INSECTS Staphylinid^ {continued) Philonthus agilis, Grav. Local. TFhitstahle, Tonbridge — vernalis, Grav. Rare. Higham, Chat- tenden and Strood (J. J. Walker) ; Deal (Power) — ventralis, Grav. Local. Sheerness, Lee, Tonbridge, Dover — discoideus, Grav. Not uncommon — quisquiliarius, Gyll. Local. Higham, Snodland, Lee, Chatham, Faversham, Tonbridge var. dimidiatus, Er. Rare. Maidstone — splendidulus, Grav. Rare. Tonbridge (Horner) — thermarum, Aub6. Local. IVester- ham — nigrita, Nord. Rare. Eltham — fumarius, Grav. Local. Higham, Lee, Elthain, Strood, Folkestone — micans, Grav. Local. Banks of Med- way, Lee, Birch Wood, Tonbridge — astutus, Er. Very rare. Sandgate, two specimens (Horner) — trossulus, Nord. Very common — fulvipes, F. Rare. Snodland, one specimen (J. J. W.) — punctus, Grav. Rare. Sheerness and Gravesend — puella, Nord. Rare. Gravesend Cafius fucicola, Curt. Rare. Sheerness — xantholoma, Grav. Abundant in de- caying seaweed all along the coast — sericeus, Holme. Local. JVhitstuble, Sheerness, Margate, Kingsgate, Broad- stairs Actobius cinerascens, Grav. Not uncom- mon, but local. Strood, Lee, Sheer- ness, Higham, scarce (J. J. W.) — signaticornis, Rey. Rare. Banks of Medway below Strood — villosulus, Steph. Rare. Higham — procerulus, Grav. Local. Whitstahle, Lee, Sevenoaks Xantholinus fulgidus, F. Scarce. Ton- bridge — glabratus, Grav. Very common — ochraceus, Gyll. Local, but not un- common — atratus, Heer. In nests of Formica rufa ; not uncommon — glaber, Nord. Under bark, often in company with ants ; very rare. IVesterhum, Cobham Park — tricolor, F. Not uncommon — linearis, Ol. Very common — longiventris, Heer. Common Leptacinus parumpunctatus, Gyll. Local. Lee, Darenth JVood, Sheerness, Chat- ham, Tonbridge, Kingsgate I I StaphyliniDjT [continued) Leptacinus batychrus, Gyll. Local, but not uncommon ; distributed much as the preceding — linearis, Grav. Very common — formicetorum, Miirk. In nests of For- mica rufa ; local, but not uncommon. Plumstead, Chatham, Frith, Mar- gate Baptolinus alternans, Grav. Rather com- mon Othius fulvipennis, F. Not uncommon — laviusculus, Steph. (punctipennis, Lac.) Local, but not uncommon — melanocephalus, Grav. Rare. Roches- ter district ; perhaps the specimens should be referred to the following species — myrmecophilus, Kies. Generally dis- tributed and common Lathrobium elongatum, L. Not uncom- mon — boreale, Hoch. Widely distributed, but not very common — fulvipenne, Grav. Very common every- where — angustatum, Lac. Rare. Higham, Strood, Gravesend, Folkestone — brunnipes, F. Very common and generally distributed — longulum, Grav. Generally distributed and common — punctatum, Zett. Local. Lee, Da- renth JVood, Tonbridge — quadratum, Payk. Rare. Darenth JVood — terminatum, Grav. Common — pallidum, Nord. Rare. JVest JVick- harn — multipunctum, Grav. Local. Chat- ham, Sheerness, Darenth, Hythe Achenium depressum, Grav. Generally distributed — humile, Nic. Not common. Chatham, Chattenden, Sheerness, Lee, Tonbridge, Deal, Hythe Cryptobium glaberrimum, Herbst (fracti- corne, Payk). Not uncommon Stilicus fragilis, Grav. In the damp bottoms of woodstacks ; rare but occasionally in numbers. Darenth JVood, Strood, Cobham, Maidstone, Bearsted, Chat- ham, Tonbridge — rufipes. Germ. Common — orbiculatus, Er. Local, but not un- common — subtilis, Er. Local. Darland Hill, Tonbridge — affinis, Er. Very common — geniculatus, Er. Not uncommon 37 IB
