A HISTORY OF KENT Staph VLiNiD^ {continued) Quedius cruentus, Ol. Local, but not uncommon — scitus, Grav. Rare. Chathatn, Cob- ham, Tonbrldge — impressus, Panz. (cinctus, Payk.). Very common — brevis, Er. In nests of Formica rufa and rarely of F. fuliginosa ; local, but not uncommon — fuliginosus, Grav. Local. Lee — tristis, Grav. Very common — molochinus, Grav. Common — picipes, Mann. „ — nigriceps, Kr. Local. Bexley, Chat- ham, Cobham Park, Abbey Wood, Darenth Wood — fumatus, Steph. (peltatus, Er.). Local. Birch Wood, Bexley, Chatham, Cob- ham Park, Higham, Maidstone — maurorufus, Grav. Local. Strood, Lee, Higham, Snodland — umbrinus, Er. Rare. Sydenham — suturalis, Kies. Local, but not un- common — scintillans, Grav. Local. Cobham Park, Strood, Maidstone, Bearsted, West Wickham — rufipes, Grav. Not uncommon — attenuatus, Gyll. Very local. Graves- end, Tonbridge — semiaeneus, Steph. Local, but not un- common — boops, Grav. Very common Creophilus maxillosus, L. Very common every v/here Emus hirtus, L. Very rare. Sheerness (Howard), Darland Hill (Chaney), Gore Court Park, Sittingbourne (J- J- w.) Leistotrophus nebulosus, F. Not uncom- mon — murinus, L. Common, but somewhat local Staphylinus pubescens, De G. Not com- mon. Blackheath — fulvipes, Scop. Rare. Folkestone — stercorarius, Ol. Not common. Black- heath, Sheerness, Bredhurst, Whitstable, Deal — latebricola, Grav. Rare. Chattenden, Wigmore Wood, Faversham, Folke- stone — cxsareus, Ceder. Widely distributed, but not common Ocypus olens, Mull. Very abundant every- where — similis, Payk. Local. Birchington, St. Peter's {Isle of Thanet), Ton- bridge, Folkestone Staphylinid.^ {continued) Ocypus cyaneus, Payk. Very rare. Folkestone — brunnipes, F. Not uncommon — fuscatus, Grav. Rare. Chattenden, Tonbridge, Margate — cupreus, Rossi. Very common — pedator, Grav. Rare. Folkestone, Sand- wich — ater, Grav. Rather common on the coast, but very rare inland — morio, Grav. Very common — compressus. Marsh. Local. Lewisham Philonthus splendens, F. Local. Lee, Greeniuich, Darland Hill — intermedius. Not very common — laminatus, Creutz. Common and generally distributed — aeneus, Rossi. Very common — proximus, Kr. (succicola, Thoms.). Scarce. Sheerness, Cobham, Darenth Wood — addendus, Sharp. Rare. Cobham Park — carbonarius, Gyll. Not uncommon. Chatham, Blackheath, etc. — decorus, Grav. Not common. Darenth Wood, Cobham Park, Cuxton, Ton- bridge — politus, F. Very common — varius, Gyll. „ „ — marginatus, F. Common — lepidus, Grav. Very local, but in some numbers where it occurs. Deal — albipes, Grav. Not common. Sheer- ness, Maidstone, Abbey Wood, Ton- bridge — umbratilis, Grav. Rare. Snodland, Whitstable, Maidstone, Eltham, Ton- bridge — cephalotes, Grav. Local. Greeniuich, Sheerness — fimetarius, Grav. Common — sordidus, Grav. „ — fuscus, Grav. Very rare. Chatham Dockyard ; Cobham Park, one speci- men, 1889 (J.J. W.) — ebeninus, Grav. Usually common ; recorded however by Mr. Walker as not common in the Rochester district — fumigatus, Er. Local and not com- mon. Chatham, Sevenoaks, Darenth Wood, Lee, Tonbridge — debilis, Grav. Common — sanguinolentus, Grav. Common. Chat- ham, Sheerness, etc. — cruentatus, Gmel. (bipustulatus, Panz.). Common — longicornis, Steph. (scybalarius, Nord.). Not uncommon — varians, Payk. Common [36
