INSECTS 



SPHJERIDIINA (continued) 



Cercyon terminatus, Marsh. Knowle 



analis, Payk. All localities 



lugubris, Payk. Knowle 



granarius, Er. 



minutus, Muls. Knowle and Solihull 

 Megasternum boletophagum, Marsh. In 



vegetable refuse, moss, dung, fungi, 

 etc. ; abundant everywhere 

 Cryptopleurum atomarium, F. Habitat 

 and distribution same as preceding 



NOTE. All the Hydrophilidae are to be found 

 throughout the year. 



STAPHYLINID^E 



ALEOCHARINA 



Aleochara ruficornis, Grav. In moss, 

 vegetable refuse, etc. ; rare. Button 

 Park 



fuscipes, F. In dead animals, fungi 



and vegetable refuse ; all seasons ; 

 abundant everywhere 



brevipennis, Grav. In grass tufts in 



marshy places. Knowle 



bipunctata, Ol. In moss, grass tufts, 



dead leaves, hedge refuse, etc. ; all 

 seasons, sparingly. Tysoe ; Salford 

 Priors, Sutton Park (Blatch), Knowle 

 and Solihull 



cuniculorum, Kr. In moss and under 



dead moles. Knowle 



lanuginosa, Grav. In moss, grass tufts, 



dead leaves, dung, etc. ; at all seasons 

 and in all localities 



lygaea, Kr. In dead birds and moles, 



etc. ; rare. Knowle (Blatch, June 

 1893), (the author, 1899) 



villosa, Maun. In moss and decaying 



leaves ; rare. Knowle 

 - succicola, Thorns. In moss ; rare. 

 Knowle 



mcesta, Grav. Habitat and distribution 



same as A. lanuginosa 



mcerens, Gyll. In carrion, fungi, dead 



leaves, moss, etc. ; rare. Knowle 

 (Blatch) 



nitida, Grav. In moss, hedge rubbish, 



dung, etc. ; all seasons ; all localities 



nitida var. belineata, Gyll. At sap 



on oak stumps ; spring to autumn ; 

 scarce. Knowle (Blatch, record 

 only), near Coleshill 



morion, Grav. Abundant in dung, 



hotbeds, moss, grass tufts and fungi ; 

 all seasons ; all localities 

 Microglossa suturalis, Sahl. Bottoms of 

 haystacks, in cowsheds, moss and 

 grass tufts ; all seasons. Edgbaston ; 

 Sutton Park (Blatch), Knowle 



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ALEOCHARINA (continued) 



Microglossa nidicola, Fairm. In and near 

 nests of sand martins. Found abun- 

 dantly in spring and summer in all 

 localities where the sand martin 

 builds 



Oxypoda spectabilis, Mark. In grass tufts, 

 vegetable refuse, etc. ; rare. Knowle 



lividipennis, Mann. In moss and 



hedge refuse and in decaying fungi. 

 Found throughout the year in all 

 localities 



opaca, Grav. In hotbeds, vegetable 



refuse, etc. ; abundant everywhere 

 at all times 



alternans, Grav. In fungi ; all seasons ; 



abundant everywhere 



exoleta, Er. Under bones at Small 



Heath (Blatch) ; under bark, Sander- 

 land Coppice, Knowle 



leutula, Er. Amongst decaying leaves, 



etc., on margins of ponds in woods ; 

 all seasons ; scarce. Knowle (Blatch) 



umbrata, Grav. In moss, grass tufts, 



under bones and bark ; all seasons. 

 Knowle, Olton, Small Heath (Blatch), 

 Knowle 



pectita, Sharp. Under bones and stack 



refuse ; rare. Knowle, under bones 

 (Blatch) ; Knowle, stack refuse 



nigrina, Wat. In moss, grass tufts, 



hotbeds and under bark, etc. Knowle, 

 Tysoe, Small Heath, Coleshill, Sutton 

 (Blatch) 



mutata, Sharp. Knowle (Blatch) 



- longiuscula, Er. In damp places ; all 

 seasons ; abundant everywhere 



formeceticola, Mark. In nests of For- 



mica rufa. Knowle 



hzmorrhoa, Mann. In moss, hot- 



beds, under bark and in nests of 

 Formica rufa ; all seasons. Edgbaston, 

 Sutton (Blatch), Knowle 



waterhousei, Rye. In vegetable refuse, 



in marshy places. Knowle (Blatch, 

 record only) 



soror, Thorns. In moss on oak trunks. 



Knowle (Blatch, record only) 



annularis, Sahl. In moss and dead 



leaves ; scarce ; all seasons. Knowle 

 (Blatch) 



brachyptera, Steph. Found by the 



late Mr. Blatch, and also by the 

 author in an old cowshed at Knowle 



Thiasophila angulata, Er. In nests of 

 Formica rufa ; local. Near Tarn- 

 worth (Blatch), Knowle 



Ischnoglossa prolixa, Grav. Under bark 

 of dead trees ; abundant ; all seasons. 

 All localities 



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