INSECTS Tenebrionid^ {continued) Helops pallidas, Curt. Sandy places on the coast ; not common. Deal — striatus, Fourc. In rotten wood, under loose bark, at ' sugar,' etc. ; common everywhere Lagriid^ Lagria hirta, L. In hedges, on flowers ; very common ClSTELID^ Cistela luperus, Herbst. On hazels and young oaks ; local, but widely dis- tributed — ceramboides, L. On oaks, Umbelliferae, etc.; rare. Sydenham, Belvedere, Lee, Darenth Wood — murina, L. On flowers and shrubs ; common Eryx ater, F. In decaying willow, ash, etc.; nocturnal; rare. Cobham Park, Chatham Mycetochares bipustulata. 111. Under bark and in rotten wood ; rare. Lee, Darenth Wood, Dover Cteniopus sulphureus, L. A coast species, on flowers, rushes, etc. ; locally common. Deal, Dover, Folkestone Melandryidjs: Tetratoma fungorum, F. In fungoid growth on decaying trees, etc. ; very local, and as a rule not common. Erith, Sheerness — desmaresti, Latr. In rotten wood with fungus growth ; very rare. Becken- ham (Power) — ancora, F. In moss on old stumps or fir, beech, etc. ; very rare ; two speci- mens, one at Darland Hill, the other in Cobham Park (J. J. W.) Orchesia micans, Panz. In fungoid growth on old trees ; rare. Westerham, Darenth Wood, Cobham Park (in hard boleti) Clinocara undulata, Kr. In fungoid growth and under bark of beech and horn- beam, also on hawthorn blossom ; rare. Chatham, Cobham Park (in plenty, J. J. W. and G. C. C.) Hallomenus humeralis, Panz. In fungoid growth on old trees, rotten willow, etc.; very rare. St. Mary's Island, Lee, Cobham Park, Chatham Conopalpus testaceus, Ol. In dead boughs of trees, also by sweeping ; rare. Darenth Wood (R. W. Lloyd), Shooters Hill Melandrya caraboides, L. In old willow stumps ; local. Darenth Wood, Lee, Charlton, Sevenoaks, Belvedere, Ton- bridge, Dover Melandryid^ [continued) Anisoxya fuscula. 111. In dead twigs and by sweeping ; very rare. Lee, Darenth Wood, Cobham Park Abdera quadrifasciata, Steph. In fungoid growth on decayed hornbeam, also in short rotten stumps of boughs ; very rare. Cobham Park, Tonbridge — bifasciata. Marsh. In dead boughs, also by beating hedges at the end of July; rare. Cobham Park, Chatten- den, Darenth Wood, Birch Wood Phloeotrya rufipes, Gyll. In decaying oak, etc.; rare. Brasted, near Sevenoaks, Tunbridge Wells Hypulus quercinus, Quens. In decaying oak, etc., also by sweeping ; very rare. Darenth Wood, Plumstead Wood (one specimen, S. Stevens) Osphya bipunctata, F. On hawthorn blossom ; very rare. Chattenden Roughs (about a dozen specimens taken by Mr. Champion, Mr. Walker and Mr. Chitty) Pvthidj« Salpingus castaneus, Panz. In decaying fir branches ; local. West Wickham, Darland Hill, near Chatham — aeratus, Muls. (ater, Payk.). In dead twigs of fir, on walls and palings, etc.; rare. Gravesend, Sheppey,Sittingbourne, West Wickham — foveolatus, Ljungh. Very rare ; one example taken by Mr. Walker under beech bark in Cobham Park on 21 August, 1895 Lissodema quadripustulata. Marsh. Among dead sticks and twigs ; very local. Rochester district, Darenth Wood, Lee, Sittingbourne, Tunbridge Wells, Kings- gate Rhinosimus ruficollis, L. Under bark and in dead twigs ; local but not un- common — viridipennis, Steph. As the preced- ing ; not common but widely dis- tributed — planirostris, F. Under bark, in moss, by sweeping, etc. ; common and generally distributed CEdemerid.*: CEdemera nobilis. Scop. On flowers ; generally distributed and common — lurida. Marsh. On flowers, chiefly in chalky places ; local, but widely dis- tributed Oncomera femorata, F. On ivy bloom and at sallows ; nocturnal in its habits and comes to ' sugar ' ; local, but not rare. Wigmore Wood, Chat- 165
