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 INSECTS CvCLICA {continued) Phyllotreta exclamationis, Thunb. (bras- sicas, F.). Marshy places, on Criici- feras ; very local. Rochester district Aphthona lutescens, Gyll. Marshy places, on Comarum palustre, Ly thrum salicaria, etc. ; very local. Snodland, Maidstone — nonstriata, Goeze. On Irispseudacorus; locally common. Snodlandy Chatham, Northfleet — venustula, Kuts. On the wood-spurge (Euphorbia amygdaloides) ; locally common. Rochester district, St. Peter's {Thanet), Chatham, Darenth Wood, Birch Wood — atro-coerulea, Steph. By sweeping in chalky places ; locally common — virescens, Foudr. By sweeping low plants in marshy places ; local. Maidstone, Deal, Folkestone — atratula, All. In chalky places, on Teucrium, Helianthemum, etc. ; locally common. Rochester district, Chatham, Sevenoaks, Margate, Dover — herbigrada, Curt. By sweeping in chalky places ; locally common. Rochester district, Chatham, Maid- stone, Dover Batophila rubi, Payk. On Rubus and also on low plants ; local. Blue Bell Hill,nenT Chatham, Maidstone, Dover — serata, Marsh. On Rubus and haw- thorn ; common and generally dis- tributed Sphreroderma testaceum, F. On thistles ; common and generally distributed — cardui, Gyll. On knapweed and thistles ; common and widely dis- tributed Apteropeda orbiculata, Marsh. By sweep- ing, often found in moss ; common and generally distributed — globosa, 111. In moss, etc. ; rare. Cohham Great Pari and Walderslade (J- J- w.) Mniophila muscorum, Koch. In moss on chalky banks, stumps of trees, etc. ; locally common. Rochester district, Faversham, Birch Wood, Darenth Wood, Westerham Podgacrica fuscipes, L. On mallows (Malva sylvestris and M. moschata) ; common and generally distributed — fuscicornis, L. As the preceding Mantura rustica, L. By sweeping, on Rumex, etc. ; not very common, but widely distributed — obtusata, Gyll. On Spirjea ulmaria, Helianthemum, etc. ; local and as Cyclica [continued) a rule rare. Snodland, HoUinghourne, Maidstone Mantura matthewsi. Curt. On Helian- themum, in chalky places ; very local. Rochester district (not rare), Chatham, Faversham, Maidstone, Eastry, Folke- stone Ochrosis salicarias, Payk. Marshy places, on Lysimachia, Lythrum and Hyperi- cum ; very local. Cohham Great Wood, on Lysimachia nummularia, in shady places, not rare (J. J. W.) Crepidodera transversa, Marsh. On thistles, etc. ; somewhat local but common — ferruginea. Scop. On nettles, etc. ; common — rufipes, L. On Malva, Orobus and Vicia ; common — ventralis, 111. By sweeping, in moss, etc. ; local. St. Mary Cray, Chat- ham, Faversham — nitidula, L. On willows and aspens ; very rare. Dover (C. G. Hall) — helxines, L. On willows, sallows, aspens and poplars ; generally distri- buted and common — chloris, Foudr. As the preceding ; locally common. Snodland, Sheer- ness, Maidstone, Dover — aurata, Marsh. As the preceding ; very common Hippuriphila modeeri, L. Marshy places, on Equisetum arvense ; locally com- mon. Snodland, Sheerness, Faversham, Maidstone, Deal, Folkestone Epitrix pubescens, Koch. On Solanum dulcamara, marshy places ; rare. hvade (J. J. W.), Sheppey Chaetocnema subccerulea, Kuts. By sweep- ing herbage, in moss, etc. Pegwell Bay, Dover — hortensis, Fourc. By sweeping herb- age ; common and generally distri- buted Plectroscelis concinna, Marsh. By sweep- ing ; abundant everywhere Psylliodes attenuata, Koch. On hops ; generally distributed throughout the hop districts and occasionally very destructive — chrysocephala, L. On Cruciferx, es- pecially near the coast ; common var. anglica, F. Not uncommon — napi, Koch. On Cruciferae, especially watercress ; common, but not so often met with as the preceding species 163