INSECTS 



CHOLEVINA (continued) 



Choleva spadicea, Sturm. In moss, grass 

 tufts and dead leaves in woods. 

 Knowle 



agilis, 111. In moss, grass tufts and 



dead leaves in woods ; all seasons. 

 Knowle (Blatch) 



velox, Spence. In moss, grass tufts, 



hedge refuse and under bones ; all 

 seasons and in all localities 



wilkini, Spence. Found in the same 



habitats and localities as the preced- 

 ing, but less abundantly 



anisotomoides, Spence. In moss, dead 



leaves, hedge refuse ; all seasons. 

 Knowle (Blatch), Stratford-on-Avon 



fusca, Panz. In refuse, dead leaves, 



moss and carrion ; all seasons. Small 

 Heath (Blatch), Knowle 



nigricans, Spence. In moss, dead 



leaves, refuse, carcases, etc. ; all sea- 

 sons ; abundant in all localities 



coracina, Kell. In carcases, especially 



dry ones ; all seasons. Knowle, 

 Celesbill 



morio, F. In refuse, carrion and fungi ; 



all seasons. Co/eshi//, Sutton ; Alceiter 

 (Blatch), Knowle 



grandicollis, Er. In refuse, dead moles 



and birds, and in fungi ; all seasons ; 

 not common, but generally distri- 

 buted 



nigrita, Er. In refuse, moss, fungi, 



carrion, etc. ; all seasons ; all localities 

 - tristis, Panz. Habitats and distribution 

 same as preceding 



kirbyi, Spence. In carcases and vege- 



table refuse ; all seasons. Knowle, 

 Small Heath ; Sutton (Blatch), Edg- 

 baston 



chrysomeloides, Panz. Vegetable refuse, 



moss, grass tufts in bogs, carrion ; 

 all seasons ; abundant everywhere 



fumata, Spence. Found under similar 



conditions as preceding, and equally 

 abundant 



watsoni, Spence. Habitats and distri- 



bution as preceding 



Ptomaphagus sericeus, F. In moss, refuse, 

 etc. ; all seasons ; plentiful every- 

 where 



Colon serripes, Sahl. The late Mr. Blatch 

 took what he believed to be this 

 species on the windows of the wait- 

 ing-room at Knowle Railway Station 



dentipes, Sahl. In stack refuse, etc. 



Knowle 



dentipes var. zebei, Kr. Knowle (Blatch) 



brunneum, Latr. In moss and stack 



refuse ; all seasons. Knowle 



CHOLEVINA (continued) 



Colon append iculatum, Sahl. In refuse. 

 Knowle 



HISTERID^E 



Hister unicolor, L. In carrion, fungi, hot- 

 beds, at sap, etc. ; all seasons. 

 Knowle (Blatch) 



merdarius, HofF. In hotbeds, carrion, 



moss, etc. ; all seasons. Knowle 



cadaverinus, HofF. In carrion, dung, 



etc. ; all seasons. Knowle, Coleshill 



succicola, Thorns. In carrion, fungi 



and at sap ; spring to autumn. 

 Knowle (Blatch), Solihull 



purpurascens, Herbst. In moss, lawn clip- 



pings, etc. ; all seasons. Knowle 

 - neglectus, Germ. In hotbeds and car- 

 cases ; all seasons. Knowle (Blatch) 



carbonarius, 111. In carrion, dung, etc. ; 



all seasons. Sutton (Blatch), Knowle 



1 2-striatus, Schr. In garden refuse, 



haystacks, hotbeds, dung, carrion ; 

 all seasons. Knowle (Blatch) 



bimaculatus, L. In hotbeds, stack re- 



fuse, carrion, etc. ; all seasons ; in 



abundance in all midland localities 

 Carcinops minima, Aub6. In fungi on ash 



logs and in flood refuse. Salford 



Priors ; Knowle (Blatch) 

 Dendrophilus pygmaeus, L. In nests of 



Formica rufa ; all seasons. Knowle 



(Blatch) 

 Myrmetes piceus, Payk. In nests of Formica 



rufa ; all seasons. Knowle (Blatch) 

 Gnathoncus nannetensis, Mars. In dead 



birds. Knowle 



punctulatus, Thorns. In dead birds, 



etc. Knowle (Blatch) 



Saprinus nitidulus, Payk. In carrion, dung, 

 hotbeds, etc. ; all seasons ; all places 



aeneus, F. In carcases, dung, etc. 



Knowle 

 Plegaderus dissectus, Er. Under bark of 



decaying logs ; all seasons. Salford 



Priors 

 Abraeus globosus, HofF. In rotten wood, 



fungi, etc. ; all seasons. Salford 



Prion ; Sutton (Blatch), Knowle 



granulum, Er. In rotten wood and 



under bark ; all seasons. Salford 

 Prion 



Acritus minutus, Herbst. In hotbeds and 

 vegetable refuse ; all seasons ; abun- 

 dant in all localities 



nigricornis, HofF. In hotbeds, fungi, 



etc. ; all seasons. Knowle (Blatch) 

 Onthophilus striatus, F. In dung and 

 vegetable refuse ; all seasons ; abun- 

 dant in all localities 



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