INSECTS 



In moss, hedge 

 Salford 



STENINA (continued) 



Stenus picipes, Steph. 



refuse, etc. ; all seasons. 

 Priors, Knowle (Blatch) 



cicindeloides, Grav. In moss, etc., in 



damp places ; all seasons and in all 

 localities 



similis, Herbst. In moss, stack refuse, 



etc. ; all seasons and all localities 



solutus, Er. In moss, etc., in boggy 



places ; all seasons. Knowle (Blatch), 

 Sutton Park 



tarsalis, Linn. In moss, refuse, hot- 



beds, etc. Abundant at all times 

 and in all localities 



paganus, Er. Habitat and distribution 



same as the preceding 



latifrons, Er. In moss and grass tufts ; 



all seasons. Sutton; Coleshill (Blatch), 

 Knowle 



OXYPORINA 



Oxyporus rufus, L. In fungi ; spring 



to autumn ; local. College grounds, 

 Oscott (Perry), Sutton Coldfield 



OXYTELINA 



Bledius subterraneus, Er. In banks of 



rivers and brooks; spring to autumn; 

 abundant locally. Salford Priors 

 Platystethus arenarius, Fourc. In moss, 

 hotbeds, dung, carrion, etc. ; all 

 seasons ; all localities 



cornutus, Gyll. In banks of streams and 



ponds ; all seasons. Knowle (Blatch) 



capito, Heer. In stack refuse. Knowle 



nodifrons, Sahl. On river banks, etc. ; 



rare. Knowle 



nitens, Sahl. In flood refuse, under 



bark, etc. ; rare. Salford Priors 

 Oxytelus rugosus, Grav. In moss, hedge 

 refuse, grass tufts, etc. ; extremely 

 abundant everywhere 



rugosus var. terrestris, Lac. Occurs 



with the type but less common. 

 Knowle 



insecatus, Grav. Habitats similar to 



those of O. rugosus ; occurs at all 

 times in all localities 



fulvipes, Er. In grass tussocks in bogs 



and on margins of ponds, etc. ; all 

 seasons. Sutton (Blatch), Knowle 

 - sculptus, Grav. In moss, dung and 

 vegetable refuse ; all seasons ; all 

 localities 



laqueatus, Marsh. In same habitats 



and localities as last 



piceus, L. In dung, flood and vege- 



table refuse. Knowle 



inustus, Grav. In moss, grass tufts, 



etc. ; all seasons. 

 (Blatch), Solihull, Coleshill 



Knowle, Sutton 



OXYTELINA (continued) 



Oxytelus sculpturatus, Grav. In moss, 

 fungi, grass tufts and at sap ; in all 

 localities 



nitidulus, Grav. In similar habitats 



and localities as the last 



complanatus, Er. Habitats and locali- 



ties same as the preceding 



clypeonitens, Pand. In moss and under 



dead moles ; all seasons. Knowle 

 (Blatch) 



tetracarinatus, Block. Found in simi- 



lar habitats to O. sculpturatus and 

 allied species, and equally abundant 



fairmairei, Pand. In moss and hedge 



refuse in damp ditches and on 



hedge banks. Coventry ; Knowle 



(Blatch) 

 Haploderus ccelatus, Grav. In moss, dung, 



vegetable refuse and carrion ; all 



seasons ; all localities 

 Trogophloeus arcuatus, Steph. Banks of 



rivers and ponds, on submerged logs 



and in flood refuse; all seasons; rare. 



Knowle 



bilineatus, Steph. In moss, hotbeds, 



flood refuse and under bones ; all 

 seasons; all localities 



rivularis, Mots. Habitat and distribu- 



tion same as the preceding 



elongatulus, Er. Found with the pre- 



ceding 



fuliginosus, Grav. Banks of rivers ; 



spring to autumn. Salford Priori 



cortacinus, Grav. In moss, refuse and 



under bark ; all seasons. Knowle 

 (Blatch), Solihull, Salford Priors 



pusillus, Grav. In flood refuse, on 



banks of streams. Knowle (Blatch) 



tenellus, Er. In wet places, hotbeds, 



cowshed refuse and under bones ; 

 all seasons. Small Heath, Knowle 

 (Blatch) 



Syntomium aeneum, Mtlll. In moss and 

 hedge refuse, both in wet, dry and 

 sandy places ; all seasons ; all mid- 

 land localities 



Coprophilus striatulus, F. Amongst bones 

 and flood refuse, etc. ; all seasons ; 

 occurs throughout the district, some- 

 times abundantly 

 HOMALIINA 



Lesteva longelytrata, Goeze. In moss and 

 herbage in damp places ; all seasons ; 

 abundant everywhere 



pubescens, Mann. In moss and herb- 



age in wet places ; all seasons ; not 

 so abundant as the preceding 



sicula, Er. Habitats and distribution 



same as the preceding 



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