INSECTS 



ALEOCHARINA (continued) 



Homalota occulta, Er. In moss and under 

 bones ; spring to autumn ; rather 

 scarce. Knowle, Small Heath (Blatch) 



fungivora, Thorns. In moss, fungi, 



grass tufts and under bones and 

 bark ; all seasons ; all localities, 

 often in profusion 



picipes, Thorns. In lawn clippings and 



under bones and bark ; rare. Small 

 Heath (Blatch), Knowle 



monticola, Thorns. Under bones and 



dead moles ; in grass tufts and fungi ; 

 all seasons ; abundant locally. Small 

 Heath, Knowle (Blatch), Solihull 



nigella, Er. In bogs and marshy places 



at roots of plants and in folds of 

 typha, carex, etc. ; local. Earlswood, 

 Tamworth, Coleihill, Sutton (Blatch), 

 Knowle 



aequata, Er. Under bark of dead trees 



and logs ; at all seasons and in all 

 places where dead trees and logs occur 



augustula, Gyll. Bones, fungi, hot- 



beds, bark and marshy places ; 

 spring to autumn ; scarce. Knowle, 

 Small Heath (Blatch) 



linearis, Grav. In moss and bark, fungi 



and carrion ; all seasons. Knowle 



pilicornis, Thorns. At sap, in moss, 



leaves and under bark ; all seasons ; 

 scarce. Knowle, Solihull (Blatch) 



debilis, Er. In moss, flood refuse, wet 



shingle, etc. ; rare ; all seasons 

 Knowle (Blatch) 



fallaciola, Sharp. Grass tufts in bogs ; 



rare. Coleshill (Blatch), Sutton 



circellaris, Grav. In moss, grass tufts, 



hedge rubbish, etc. ; abundant at all 

 times and in all localities 



immersa, Heer. Under bark of various 



trees ; all seasons ; fairly plentiful. 

 Edgbaston, Small Heath (Blatch), 

 Sutton, Knowle 



cuspidata, Er. Found with the pre- 



ceding, and very abundant at all 

 times throughout the midlands 



eremita, Rye. In sphagnum, in boggy 



places. Coleshill (Blatch), Sutton 



curtipennis, Sharp. Grass tussocks, in 



bogs and in sphagnum ; local. Sutton 

 (Blatch) 



analis, Grav. All kinds of habitats, all 



seasons and in all localities 



decipiens, Sharp. Amongst dead leaves, 



etc. ; rare. Knowle 



soror, Kr. Marshy places. Stratford- 



on-Avon (Bloom) 



exilis, Er. Roots of grass in damp 



pastures and under bark ; all sea- 



ALEOCHARINA (continued) 



sons ; rare. Knowle (Blatch), Salford 

 Priors 



Homalota depressa, Gyll. In moss and dead 

 leaves, on walls and fences ; local 

 and scarce ; spring to autumn. 

 Knowle (Blatch) 



hepatica, Er. Grass tufts and leaves 



in woods ; all seasons ; rare. 

 Knowle 



aquatica, Thorns. In moss, fungi, grass 



tufts, carrion and under bark ; all 

 seasons ; fairly plentiful through- 

 out midlands 



aeneicollis, Sharp. Habitat and distri- 

 bution same as preceding 



xanthoptera, Steph. Found under simi- 



lar conditions and in the same locali- 

 ties as the preceding 



valida, Kr. Amongst dead leaves in 



woods ; all seasons. Knowle (Blatch) 



euryptera, Steph. At sap, in moss, 



dead leaves, fungi and under bones ; 

 found throughout the year, but is 

 active only during spring, summer 

 and early autumn ; plentiful every- 

 where 



trinotata, Kr. Found with the pre- 



ceding ; also in hotbeds ; all sea- 

 sons and in all localities 

 - xanthopus, Thorns. Bones, refuse, 

 moss, hotbeds, fungi, bark ; plenti- 

 ful in summer, rarely met with in 

 winter ; all localities 



triangulum, Kr. Habitat same as pre- 



ceding ; all seasons ; found through- 

 out midlands ; not so abundant as 

 preceding 



fungicola, Thorns. Fungi, moss, leaves, 



bones, carcases, hotbeds ; abundant 

 at all times (especially summer) ; all 

 localities 



ignobilis, Sharp. In fungi, moss, dead 



moles and in sap ; all seasons ; rather 

 scarce. Knowle (Blatch), Solihull 



boletobia, Thorns. In fungi ; occa- 



sionally in moss and hedge refuse ; 

 fairly plentiful spring to autumn ; 

 scarce in winter. Knowle, Berkswell 

 (Blatch), Packwood 



liturata, Steph. In polypori ; spring to 



autumn ; rare in midlands. Edge 

 Hill 



coriaria, Kr. Hotbeds, moss and sap ; 



abundant locally in fresh lawn clip- 

 pings during summer ; rare in winter. 

 Knowle (Blatch) 



sodalis, Er. In moss, fungi, vegetable 



refuse and under bones, etc. ; all 

 seasons and all localities 



