INSECTS CocciNELLID^ {continued) Scymnus haemorrhoidalis, Herbst. Common and generally distributed — capitatus, F. Local. Rochester district, Lee, Faversham — ater, Kug. Sandy places, at roots of grass, etc. ; rare. Deal — minimus, Rossi. Very local. Chat- ham, Borland Hill, Cobham, Belve- dere, Sheerness, Darenth fVood, Birch Wood Platynaspis luteorubra (villosa, Fourc). Very local. Darland Hill, Chat- ham, in profusion under bark of dead fir trees in winter (J. J. W.) ; rarely under oak bark, Queendown Warren (J. J. W.) ; Deal, Folke- stone Chilocorus similis, Rossi. Local, but not uncommon. Chatham, Darenth Wood, Chattenden, Shooters Hill, Folkestone — bipustulatus, L. Apparently very local. Brasted Exochomus 4-pustulatus, L. Locally com- mon. Chatham, Dartford, Shooters Hill. Under fir bark, Darland Hill, scarce (J. J. W.) Rhizobius litura, F. Common everywhere Coccidula rufa, Herbst. Very common and generally distributed — scutellata, Herbst. Marshy places on aquatic plants ; local. Gravesend, Sheerness, St. Mary's Island, Birch- ington (abundant), Pegwell Bay Endomychid^ Mycetaea hirta. Marsh. In haystack re- fuse, cornbins, etc. ; often in cellars about beer drippings and in fungi in wine cellars. Generally distributed and common Alexia pilifera, Mull. Locally common and widely distributed Lycoperdina bovistas, F. In pufF balls (Lycoperdon bovistae) ; very local, but generally common where found. Birch Wood Endomychus coccineus, L. In fungoid growth, and under bark of decaying birch, elm, etc. ; locally common. Sevenoaks, Lewisham, Cobham Park, Cuxton, ^leendown JVarren, Boxley, Westerham, Abbey Wood, Sittingbourne EaOTYLIDiE Dacne humeralis, F. In hard boleti on beech and elms ; rare. Sheerness — rufifrons, F. In fungoid growth on trees ; locally common Triplax russica, L. In fungi on trees ; not common. Darenth Wood EROTYLiDiS: {continued) Triplax lacordairei, Crotch. In fungoid growth on ash and other trees ; very rare. Darenth Wood (Cham- pion), Frith (Power) Cyrtotriplax bipustulata, F. In fungi on trees and rotten stumps ; local and not common. Darenth Wood, Birch Wood CoLYDIIDiB Aglenus brunneus, Gyll. In manure heaps, cornbins, hotbeds, etc. ; rare. Ash- ford Oxylaemus variolosus, Duft. (coesus, Er.). Under bark ; very rare. Charlton (Pelerin) Orthocerus muticus, L. Sandy places ; local, but not uncommon. Sheerness, Deal, Dover Cicones variegatus, Hellw. Under bark of beech and hornbeam ; rare. Brom- ley, Chatham, Westerham, Chilham Langelandia anophthalma, Aub6. Very rare ; the only locality in Britain is St. Peter's, Thanet, where I took it in decaying seed potatoes in 1886 in the Rev. J. G. Wood's garden, where his son had discovered it some little time before Cerylon histeroides, F. Under bark and in ants' nests ; rather common — fagi, Bris. Under bark and under fallen beech branches ; rare. Cob- ham Park, Chatham, Sevenoaks, St. Mary Cray, Darenth Wood — ferrugineum, Steph. (angustatum, Er.). Under bark of felled ash and beech trees ; very local, but occasionally abundant. Cobham Park, Chatham, Chilham HlSTERID.«: Hister quadrimaculatus, L. Formerly not uncommon on or near the coast. Gravesend, Sheerness, Chatham, Whit- stable, Heme Bay, Ramsgate, Deal. Appears now to be much less often met with — unicolor, L. Generally distributed and common — cadaverinus, HofF. Generally distri- buted and common — succicola, Thoms. In carcases and also putrid fungi and at sap ; not common. Cobham Park, Sevenoaks, Darenth and Birch Woods — purpurascens, Herbst. Local but widely distributed — neglectus, Germ. Not uncommon in several localities. Banks of Medway, not common 145
