INSECTS 



PHLCEOCHARINA (continued) 



Pseudopsis sulcata, Newm. In grass roots, 

 etc. Knowle (Blatch) 



PSELAPHID^E 



PsELAPHINA 



Pselaphus heisii, Herbst. In moss, grass 

 tufts and vegetable refuse ; all sea- 

 sons ; plentiful in all localities 



Tychus niger, Payk. In moss, grass tufts, 

 hotbeds and hedge refuse ; abundant 

 at all times in all localities 



Bythinus puncticollis, Denny. In moss, 

 dead leaves and hedge refuse ; all 

 seasons. Salford Priors ; Sutton 

 (Blatch), Knowle, Coleshill 



validus, Aub6. Habitat and distribu- 



tion same to the preceding ; all sea- 

 sons 



bulbifer, Reich. Found under similar 



conditions to the preceding and in 

 the same localities 



curtisi, Denny. Habitat and distribu- 



tion same as the last 



securiger, Reich. In moss and dead 



leaves, generally in drier places than 

 the preceding insects ; rare in mid- 

 lands. Knowle 



burrelli, Denny. Amongst moss in 



hedge banks, in damp places ; all 

 seasons. Knowle (Blatch) 

 Bryaxis fossulata, Reich. Abundant in 

 moss, grass tufts, hedge refuse, etc. ; 

 at all seasons throughout the midlands 



haematica, Reich. In moss and flood 



refuse, sometimes under bark ; all 

 seasons. Knowle (Blatch), Salford 

 Priors 



juncorum, Leach. At roots of com- 



mon rush, in moss and hedge refuse ; 

 abundant at all times and in all 

 localities 



impressa, Panz. Grass tussocks in bogs 



and on margins of ponds ; all seasons. 



Coleshill (abundant) 

 Bibloporus bicolor, Denny. Under bark 



of various trees, especially oak and 



birch ; all seasons. Knowle ; Sutton 



Park (Blatch) 

 Euplectus punctatus, Muls. Under bark 



of oak and birch trees and logs ; all 



seasons. Salford Priors (Blatch), 



Knowle 



karsteni, Reich. Under bark and in 



hotbeds ; all seasons. Knowle ; Sut- 

 ton (Blatch) 



signatus, Reich. In hotbeds, decaying 



vegetable matter, etc. ; all seasons ; 

 generally abundant ; found through- 

 out midlands 



PSELAPHINA (continued) 



Euplectus nanus, Reich. Mostly found 

 under bark and occasionally in hot- 

 beds ; all seasons. Edgbaston, Knowle, 

 Sutton Park 



sanguineus, Denny. In hotbeds and 



vegetable refuse ; all seasons ; abun- 

 dant in all localities 



piceus, Mots. Under bark of various 



trees, mostly oaks and birches ; also 

 in hotbeds ; most parts of the mid- 

 lands, often in great abundance 



Neuraphes elongatulus, Mttll. In moss, 

 grass tufts, dead leaves, flood refuse 

 and under bark ; all seasons ; found 

 sparingly throughout the district 



sparshalli, Denny. Amongst decaying 



leaves in hedges, especially beneath 

 holly bushes. Knowle ; Salford Priors 

 (Blatch) 



Scydmsenus scutellaris, Mull. In moss, 

 hedge refuse and under stones. A 

 scarce species to be found at Knowle 



collaris, Mttll. In moss, under bark, 



etc. ; all seasons ; most abundant 

 species of the genus, occurring every- 

 where 



exilis, Er. Under bark. Generally a 



rare species, which however occurs 

 in many midland localities. Sutton 

 Coldfield (Blatch), Knowle, Coleshill 



Euconnus hirticollis, 111. Moss in boggy 

 places ; all seasons. Sutton Park 



Eumicrus tarsatus, Mull. In hotbeds, 

 vegetable refuse, moss and under 

 stones ; all seasons ; plentiful 

 throughout the district 



Eutheia scydmaenoides, Steph. In hotbeds, 

 moss and flood refuse ; all seasons. 

 Knowle (abundant) 



schaumi, Kies. In hotbeds, under 



bones and bark. Small Heath (Blatch), 

 Knowle 



Cephennium thoracicum, Mttll. In moss, 

 especially in woods ; all seasons. 

 Knowle (Blatch), Salford Priors 



CLAMBINA 



Calyptomerus dubius, Marsh. On damp 



walls of house at Knowle (Blatch) ; 



all seasons 

 Clambus pubescens, Redt. In hotbeds and 



vegetable refuse ; all seasons ; in 



all localities 

 armadillo, De G. In bogs, flood re- 



fuse and under bark and bones ; all 



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