INSECTS SiLPHlD.*: [continued) Agathidium atrum, Payk. Local. Favcr- sham, Bexky, Rochester district ; very scarce — seminulum, L. Local. Chatham, Sevcnoaks, Darenth Wood, Rochester district — Isevigatum, Er. Generally distri- buted — marginatum, Sturm. Scarce as a rule. Sheerness, Chatham, Deal, Darland Hill; not rare (J. J. W.) — varians, Beck. Local. Cohhayn Park, Chattendcn, ^leendown Warren, Dar- enth Wood — globosum, Muls. Rare. Bexky, Dar- land Hill, Chatham, Darenth and Birch Woods — rotundatum, Gyll. Rare. Chatham, Darenth Wood ; sometimes not rare in Cobham Park (J. J. W.) — nigrinum, Sturm. As a rule scarce. Chatham, Darenth Wood, Cobham Park, Chattendcn, etc. ; frequent (J- J. W.) Amphicyllis globus, F. Not common, but occasionally occurs in numbers. As a rule very scarce. Darenth JVood, Chatham, Sheppey, Wigmore Wood, Cobham Park, ^eendown Warren, etc. Liodes humeralis, Kug. Locally common — orbicularis, Herbst. As a rule rare. Chattendcn, Darenth Wood, Strood. In snuff-like fungus on decaying wood. Cobham Park ; common, 1885 and 1889. Cyrtusa pauxilla, Schmidt. Not uncom- mon, but local. Wigmore JVood, Cobham Park, Charlton, Maidstone, Gravesend, Chatham, Birch Wood Anisotoma cinnamomea, Panz. By even- ing sweeping under beech trees in autumn ; rare. Darland Hill, ^leendown Warren, Cobham Park, Chatham, Eythorne near Dover — oblonga, Er. (grandis, Fairm.) Very rare. Cobham Park — picea. 111. Very rare. Sandwich (E. A. Waterhouse) — dubia, Kug. Not uncommon — badia, Sturm. Local, but not uncom- mon, and widely distributed — ovalis, Schmidt. Rare. Cobham Park, Sheppey — punctulata, Gyll. (litura, Steph.). Local. Cobham Park, ^leendoiun Warren, not rare ; Folkestone — calcarata, Er. Generally distributed and common SlLPHlD^ {continued) Anisotoma curvipes, Schmidt (macropus. Rye). Very rare. Cuxton ; one specimen, 22 June, 1895 (J. J. W.) — nigrita, Schmidt. Very local. Darland ^Hill, Chatham — lunicollis. Rye. Very rare. Forest Hill (Marsh.), Sydenham (Water- house) — triepkei, Schmidt. Very rare. Forest Hill (Power) — pallens, Sturm. Very rare. Deal; three examples, 1873 (J. J. W.) — rugosa, Steph. Very rare. Cobham Park ; one example, 2 October, 1897 (J.J. Walker) — parvula, Sahib. Rare. Chattendcn, Chatham, Cobham Park, Darenth Wood, Whitstable Colenis dentipes, Gyll. Not uncommon and generally distributed Agaricophagus cephalotes, Schmidt. Rare. Cobham Park, Chatham, Sandwich — conformis, Er. Rare. Birch JVood. Perhaps not distinct from the pre- ceding Hydnobius punctatissimus, Steph. Rare. ^teendown JVarrcn, Folkestone — strigosus, Schmidt. Rare. Chattendcn, Cobham Park, Sheppey, Darenth JVood, Maidstone Necrophorus humator, Goeze. Common and generally distributed — mortuorum, F. Not uncommon — vestigator, Hersch. Rare. Deal — ruspator, Er. Rare. Cobham Park — interruptus, Steph. Rare. Hailing Downs, Cobham Park, Dover — vespillo, L. Local. Greenwich, Graves- end, Cobham Park, Sheerness Necrodes littoralis, L. Very local and not common. Snodland, Hailing Downs Silpha tristis. 111. Local. Darland Hill, scarce (J. J. W.); Sheerness, Chatham, Deal, Dover — obscura, L. Local, but widely distri- buted — quadripunctata, L. Very local. Dar- enth JVood ; Chattendcn, a dark var- iety (J. J. W.) — opaca, L. Rare. JVhitstable, Deal — thoracica, L. Very local and not common. Cobham Park — rugosa, L. Generally distributed and common — sinuata, F. Not uncommon — laevigata, F. Not uncommon and widely distributed — atrata, L. Generally distributed and common 141
