A HISTORY OF KENT HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA Bugs In this division of the Hemiptera the county is very well repre- sented, 330 species having been recorded. Darenth Wood, Birch Wood and Deal are all historical hunting grounds, and have produced a great number of rarities. Three species only figure as peculiar to the county so far as records will allow me to judge, viz. Eurygaster nigra. Fab., Jalla dumosa, Lin., and Aradus aterrimus, D. & S. The first two have only occurred at Deal, the last one only at Darenth. Another Deal rarity, Emblethis verbasci. Fab., has only occurred elsewhere in the Scilly Islands, where Mr. Champion took it in some numbers. It is also abundant in Jersey. GYMNOCERATA PENTATOMIDit Odontoscelis, Lap. knapweed Deal (Hall), August ' Margate Generally distributed fuliginosa, Lin. Deal (Douglas and Scott, etc.) Corimelsena, White — scarabaoides, Lin. Deal (Saunders), Margate (Billups), Chatham, Darenth (Champion), Folkestone (Rye), Dod- ington, etc. (Chitty) Eurygaster, Lap. — maura, Lin. Folkestone (Douglas and Scott, etc.). Deal (Billups), St. Mar- garet's Bay (Newbery), Chatham (Champion), Dover, ' common by sweeping _ (Hall) — nigra, Fab. (Billups) Podops, Lap. — inuncta, Fab, Sehirus, Am. S. — bicolor, Lin. Generally distributed — biguttatus, Lin. Chalky lanes Dover, 'not common ' (Hall), Deal (B'Mups), Darenth, Chatham (Champion), Dod- ington (Chitty) — morio, Lin. Higham, Kent (Billups) Gnathoconus, Fieb. — albomarginatus, Fab. Dover, 'common by sweeping in lanes' (Hall), Deal (Billups, etc.), Hythe (Blatch), Hunt- ingfield (Chitty), Lee (West) — picipes, Fall. Bromley (Saunders) Sciocoris, Fall. — cursitans, Fab. Deal (Douglas and Scott, etc.) iElia, Fab. — acuminata, Lin. Darenth Wood (Douglas and Scott), Huntingfield (Chitty), Bickley (Jennings) 214 PENTATOMiD^ffi {continued) Neottiglossa, Curt. — inflexa, WolfF. Generally distributed Eysarcoris, Hahn. — melanocephalus. Fab. Darenth Wood (Douglas and Scott), Chatham (Cham- pion), Tonbridge (Blatch), Dodington (Chitty), Tunbridge Wells (Billups), Farleigh, Bredhurst, BIrling (Elgar), Hawkhurst (Butler) — aeneus. Scop. Faversham (J. J. Walker) Pentatoma, Oliv. — baccarum, Lin. Cliffs, Dover (Hall), Bickley (Jennings), Dodington (Chitty) — prasina, Lin. Bromley, bred from larva beaten from ivy (West), Maid- stone (Elgar), Heme Bay (Butler), Huntingfield (Chitty) Piezodorus, Fieb. — lituratus, Fab. Dover (Hall), Plumstead, Brockley, Abbey Wood (West), Mail- ing (Elgar) Tropicoris, Hahn. — rufipes, Lin. Dover district ' gene- rally distributed' (Hall), Shooters Hill (West), Huntingfield (Chitty) Strachia, Hahn. — festiva, Lin. Lee (Douglas and Scott), Kingswood, near Maidstone, Oaken Wood, Barming (Elgar), Dodington (Chitty) — oleracea, Lin. CliSs, Dover (Hall), Deal (Saunders), Huntingfield (Chitty) Picromerus, Am. S. — bidens, Lin. Folkestone on ragwort (West), Boxley (El^ar), Deal (New- bery) Podisus, H.S. — luridus. Fab. Darenth (Champion), Abbey Wood (West) Jalla, Hahn. — dumosa, Lin. Larva, Deal (Saunders)
