INSECTS 



TACHYPORINA (continued) 



Tachinus rufipes, L. In moss, hedge refuse, 

 dung, etc. ; all seasons and in all 

 localities 



subterraneus, L. In moss, fungi, hot- 



beds, etc. 



subterraneus var. bicolor, Grav. Found 



with the type 



marginellus, F. In moss, dead leaves, 



hedge refuse, etc. ; found through- 

 out the year in all localities 



laticollis, Grav. Habitat same as the 



preceding ; fairly plentiful in all parts 

 of the county 



elongatus, Gyll. In moss, hedge re- 



fuse, dead leaves in woods and in 

 gravel pits ; spring to autumn ; rare. 

 Sutton 



Megacronus cingulatus, Mann. In moss, 

 grass tussocks, dead leaves and under 

 bark ; all seasons ; rather rare. Sut- 

 ton Park 



analis, F. Found with the preceding 



and fairly abundant in all locali- 

 ties 



inclinans, Grav. Habitat similar to the 



last two species. Knowle 

 Bolitobius lunulatus, L. In moss and fungi ; 

 all seasons ; all localities 



trinotatus, Er. In moss and fungi ; all 



seasons ; all localities 



exoletus, Er. In moss, dead leaves, 



fungi ; all seasons ; all localities 



pygmaeus, F. Found with preceding 



and very abundant 



Mycetoporus lucidus, Er. In moss, grass 

 tufts, dead leaves and under bark ; 

 all seasons ; scarce. Knowle (Blatch), 

 Celabill 



splendens, Marsh. In flood refuse, etc. ; 



rare. Knowle 



punctus, Gyll. Under bark, dead leaves 



in woods ; in flood refuse and old 

 faggots ; all seasons ; rare. Knowle 

 (Blatch) 



lepidus, Grav. In moss, grass tufts, 



flood refuse and under bark ; all 

 seasons ; occurs in all localities, but 

 is never abundant 



longulus, Mann. In moss, grass tufts 



and flood refuse ; found at all sea- 

 sons and in all localities 



angularis, Rey. On boggy margin of 



a pool in Sutton Park (Blatch) 



clavicornis, Steph. In moss, grass tufts 



and dead leaves ; all seasons. Coles- 

 hill, Sutton 



clavicornis var. forticornis, Fauv. Found 



with the type. Coleshill 

 spendidus, Grav. Habitat same as M. 



TACHYPORINA (continued) 



clavicornis. Knowle ; Hampton-in- 

 Arden (Blatch), Coleshill 

 Mycetoporus longicornis, Cr. Amongst 

 sedges, in grass tufts, garden and 

 flood refuse ; all seasons ; rare. 

 Knowle 



STAPHYLININA 



Heterothops praevia, Er. In moss, hotbeds, 

 dead leaves and cut grass ; all sea- 

 sons ; rare. Knowle (Blatch) 



dissimilis, Grav. In moss, hotbeds, cow- 



shed refuse, etc. ; all seasons ; scarce. 

 Knowle 



Quedius microps, Grav. In rotten wood ; 

 rare. Atherstane (Power), Knowle 



mesomelinus, Marsh. In dead wood, 



moss, hedge refuse, etc. ; all seasons ; 

 abundant ; all localities 



mesomelinus var. fageti, Thorns. Under 



bark; allseasons. Sutton P^r^(Blatch), 

 Knowle 



fulgidus, F. Under bark, bones, refuse, 



etc. ; all seasons. Knowle 



puncticollis, Thorns. Rotten wood and 



under bark ; rare. Knowle 



- cruentus, Ol. At sap, under bark and 



in cut grass, etc. ; spring to autumn. 

 Edgbaston (Blatch), Salford Priors, 

 Knowle 



cinctus, Payk. Vegetable refuse, moss 



and dung ; abundant at all times 

 and in all localities 



brevis, Er. In nests of Formica rufa ; 



all seasons ; very local. Knowle 

 (Blatch) 



fuliginosus, Grav. In moss, grass roots, 



vegetable refuse, etc. ; throughout the 

 year in all localities 



- tristis, Grav. Found under similar con- 



ditions to the last, but is much less 

 abundant generally 



molochinus, Grav. In all kinds of 



vegetable refuse, etc. ; all seasons ; 

 all localities 



picipes, Mann. In moss, dead leaves, 

 fungi and refuse ; all seasons. Knowle 



nigriceps, Kr. In moss, herbage, dead 



leaves and under bark. Knowle 

 (Blatch), Hampton-in-Arden 



fumatus, Steph. Amongst decaying 



leaves in woods, in moss and flood 

 refuse ; all seasons ; local. Knowle 

 (Blatch) 



maurorufus, Grav. In moss and grass 



tussocks in boggy places, etc. ; all 

 seasons. Knowle 



suturalis, Kies. In moss, dead leaves 



and flood refuse ; all seasons ; rare. 

 Leamington, Knowle 



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