A HISTORY OF KENT Telephoridje {continued) rare. Rochester district, Darenth IVood, Lee, Sevenoais, Dover Rhagoiiycha fulva, Scop. Chiefly on Um- bellifersc ; very common everywhere — tcstacea, L. On flowers, etc., especially hawthorn blossom ; in damp places ; not common. Rochester district, Ton- bridge — limbata. Thorns. By sweeping ; very common — pallida, F. Chiefly in woods ; common Malthinus punctatus, Fourc. In woods ; rather common - — fasciatus,01. In woods ; rather common — balteatus, SufFr. In woods ; rather common — frontalis. Marsh. By beating and sweeping under fir trees ; not com- mon. Cobham Park, Birch IVood Malthodes marginatus, Latr. By beating and sweeping in woods ; common — mysticus, Kies. By beating and sweep- ing ; rare. Tonhridge — fiavoguttatus, Kies. By sweeping in a damp thicket at iSnart'/awa', rare (J. J.W.) — dispar, Germ. By beating and sweep- ing in or near woods ; rare. Darenth Wood ■ — pcllucidus, Kies. On young birches, grass, etc. ; rare. Sevenoaks — minimus, L. In damp places, by sweep- ing ; common — atomus, Thoms. In or near woods; local ; scarce in the Rochester dis- trict ; rather common in some places. Lee, Sevenoaks, Darenth JVood, Folke- stone, etc. Melyrid.^ Malachius aeneus, L. On flowers, especially in woods, etc. ; local. Chatham, Chat- tenden, Lee, Sheerness, Darenth JVood, Belvedere, Tonhridge ■ — bipustulatus, L. By general sweeping ; common everywhere — viridis, F. As the preceding ; rather common and widely distributed — marginellus, Ol. On flowers, mostly on the coast ; locally common. Snodland and Cohham Park, rare ; JVhitstahle,Birchiyigton,Folkestone,Deal Axinotarsus pulicarius, F. On Umbclli- fcras ; rare. Charlton — ruficollis, Ol. By sweeping ; locally common. Beckenham, Erith, Ton- hridge, etc. Anthocomus fasciatus, L. By sweeping ; on Umbellifcr;e ; sometimes on sal- lows and willows ; local, but widely distributed Melyrid.^ (continued) Dasytes flavipes, F. (plumbeus. Mull). By sweeping herbage in lanes and woods ; not uncommon — oculatus, Kies. As the preceding ; rare. Cobham Park under oaks, Chatham, Darenth JVood — arosus, Kies (plumbeo-niger, Goeze). Local, but not uncommon Psilothrix nobilis, 111. On flowers, especially of Hieracium, on the coast ; locally common. JVhitstahle, Heme Bay, etc. Dolichosoma lineare, Rossi. Grassy banks on the coast ; local, but not uncom- mon. Sheerness, Deal Haplocnemus impressus. Marsh. Under bark of elm, oak, pear, etc. ; rare. Sheerness PhlcEophilus edwardsi, Steph. Under bark and in rotten wood ; also by sweep- ing ; rare. Cohham Park, Tonbridge, Maidstone Clerid^ Tillus elongatus, L. On decaying wood ; sometimes on elder blossom. Cobham Park, Sydenham, Darenth JVood, Ton- bridge Opilo mollis, L. By sweeping and beating dead hedges ; as a rule rare. Upnor, Darland Hill, Lee, Darenth JVood, Chatham, Sheerness, JVhitstahle Tarsostenus univiltatus, Rossi. On flowers, etc. JVinchmore Hill, Kent. Two specimens recorded by Stephens and Curtis. It has recently been found in some numbers at Harwich by Mr. VVIiitaker Thanasimus formicarius, L. Under bark of felled trees, especially fir ; very local. Sheerness, Maidstone, Bearsted, Deal, JValmer, Dover Necrobia ruficollis, F. In carcases, old bones, etc. Common — violacea, L. In dry carcases ; also on flowers. Darland Hill, etc. Rochester district, not rare (J. J. W.). I can find no other record — rufipes, De G. In old bones and car- cases ; local. Greenwich, Sheerness Corynetes coeruleus, De G. In old bones, etc. ; also on flowers ; local, but widely distributed, and occasionally common Drilid^ Drilus flavescens, Rossi. By sweeping in chalky places where snails occur plenti- fully ; male not uncommon locally ; female extremely rare. Rochester district, Strood, etc. ; Darenth JVood, Ashford, Dover, Folkestone 156
