A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE 



ALEOCHARINA (continued) 



Ischnoglossa corticina, Er. Under bark ; all 



seasons. Olton t Sutton Park (Blatch), 



Knowle 

 Ocyusa incrassata, Kr. In moss and leaves 



and under bark ; all seasons ; all 



localities ; often abundant 

 maura, Er. In boggy places, in grass 



tussocks, etc. ; all seasons ; local. 



Knowle, Coleshill, Sutton (Blatch) 



- picina, Aube. Habitat same as pre- 



ceding ; very local. Sutton Park 

 (abundant in the bogs at all times) 

 Phlaeopora reptans, Grav. Under bark of 

 dead trees ; all seasons ; abundant 

 in all localities 



- corticalis, Grav. Under bark of holly 



and other trees ; all seasons ; scarce.. 

 Sutton Park 



- corticalis var. transita, Muls. Under 



bark ; rare. Sutton Park (Blatch) 

 Ocalea castanea, Er. In moss, grass tufts, 

 fungi, etc. ; all seasons ; plentiful ; 

 all localities 



- latipennis, Sharp. Margins of ponds 



and streams ; rare ; all seasons. 

 Knowle 



- badia, Er. Grass tufts and moss in 



damp places ; all seasons. Solihull 



(Blatch), Knowle 

 Ilyobates nigricollis, Payk. Amongst dead 



leaves in woods, in banks of rivers 



and under stones ; spring to autumn ; 



rare. Knowle 

 Calodera nigrita, Mann. Marshy places ; 



rare. Solihull (Blatch) 



- aethiops, Grav. In grass tufts and 



decaying vegetable matter, etc. ; all 

 seasons ; local. Knowle 



- umbrosa, Er. In gravel pits, on muddy 



margins of ponds, amongst shingle ; 

 all seasons ; rare. Knowle. Also 

 once found by Mr. G. W. Tail in 

 his wine cellar at Knowle 



Chilopora longitarsus, Steph. Banks of 

 ponds and streams. Abundant at 

 all times and in all localities 



Myrmedonia humeralis, Grav. In and 

 near nests of Formica rufa. Knowle 



Astilbus canaliculatus, F. In ants' nests, 

 grass tufts, moss, and under stones ; 

 all seasons ; abundant throughout 

 the midlands 



Callicerus obscurus, Grav. In moss, herb- 

 age on river banks and bone heaps ; 

 flies about on the first sunny days of 

 spring and in winter hybernates in 

 moss ; scarce. Knowle (Blatch) 



Thamiaraea cinnamomea, Grav. At sap 

 of trees infested with Cossus ; in 



ALEOCHARINA (continued) 



hedge refuse and on posts ; spring 



to autumn ; rather scarce. Knowle 



(Blatch), Solihull 

 Thamiaraea hospita, Mark. Habitat same 



as preceding. Knowle, Solihull 

 Notothecta flavipes, Thorns. In nests of 



Formica rufa ; all seasons. Knowle 



anceps, Gr. Habitat and distribution 



same as preceding, but scarcer 

 Alianta incana, Er. In grass tussocks, etc., 



in bogs and wet places ; all seasons ; 



local. Coleshill, Sutton (Blatch), 



Knowle 

 Homalota pavens, Er. Amongst shingle 



in river beds, etc., and under bones ; 



spring to autumn ; rare. Knowle 



gregaria, Er. In grass tufts, moss and 



hedge refuse ; all seasons and all 

 localities 



luteipes, Er. Banks of rivers and 



brooks ; spring and summer. Near 

 Birmingham (Blatch) 



luridipennis, Mann. In dead leaves 



and moss in woods, under bark, 

 bones, etc. ; all seasons and all 

 localities 



- gyllenhali, Thorns. In moss and grass 



tufts and under bones ; all seasons 

 and in all localities 



- hygrotopora, Kr. In moss and muddy 



places on banks of streams and ponds ; 

 all seasons. Birmingham, Sutton 

 (Blatch), Knowle 



elongatula, Grav. In moss and herb- 



age, especially in damp places ; 

 abundant at all times and in all 

 places. 



- volans, Scrib. Found with the pre- 



ceding, and equally widely distributed 

 but less abundant 



nitidula, Kr. In dead moles ; rare. 



Knowle (Blatch) 



oblongiuscula, Sharp. In moss, hay- 



stack refuse, and under bones ; found 

 sparingly at all seasons. Small Heath, 

 Sutton Park, Solihull (Blatch), Knowle 

 sylvicola, Fuss. Amongst dead leaves 

 in woods, moss and grass tufts ; all 

 seasons ; not abundant. Coleshill 

 (Blatch), Knowle 



vicina, Steph. Hedge refuse, moss, 



bones, etc. ; all seasons ; all localities 



pagana, Er. Dead leaves in woods 



and under bones ; found through- 

 out the year, but is scarce. Small 

 Heath (Blatch) 



graminicola, Gyll. In moss and grass 



tufts in marshy places ; all seasons 

 and in all localities 



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