INSECTS 



ALEOCHARINA (continued) 



dead leaves and hedge refuse ; all 

 seasons ; often abundant. Harborne 

 (Blatch), Knowle 



Homalota aterrima, Grav. In hotbeds, moss, 

 dung and carrion, etc. ; always 

 abundant everywhere 



pygmasa, Grav. Occurs with the above 



and is equally plentiful 



muscorum, Bris. In moss, grass tufts, 



fungi, carrion and at sap ; all sea- 

 sons ; all localities ; sometimes plentiful 



pilosiventris, Thorns. In moss, dead 



leaves, carrion ; under bark and at 

 oak sap ; generally rare ; sometimes 

 plentiful. Knowle 



laticollis, Steph. In hotbeds, moss, 



leaves, etc. ; all seasons and all 

 localities 



subsinuata, Er. In moss, hotbeds, 



grass tufts, sappy stumps ; all sea- 

 sons ; rather scarce. Small Heath, 

 Birmingham (Blatch), Knowle 



montivagans, Woll. In cowshed re- 



fuse ; rare. Knowle 



orbata, Er. In moss ; scarce. Knowle 



(Blatch) 



fungi, Grav. Always plentiful in all 



sorts of habitats and localities 



fungi var. dubia, Sharp. Found with 



the above and generally recognized 

 as a variety of it 



fungi var. clientula, Er. Less plentiful 



than the preceding, but in other re- 

 spects the same remarks apply 



orphana, Er. Found under same con- 



ditions as preceding. Knowle 

 Gnypeta labilis, Er. On banks of streams 



and ponds ; in sandpits and carrion ; 



all seasons, but mostly in summer ; 



all localities 

 Tachyusa constricta, Er. Banks of brooks 



and rivers ; spring to autumn ; locally 



abundant. Knowle 



atra, Grav. Margins of ponds and 



streams, and amongst dead leaves in 

 woods ; scarce ; all seasons. Knowle 

 (Blatch), Coleshill 



Falagria sulcata, Payk. In moss, hotbeds, 

 dung, bones, etc. ; abundant at all 

 times and in all localities 



sulcatula, Grav. In moss, hotbeds, etc. 



fond of damp places. Knowle (Blatch), 

 Edgbaston 



thoracica, Curt. Under stones and 



vegetable refuse ; spring to autumn ; 

 scarce. Edgbaston 



obscura, Grav. In hotbeds, stack re- 



fuse, moss, etc. ; all seasons and all 

 localities 



ALEOCHARINA (continued) 



Autalia impressa, Ol. In fungi and de- 

 caying leaves ; very plentiful during 

 summer and may be shaken out of 

 dead leaves in winter ; all localities 



rivularis, Grav. In moss, hedge refuse, 



hotbeds, dung, carrion ; all seasons; 

 abundant in all localities 



Encephalus complicans, Westw. In moss, 

 dead leaves, grass tufts and stack re- 

 fuse ; all seasons ; fairly plentiful in 

 all parts 



Gyrophaena affinis, Mann. In fungi from 

 spring to autumn ; amongst dead 

 leaves in winter ; often abundant ; 

 all localities 



gentilis, Er. Fungi ; spring to autumn ; 



all localities 



nana, Payk. Found with the preceding 



fasciata, Marsh. Fungi ; not so plenti- 



ful as some of the preceding. Knowle 



minima, Er. In fungi ; in all localities 



Isevipennis, Kr. In fungi ; spring to 



autumn ; in dead leaves in winter ; 

 fairly plentiful ; all localities 



lucidula, Er. Amongst decaying leaves 



on margin of pond in a wood at 

 Knowle 



manca, Er. Local and rather scarce. 



Edgehill (Blatch), Knowle 



strictula, Er. In polypori on old stumps ; 



spring to autumn ; abundant where 



it occurs. Near Tamworth (Blatch), 



Salford Priors 

 Agaricochara laevicollis, Kr. Fungi ; on 



stumps and logs ; all seasons 

 Placusa pumilio, Grav. Under bark and 



at sap ; all seasons ; local and rather 



scarce. Warwick, Knowle (Blatch), 



Solibull 



infima, Er. At sap on cossus trees ; 



rare. Knowle (Blatch), Solihull 



Epipeda plana, Gyll. Under bark of dead 

 trees and logs ; all seasons ; plenti- 

 ful where it occurs. Knowle ; Sutton 

 (Blatch), Edgbaston 



Silusa rubiginosa, Er. At sap on cossus 

 trees ; rare. Knowle (Blatch) 



Lcptusa fumida, Er. Under bark ; all sea- 

 sons ; all localities 



Sipalia ruficollis, Er. Under bark ; amongst 

 dead leaves in woods and in moss on 

 tree trunks ; all seasons. Knowle 



Bolitochara lucida, Grav. In polypori, on 

 oaks and old stumps ; chiefly in 

 spring and autumn ; local. Knowle 



bella, Mark. Under bark and in fungi ; 



scarce ; found occasionally through- 

 out the year. Knowle (Blatch), Sal- 

 ford Priors 



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