INSECTS Staphylinid^ {continued) Stenus bifoveolatus, Gyll. Common — nitidiusculus, Steph. (tempestivus, Er.). Very local. Strood — picipennis, Er. Local. Maidstone^ Folkestone — picipes, Steph. (rusticus, Er.). Com- mon and generally distributed. — foveicollis, Kr. (brevicollis, Thorns.). Rare. Hayes — cicindeloides, Grav. Common and generally distributed — similis, Herbst. Common and gener- ally distributed — solutus, Er. Rare. Lee, Birchington near Margate — tarsalis, Ljungh. Common and gener- ally distributed — paganus, Er. Local, but widely dis- tributed. — latifrons, Er. Local, but not uncom- mon — fornicatus, Steph. Rare. Maidstone Oxyporus rufus, F. Local, but not un- common, and widely distributed Bledius spectabilis, Kr. Locally common. Sheerness, Gravesend, St. Marys Island, Pegwell Bay, Dover, Deal — tricornis, Herbst. Very local, but sometimes in profusion. Sheerness, Sandgate, Deal — bicornis. Germ. Very local and scarce. Pegwell Bay, Deal — subterraneus, Er. Scarce. Maidstone — longulus, Er. Very local. Bexley, Charlton, West IVickham, Maid- stone — fracticornis, Paylc. Scarce. Charlton, Tunbridge Wells — opacus. Block. Rare. Charlton — atricapillus. Germ. Locally abundant. Strood and Vpnor (J. J. W.) — crassicollis, Lac. Rare. Walmer (Dr. Power and Mr. Hall) Platystethus arenarius, Fourc. Common everywhere. — cornutus, Gyll. Generally distributed — capito, Heer. Local. Darenth Wood, Sheerness, Chatham, Cohham, Seven- oaks, Bearsted, Folkestone, Dover — nodifrons, Sahib. Local, but widely distributed — nitens, Sahib. Rare. Lee Oxytelus rugosus, Grav. Very common everywhere — insecatus, Grav. Local and not com- mon, but widely distributed ; it has occurred in some numbers in St. Peter's, Thanet, in decayed potatoes (Wood) 139 Staphylinid^ (continued) Oxytelus sculptus, Grav. Very common — laqueatus. Marsh. Common — piceus, L. Very rare. Birch Wood, Snodland — inustus, Grav. Common — sculpturatus, Grav. Very common — nitidulus, Grav. Common — complanatus, Er. „ — clypeonitens, Pand. (speculifrons. Rye). Rare. Cobham Park, Sheerness, Plum- stead, Tonbridge — tetracarinatus, Block. Very common everywhere — fairmairei, Pand. Very rare, ^een- down Warren ; one specimen Haploderus ccelatus, Grav. Very common Ancyrophorus aureus, Fauv. Very scarce. Trogophloeus arcuatus, Steph. Very scarce. Tonbridge — bilineatus, Steph. Very common — rivularis, Mots, (erichsoni, Sharp). Local, but rather widely distri- buted — fuliginosus, Grav. Not common. Sheer- ness, Faversham, Tonbridge — foveolatus. Sahib. Rare. Whitstable and Sheerness (Champion), Darenth Wood (Blatch) — corticinus, Grav. Generally distributed and common — halophilus, Kries. Rare. Sheerness, Rochester, Chatham — pusillus, Grav. Not uncommon. Chat- ham, Rochester district, Sheerness, Kingsgate, Deal — tenellus, Er. Rare. Darenth Wood — subtilis, Er. Rare. Eltham. (Speci- mens in Dr. Power's collection from this locality placed under T. tenellus ought apparently to be referred to this scarce species) Syntomium aeneum. Mull. Not uncommon. Dover, Folkestone, Tonbridge Coprophilus striatulus, F. Common and generally distributed Acrognathus mandibularis, Gyll. Very rare. Tonbridge (Horner), Darenth Wood Compsochilus palpalis, Er. Very rare. Sheerness (Walker), Tonbridge (taken by Mr. Wollaston, and many years after, 1887, in some small numbers by Mr. Horner and Mr. Blatch) Deleaster dichrons, Grav. Rare. Lewisham, Bromley, Maidstone, Bearsted var. leachii. Curt. Sometimes found with the type, but usually occurs in a different locality. Hythe, Ton- bridge