeralis, Grav. Very com- mon everywhere — bipustulatus, F. Not common. Charl- ton, Catford — rufipes, L. Very common everywhere — subterraneus, L. Common and gener- ally distributed — marginellus, F. Very common every- where — laticoUis, Grav. Not common. Eltham, Tonhridge Staphylinid^ [continued) Tachinus elongatus, Gyll. Rare. Sheerness, IFest Wickham Megacronus cingulatus, Mann. Rare. Bex- ley, Cobhatn Park, Chattenden, Strood — analis, F. Common — inclinans, Grav. Rare. Birch Wood, Sevenoah Bolitobius lunulatus, L. (atricapillus, F.). Common in fungi — trinotatus, Er. Common everywhere in fungi — exoletus, Er. With the preceding, but less common — pygmasus, F. Common in fungi Mycetoporus lucidus, Er. Not common. Bexley, Maidstone — splendens, Marsh. Local — lepidus, Grav. Rather common — longulus, Mann. Less common than the preceding — nanus, Er. Rare. Chatham, Darland Hill — angularis, Rey (reyi, Panz). Not com- mon. Birch Wood — clavicornis, Steph. Very local ; Cohham Park, not common — splendidus, Grav. Generally distributed and common — longicornis, Kr. Rare. West Wickham Habrocerus capillaricornis, Grav. Not uncommon Trichophya pilicornis, Gyll. Rare. Ton- bridge Euryporus picipes, Payk. Rare. Strood, Chattenden, Faversham (J. J. W. and G. C. C.) Heterothops binotata, Er. Locally com- mon in decaying seaweed on the shore — prasvia, Er. Rare ; among rubbish at Messrs. Spencer's Oil Mills, Strood — dissimilis, Grav. Common — quadripunctula, Gyll. Rare. St. Mary Cray, Cohham Park, Darenth Wood, Cuxton Quedius longicornis, Kr. Very rare. Cob- ham Park, one specimen — microps, Grav. Very scarce. Cohham Park, Chatham — ventralis, Ar. (truncicola, Fairm.). Rare. Greenwich, Maidstone, Lee, Bearsted, Tonhridge — lateralis, Grav. Scarce. Cohham Park — mesomelinus, Marsh. Common — fulgidus, F. Common. The variety with red elytra, usually referred to Q. quadripunctatus. Thorns, has occurred rarely at Sheerness var. fageti, Thoms. Occasional
