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 A HISTORY OF KENT CuRCULiONiDyi; {continued) Otiorrhynchus fuscipes, Walton. As the preceding ; not common. Chatham, Sheerness, Folkestone - — atroapterus, De G. On the coast, at roots of grass, etc. ; locally common. Deal, Dover — rancus, F. By sweeping herbage, in chalky or sandy pl.ices ; rare. Dar- land Hill, Cobham Park, Greenhithe, Bearsted — scabrosus, Marsh. Under stones, in moss, at roots of plants, etc. ; also on hedges ; common — ligneus, Ol. As the preceding but less common, though widely distributed — picipes, F. By beating young trees and hedges ; only too common ; sometimes does great damage to raspberry canes — sulcatus, F. At roots of plants moss, etc. very common very injurious to vines, strawberries, ferns, etc. rugifrons, Gyll. At roots of grass, under decaying seaweed, etc. ; mostly near the coast ; local. Dover ovatus, L. In moss, on hedges, etc. ; generally common muscorum, Bris. In moss, by sweep- mg, etc. ; not uncommon. Dart- ford, JVeit Wickham, St. Mary Cray Trachyphloeus aristatus, Gyll. In moss and at roots of Lotus corniculatus, in sandy or chalky places ; not com- mon. Faversham, Birch Wood — squamulatus, Ol. As the preceding ; not common. Darland Hill, Chat- ham, Favenham, Hythe — scaber, L. In moss and by sweeping ; common — scabriculus, L. In sandy and chalky places, in moss, and at roots of herb- age ; common — spinimanus. Germ. On chalky hill- sides, at the roots of Helianthemum vulgare ; very local and usually very rare. Rochester and Chatham dis- trict ; taken in large numbers at Darland Hill, ^leendown Warren, etc., by Mr. Champion and Mr. Walker. Sheppey, Dover — alternans, Gyll. As the preceding ; very local. Darland Hill, ^leen- dotun Warren, Hailing, Ashford, Eastry, Margate, Dover (common, J. J. W.), Folkestone Cienopsis fissirostris,Walt. In thick wet moss in May in sandy places ; rare. Chisle- hurst (Marsh.), Plumstead (Smith) CuRCULlONlD-« {continued) Canopsis waltoni, Boli. Sandy and chalky places, in moss, etc. ; very local. Chatham, Dartford, Plumstead (abun- dant 30 July, 1864, Power), Hythe Stropliosomus coryli, F. On young hazel, oaks, etc. ; common everywhere — capitatus, De G. As the preceding ; common ■ — retusus. Marsh. On heath, gorse, young oaks, etc. ; local. Darenth Wood, Brastcd — faber, Herbst. At roots of grass and low plants, etc. ; local, but widely distributed — lateralis, Payk. On heath and ling ; very common Exomias araneiformis, Schr. In moss, etc. ; common everywhere — pellucidus, Boh. Sandy places ; very local, and as a rule rare, but some- times in profusion. Eastry near Sandwich (Gorham), 5/. Peter's, Isle of Thanet (T. Wood) Brachysomus echinatus, Bonsd. In moss and faggots and by sweeping ; locally common. Darland Hill, ^icendown Warren, Snodhurst, Cohham Park, Darenth Wood, Birch Wood, West TFickham — hirtus. Boh. Chalky hillsides in moss ; very rare. Cobham Park, Blue Bell Hill, Walderslade (J. J. W.), Ton- bridge (Wollaston) Sciaphilus muricatus, F. In woods and hedges, often in moss ; common Tropiphorus carinatus. Mull. In moss, under stones and by sweeping ; rare. Wigmore Wood, Chatham, Faversham, Folkestone, Hythe Liophloeus nubilus, F. On hedges and herbage ; common Metallites marginatus, Steph. On broom and juniper ; very local. Wigmore Wood, Chatham, St. Mary Cray, Birch Wood, Maidstone Polydrusus micans, F. On young birches, wild cherry, hazels, sallows, oaks, etc. ; local. Cuxton, Wigmore Wood, Darenth Wood, Shooters Hill, Wes- terham, Bearsted, Sivanscombe TVood near Gravesend — tereticollis, De G. (undatus, F.). On young trees in woods and hedges ; common and generally distributed — pterygomalis. Boh. On young oaks and hazels ; somewhat local but common. Chatham, Darenth JFood, etc. — flavipes, De G. On young trees in 170
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