INSECTS 



STAPHYLININA (continued) 



one specimen) ; one specimen at 

 Knowle by the author 



Philonthus nigrita, Nord. In sphagnum ; 

 all seasons ; local. Coleshill 



micans, Grav. In moss and grass tufts, 



especially damp places. Knowle 

 (Blatch), Coleshill 



trossulus, Nord. In moss, hotbeds, etc.; 



all seasons ; abundant everywhere 



puella, Nord. In, moss, refuse, carrion, 



etc. ; all seasons ; all localities 

 Actobius cinerascens, Grav. In sphagnum, 

 grass tussocks in bogs, on margins of 

 ponds, etc. ; all seasons. Coleshill ; 

 Button (Blatch), Knowle 



villosulus, Steph. Banks ot streams. 



Bromfird 



procerulus, Grav. One specimen at 



Knowle 



prolixus, Er. In moss, and in shingle 



and sand on margins of streams. 

 Knowle 



Xantholinus fulgidus, F. In hotbeds, etc.; 

 rare. Knowle (Blatch) 



glabratus, Grav. In moss, grass tufts, 



dung, etc. ; all seasons ; all localities 



punctulatus, Payk. In moss, hotbeds, 



at sap and under bark ; all seasons ; 

 all localities 



ochraceus, Gyll. Habitat and distribu- 



tion same as last. 



atratus, Heer. In moss, gravel pits, 



under bark and stones, often in ants' 

 nests ; all seasons. Knowle (Blatch) 



linearis, Ol. In hotbeds, etc. ; all sea- 



sons ; abundant everywhere 



longiventris, Heer. Occurs with pre- 



ceding and is equally plentiful 

 Leptacinus parumpunctatus, Gyll. In hot- 

 beds, stack refuse, under bones ; all 

 seasons ; all localities 



batychrus, Gyll. In hotbeds and vege- 



table refuse ; all seasons. Knowle 

 (Blatch), Edgbaston 



linearis, Grav. In hotbeds, etc. ; all 



seasons ; an abundant species every- 

 where 



formecetorum, Mark. In nests of the 



wood ant (Formica rufa); all seasons; 

 plentiful locally. Knowle (Blatch) 



Baptolinus alternans, Grav. Under bark 

 and decaying leaves ; all seasons ; 

 all localities ; often abundant 



Othius fulvipennis, F. In moss, dead 

 leaves, etc., and under bark; all sea- 

 sons ; all localities 



laeviusculus, Steph. Habitat as in 



preceding ; not so abundant, but 

 found throughout the district 



STAPHYLININA (continued) 



Othius melanocephalus, Grav. In moss 

 refuse, grass roots, etc., etc. ; abun- 

 dant at all times and everywhere 



myrmecophilus, Kies. In various ants' 



nests, moss, hotbeds, etc. ; as widely 

 distributed and almost as plentiful as 

 the preceding 



P/EDERINA 



Lathrobium elongatum, L. In moss, flood 

 refuse, grass tufts, etc. ; abundant at 

 all times and in all places 



boreale, Hoch. Found with the pre- 



ceding 



fulvipenne, Grav. Found with the 



last two 



rufipenne, Gyll. In sphagnum, mar- 



gins of ponds and streams ; all sea- 

 sons ; rare. Knowle, Sutton (Blatch), 

 Coleshill 



brunnipes, F. In moss, grass tufts, 



etc.; all seasons; all localities 



longulum, Grav. In moss and at roots 



of grass in damp places ; all seasons. 

 Knowle (Blatch), Solihull 



punctatum, Zett. In sphagnum and 



grass tussocks in bogs ; all seasons ; 

 rare. Sutton Park ; Coleshill (Blatch) 



quadratum, Payk. In moss, etc., in 



boggy places. One specimen at 

 Coleshill 



terminatum, Grav. In wet and boggy 



places and in moss ; all seasons ; all 

 localities 



terminatum var. immaculatum, Fowler. 



Found with the type 



multipunctum, Grav. In moss, hedge 



refuse, under bones, etc. ; all seasons; 



all localities 

 Achenium humile, Nic. In moss and flood 



refuse, under stones and clods; spring 



to autumn ; rare. Salford Priors 



(Blatch) 

 Cryptobium glaberrimum, Herbst. In 



sphagnum, grass roots, etc., in boggy 



places ; all seasons. Knowle, Tysoe 



(Blatch), Coleshill and Sutton Park 

 Stilicus rufipes, Germ. In moss, refuse, 



hotbeds, under bark, etc. ; all seasons; 



all localities 



orbiculatus, Er. Habitat and distribu- 



tion same as last 



similis, Er. In moss and hedge rubbish; 



rare. Knowle (Blatch) 



afEnis, Er. Habitat and distribution 



same as S. rufipes. 



Medon propinquus, Bris. In hotbeds, stack 

 refuse, etc. ; all seasons ; scarce. 

 Knowle ; Salford Priors (Blatch) 



melanocephalus, F. Found under same 



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