A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE 



ALKOCHARINA (continued) 



Hygronoma dimidiata, Grav. In grass tufts 

 and axils of typha, carex, etc., in 

 bogs and wet places ; all seasons ; 

 generally abundant where it occurs. 

 Knowle, Tysoc (Blatch), Sutton, Coles- 

 hill 



Oligota inflata, Mann. In moss, cut grass, 

 hotbeds, hedge refuse, etc. ; all sea- 

 sons ; generally plentiful. Sutton 

 Park (Blatch), Knowle 



pusillima, Grav. Habitat and distribu- 



tion same as preceding 



atomaria, Er. In moss, grass tufts, etc. ; 



all seasons. Knowle, Berkswell 



punctulata, Heer. In moss, hedge re- 



fuse and carrion ; all seasons ; rather 

 rare. Knowle; Kenilworth (Blatch) 

 Myllaena dubia, Grav. On banks of streams 

 and ponds ; in moss and herbage in 

 bogs ; all seasons ; rather scarce. 

 Knowlc, Sutton (Blatch), Co/esbill 



intermedia, Er. Margins of ponds, in 



moss, etc. ; found throughout the 

 year, but never in any numbers, in 

 all parts of the district 



elongata, Matth. Amongst stones on 



muddy banks of streams and ponds ; 

 all seasons ; frequent. Tysoe ; Salford 

 Priors (Blatch), Knowle 



- gracilis, Matth. In moss, grass tufts, 



etc. ; in boggy places ; all seasons ; 

 occasionally in numbers. Coleshill 

 (Blatch), Knowle, Sutton Park 



- infuscata, Matth. Damp places in wood. 



Knowle 



- brevicornis, Matth. Moss in wet places, 



stack refuse, dead leaves in woods ; 

 all seasons ; generally plentiful 

 Gymnusa brevicollis, Payk. In sphagnum 

 on margins of streams and pools and 

 in bogs ; all seasons ; scarce. Coleshill 



variegata, Kies. In sphagnum, grass 



tussocks, axils of flags, etc. ; in boggy 

 places ; all seasons ; sometimes plenti- 

 ful. Coleshill, Sutton Park 

 Deinopsis erosa, Steph. In mud and amongst 

 decaying leaves, etc., on margins of 

 ponds and streams ; all seasons. Tysoe 

 (Blatch), Knowle 

 TACHYPORINA 



Hypocyptus longicornis, Payk. In moss, 

 hedge refuse, etc. ; all seasons ; abun- 

 dant everywhere 



laeviusculus, Mann. In moss, dead 



leaves, etc. ; all seasons. Sutton Park 

 (Blatch), Knowle, Coleshill 



ovulum, Heer. In moss and amongst 



decaying leaves in woods ; rare. 

 Knowle, in winter (Blatch) 



TACHYPORINA (continued) 



Hypocyptus seminulum, Er. In polypori, 

 rotten wood, moss and dead leaves. 

 Salford Priors (Blatch), Knowle, 

 Coleshill 



punctum, Mots. In moss and vegetable 



refuse in boggy places. Salford Priors 

 (Blatch), Coleshill 



Conosoma littoreum, L. Under loose 



bark, sticks, moss and hedge rubbish ; 

 all seasons and in all localities 



pubescens, Grav. Habitat and distribu- 



tion same as preceding 



- immaculatum, Steph. Amongst dead 



leaves, in moss and grass tufts in 

 woods ; all seasons ; scarce. Knowle, 

 Hampton-in-Arden 



lividum, Er. In moss and hedge re- 



fuse, especially in damp places ; all 

 seasons ; all localities 



Tachyporus obtusus, L. In moss and hedge 

 refuse ; all seasons ; abundant every- 

 where 



solutus, Er. In moss and dead leaves ; 



all seasons. Knowle (Blatch), Sutton 

 Park 



pallidus, Sharp. Moss, dead leaves, etc. ; 



in bogs and marshy places ; all sea- 

 sons ; plentiful locally. Sutton (Blatch), 

 Knowle, Coleshill 



chrysomelinus, L. In moss, grass tufts 



and hedge refuse ; abundant at all 

 times and in all places 

 - humerosus, Er. Found with the above ; 

 plentiful 



- hypnorum, F. Moss, hedge refuse, etc. ; 



all seasons ; all localities 



- hypnorum var. meridionalis, Fairm. 



Occurs with the type 



- pusillus, Grav. In moss, garden refuse, 



etc. ; often abundant in hotbeds ; all 

 seasons. Edgbaston, Knowle 



- brunneus, F. Habitat same as the last ; 



abundant everywhere 



transversalis, Grav. In bogs and on 



heaths; all seasons. Co leshill (Blatch), 

 Sutton Park 



Cilea silphoides, L. In hotbeds, moss and 

 hedge refuse ; under bark and leaves ; 

 all seasons ; abundant in all locali- 

 ties 



Tachinus flavipes, F. In dung, fungi and 

 decaying wood ; scarce. Sutton Park 



humeralis, Grav. In moss, fungi, dung, 



dead leaves and sap ; abundant at all 

 times and everywhere 



proximus, Kr. In fungi and at sap ; 



spring to autumn. Sutton Park 



pallipes, Grav. In refuse ; rare. Strat- 



ford-on-Avon (Bloom) 



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