A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE 



STAPHYLININA (continued) 



Quedius scintillans, Grav. In vegetable 

 refuse, dead leaves and under bark. 

 jtthtntone (Power), Knowle 



rufipes, Grav. In moss, dead leaves, 



flood refuse, etc. ; all seasons. Knowle 



attenuatus, Gyll. In wet moss, flood 



refuse, dead leaves, etc. ; all seasons ; 

 Sutton (Blatch), Coleshill, Knowle 



semizneus, Steph. In moss, grass tufts, 



etc., especially in boggy places. 

 Knowlc, Sutton (Blatch), Coleshill 



boops, Grav. In moss, grass tufts, 



vegetable and flood refuse ; all sea- 

 sons ; all localities 

 Creophilus maxillosus, L. In decaying 



vegetable matter, carcases, etc. ; 



abundant at all times and in all 



places 

 Leistotrophus nebulosus, F. In moss, dung, 



fungi and vegetable refuse ; not very 



abundant. Knowle 



murinus, L. Habitat similar to pre- 



ceding. Knowle 



Staphylinus pubescens, De G. At sap, in 

 dung, etc. Sutton (Blatch), Knowle 



stercorarius, Ol. In dung, carcases, 



etc. ; scarce. Knowle 



latebricola, Grav. In ants' nests 



(myrmica) ; rare. Mr. Blatch has 

 recorded this species from Sutton 



erythropterus, L. In moss, grass tus- 



socks and dung and under stones ; 

 spring to autumn ; scarce. Sutton 



czsareus, Ceder. In moss, dung, etc. ; 



spring to autumn ; rather scarce. 

 Small Heath (Blatch), Knowle 

 Ocypus olens, Mull. At grass roots and 

 vegetable refuse, etc. ; all seasons ; 

 all localities 



- brunnipes, F. In moss, flood refuse, 

 etc. ; all seasons ; all localities 



cupreus, Rossi. In moss and under 



stones ; all seasons ; all localities 



morio, Grav. In moss, fungi, grass 



roots and under stones ; all seasons. 

 Knowle 



Philonthus splendens, F. In moss, car- 

 cases, dung, etc. ; all seasons ; found 

 freely in all localities 



intermedius, Boisd. In moss, dung, 



etc. ; rare. Knowle 



laminatus, Creutz. In moss and dung ; 



all seasons ; all localities 



aeneus, Rossi. In moss, fungi, dung, 



carcases, refuse, etc. ; all seasons ; all 

 localities 



proximus, Kr. In moss, carcases, etc. ; 



all seasons. Knowle, and doubtless in 

 most localities 



STAPHYLININA (continued) 



Philonthus addendus, Sharp. In moss, dead 

 leaves, etc. ; all seasons. Knowle 



carbonarius, Gyll. In moss, flood re- 



fuse, carcases and under stones ; 

 scarce. Knowle 



decorus, Grav. In moss, etc. ; all sea- 



sons. Sutton Park (Blatch), Knowle 



politus, F. In moss in pastures ; all 



seasons ; all localities 



lucens, Er. In moss in pastures ; all 



seasons ; generally rare. Several 

 specimens at Knowle (Blatch) 



varius, Gyll. In moss, hotbeds, etc. ; 



abundant at all times in all localities 



marginatus, E. In moss, dung, refuse, 



etc.; all seasons ; all localities 



albipes, Grav. In moss, grass, hotbeds, 



etc. ; abundant everywhere at all 

 times 



umbratilis, Grav. In moss, grass tufts, 



lawn clippings, etc. ; very scarce. 

 Earhwood near Knowle 



cephalotes, Grav. In hotbeds, refuse, 



under bones, etc. ; all seasons ; all 

 localities 



fimetarius, Grav. Habitat and distri- 



bution same as the preceding 



sordidus, Grav. Same as last two 



ebeninus, Grav. Found with preced- 



ing ; plentiful in winter at grass roots 

 in pastures. All localities 



ebeninus var. corruscus, Grav. One 



specimen once at Knowle 



debilis, Grav. In hotbeds, moss, refuse 



and carrion ; all seasons. Knowle 

 (Blatch), Edgbaston 



sanguinolentus, Grav. In moss, grass 



tufts, etc. ; all seasons ; generally dis- 

 tributed. Knowle, Tysoe (Blatch), 

 Sutton Coldfield 



cruentatus, Gmel. In moss, under 



bark, etc. ; all seasons. Sutton (Blatch), 

 Knowle 



longicornis, Steph. In garden refuse, 



moss, etc. Knowle 



varians, Payk. In moss, hedge refuse, 



dung, bones, etc. ; all seasons ; all 

 localities 



agilis, Grav. In moss, etc., on margins 



of pools, etc. ; all seasons. Knowle 



ventralis, Grav. In hotbeds, carrion, 



etc. ; all seasons. Knowle ; Small 

 Heath (Blatch), Edgbaston 



discoideus, Grav. In hotbeds, etc. ; all 



seasons. Knowle, Edgbaston (Blatch) 



quisquilarius, Gyll. Muddy banks of 



streams, etc. Knowle (rare) 



thermarum, Aube. In hotbeds, etc. ; 



all seasons ; rare. Edgbaston (Blatch, 





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