A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE 



HOMALIINA (continued) 



Acidota crenata, F. Amongst dead leaves, 

 under pines, in sphagnum. Sutton 

 (Blatch), Colahill 



cruentata, Mann. Under dry cow- 



dung in winter. Sutton Park (Blatch) 

 Olophrum piceum, Gyll. In moss, hedge 



rubbish, flood refuse, etc.; all seasons; 



abundant in all localities 

 Lathrimaeum atrocephalum, Gyll. In moss, 



hedge rubbish, grass tufts, etc., in all 



localities 



unicolor, Steph. Found with the pre- 



ceding and equally abundant 

 Deliphrum tectum, Payk. In moss, grass 

 tufts, dead leaves in woods, fungi, 

 and under bones. Knowle; Sutton 

 (Blatch) 



Coryphium angusticolle, Steph. In moss, 

 fungi, under bark and at sap ; all 

 seasons. Knowle; Sutton (Blatch), 

 Solihull 



Homalium rivulare, Payk. In moss, vege- 

 table refuse, carrion, sap, etc. ; all 

 seasons ; abundant everywhere 



laeviusculum, Gyll. In moss and fungi ; 



all seasons. Sutton (Blatch), Knowle 



- septcntrionis, Thorns. In moss, hot- 



beds and dead moles ; all seasons. 

 Know/e(E\Mch). (E.M.M. xxv. 457) 



riparium, Thorns. In fungi ; rare. 



Knowle (Blatch) 



- allardi, Fairm. Under bones and dead 



moles ; spring to autumn. Small 

 Heath (Blatch), Knowle 



- exiguum, Gyll. In moss, grass tufts 



and carrion ; all seasons. Knowle 



- oxycanthas, Grav. In moss, dead 



leaves, carrion, etc. Knowle (Blatch) 



- excavatum, Steph. In hotbeds, straw 



refuse, carrion and amongst bones ; 

 all seasons; all localities 



- caesum, Grav. Found with the pre- 



ceding in the same localities 



- pusillum, Grav. Under bark of fir and 



other trees ; all seasons ; abundant 

 in all parts of the district 



- punctipenne, Thorns. Under bark of 



various trees, but principally decay- 

 ing oaks ; all seasons ; all localities 



rufipes, Fourc. In flowers and vege- 



table refuse ; all seasons ; all locali- 

 ties 



vile, Er. Under bark of trees ; very 



abundant at all times 



vile var. heeri, Rey. Found at Knowle 



(Blatch) 



brevicorne, Er. Specimens found by 



Mr. Blatch at Knowle and Solihull 

 seem referable to this species 



HOMALIINA (continued) 



Homalium gracilicorne, Fairm. Under 

 bark ; all seasons. Knowle (Blatch), 

 Sutton Park 



iopterum, Steph. Under bark and in 



flowers ; all seasons ; not common, 

 but generally distributed throughout 

 the district 



planum, Payk. Under bark and at 



sap ; all seasons. Knowle 



concinnum, Marsh. In cowshed re- 



fuse, stack bottoms, hedge refuse and 

 often in granaries ; all seasons ; all 

 localities 



deplanatum, Gyll. In stack refuse ; 



all seasons. Knowle (Blatch) Coles- 

 hill 



striatum, Grav. In moss, amongst 



dead leaves, etc.; all seasons. Knowle 

 (Blatch) 



Hapalaraea pygmaea, Gyll. In fungi and 

 under bark. Knowle 



Eusphalerum primulas, Steph. In prim- 

 roses ; spring. Knowle 



Anthobium minutum, F. In flowers ; 

 spring and summer. Knowle (Blatch) 



ophthalmicum, Payk. In flowers ; 



spring and summer ; abundant in 

 all localities. 

 PROTEININA 



Proteinus ovalis, Steph. In fungi, moss, 

 grass tufts, carrion, etc.; all seasons; 

 abundant everywhere 



brachypterus, F. In same habitats and 



localities as the last 



macropterus, Gyll. In wet places and 



under dead leaves ; all seasons. 

 Knowle 



atomarius, Er. In fungi, moss, dead 



leaves in woods, etc. ; all seasons. 

 Knowle (Blatch) 



Megarthrus denticollis, Beck. In moss, 

 hotbeds, carrion, bones, under bark, 

 etc. ; all seasons ; all localities 



affinis, Mill. In hotbeds and under 



bones and vegetable refuse ; all 

 seasons. Small Heath ; Edgbaston 

 (Blatch), Knowle 



depressus, Lac. Found under similar 



conditions to preceding and in all 

 localities 



sinuatocollis, Lac. In habitat same as 



the previous species but less abun- 

 dant ; all localities 



Phloeobium clypeatum, Mall. In moss, 

 grass tufts, hedge refuse, etc. Abun- 

 dant at all times in all localities 

 PHLCEOCHARINA 



Phlceocharis subtilissima, Mann. Under 

 bark ; all seasons. Knowle (Blatch) 



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