INSECTS 



ALEOCHARINA (continued) 



Homalota boletobia, Thorns. Tring 



liturata, Steph. Near Bovingdon, very 



local, but usually plentiful where 

 found 



coriaria, Kr. Tring, three or four 



taken from large piece of fungus 

 growing on old beech stump ; usu- 

 ally found in cut grass, etc. I once 

 had a number sent me, which were 

 found in an old disused squirrel's 

 nest 



sodalis, Er. Tring 



humeralis, Kr. Tring, very rarely seen, 



but the species is really common in 

 one or two of the woods at Chesham, 

 close to the county border 



gagatina, Baudi. Tring 



divisa, Mark. Tring, a decidedly com- 



mon species near the town, found 

 chiefly in dead animals 



nigricornis, Thorns. Aldbury Common 



ravilla, Er. Wihtone, four specimens 



under refuse at the reservoir, Decem- 

 ber, 1898 



palustris, Kies. Tring 



corvina, Thorns. Aldbury Common^ in 



fungus on old stump 



puberula, Sharp. Tring, one only in 



dead leaves on the hills 



atomaria, Kr. Flaunden, one found 



floating on a pool of water 



perexigua, Sharp. Wihtone, very rare, 



under refuse at the reservoir, April, 

 1898; Aldbury, one taken by sweep- 

 ing 



scapularis, Sahib. Tring 



testaceipes, Heer. Aldbury, rare, in 



dead leaves, October 



oblita, Er. Tring 



autumnalis, Er. Wihtone, very rare, in 



moss at the reservoir. By searching 

 under the bark of fallen boughs, in 

 marshy places during September, this 

 species would probably be discovered 

 in other parts of the county 



sericea, Muls. "j 



indubia, Sharp. L Tring 



atricolor, Sharp. J 



inquinula, Grav. Wigginton Common 



and Hastoe 



nigra, Kr. Tring 



hodierna, Sharp. Wihtone, very rare, 



a few specimens found at the reser- 

 voir under dead reeds, April, 1897 ; 

 and one more two years later 



germana, Sharp. Tring, almost as 



plentiful as nigra in the district 



celata, Er. Near Bovingdon, very rare 



sordidula, Er. Tring 



ALEOCHARINA (continued) 



Homalota canescens, Sharp. Tring, often 

 found in decaying fungi on the 

 ground 



cauta, Er. Tring 



villosula, Kr. Tring, scarce 



atramentaria, Gyll. Tring 



marcida, Er. Tring, found in some of 



the woods in decaying fungi, rather 

 late in the autumn ; the specimens 

 found in this district seem uniformly 

 darker than those taken in the 

 vicinity of London and further 

 south 



intermedia, Thorns. Aldbury, one only 



in dead leaves 



longicornis, Grav. \ Tring ; New Bar- 



sordida, Marsh. ) net (Newbery) 



testudinea, Er. Tring, not very often 



seen, but sometimes common where 

 it occurs 



aterrima, Grav. \ , . 



muscorum, Bris. / 



pilosiventris, Thorns. Near Bovingdon, 



two in a dead bird 



laticollis, Steph. Tring 



montivagans, Woll. Tring, very rare, 



one taken by sweeping, June, 1896 



fungi, Grav. Tring, very abundant 



everywhere, and the var. clientula 

 with it ; New Barnet (Newbery) 



orphana, Er. Little Tring, one only 



taken by sweeping 

 Gnypeta labilis, Er. Tring, very abundant 



on the banks of the reservoirs, and 



most variable both as to size and 



coloration 

 Tachyusa atra, Grav. Wihtone, found 



sparingly by the reservoir 



concolor, Er. Wihtone, with the pre- 



ceding ; one year when the reservoir 

 was very low this insect swarmed on 

 the exposed mud ; Bovingdon (Piffard) 

 Falagria sulcata, Payk. Tring 



sulcatula, Grav. Wihtone, scarce, in 



moss, etc., at the reservoir 



thoracica, Curt. Tring, rare 



obscura, Grav. New Barnet (Newbery) 

 Autalia impressa, Ol. \ y r/ - H _ 



rivularis, Grav. J 



Encephalus complicans, Westwood. Wil- 

 stone, rare, one in moss growing on 

 side of ditch ; Baldock, one specimen 

 (Wood) 



Gyrophaena pulchella, Heer. Felden (Pif- 

 fard) 



affinis, Mann. Tring 



gentilis, Er. Tring, not common 



nana, Payk. \ 



fasciata, Marsh. J 



