A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE 



SCAPHIDIID^: 



Scaphidium 4 - maculatum, Ol. Under 



bark, in rotten wood and fungi ; all 



seasons. Knowle 

 Scaphisoma agaricinum, L. In fungi, on 



stumps and under bark ; all seasons ; 



plentiful in all localities 



boleti, Panz. In fungi, dead leaves in 



wood, moss, under bark and on 

 sappy stumps. Knowle 



TRICHOPTERYGID.E 



Pteryx suturalis, Heer. Under oak and 

 birch bark ; all seasons. Knowle ; 

 Sutton (Blatch), Salford Priors 



Ptinella denticollis, Fairm. Under oak and 

 birch bark, etc. ; all seasons ; abun- 

 dant in all parts of midlands 



aptera, Guer. Under bark of oak, 



birch and ash, etc. ; all seasons. 

 Knowle, Salford Priors (Blatch) 



angustula, Gill. Under bark of oak, 



birch, ash, etc. ; all seasons. Sutton ; 

 Salford Priors (Blatch), Knowle 

 Trichopteryx thoracica, Matth. In hot- 

 beds, grass tufts, moss and refuse ; 

 all seasons. Knowle (abundant) 



atomaria, De G. In stack refuse, 



hedge refuse, hotbeds, etc. ; all sea- 

 sons ; abundant throughout the 

 district 



- anthracina, Matth. In hotbeds and 



under bones ; all seasons. Small 

 Heath, Edgbaston ; Knowle (Blatch) 



grandicollis, Mann. In dung, moss, 



carrion and under bark ; all seasons ; 

 all localities 



lata, Mots. In moss, grass tufts, hot- 



beds, etc. Abundant at all times 

 throughout the district 



cantiana, Matth. In moss on hedge 



banks and grass tufts ; all seasons. 

 Knowle (Blatch) 



fascicularis, Herbst. Grass tufts, hedge 



refuse, etc. ; all seasons. Knowle, 

 Coleshill ; Sutton (Blatch) 



- sericans, Heer. In hotbeds, moss, grass 



tufts, etc. ; all seasons. Edgbaston ; 

 Knowle (Blatch) 



bovina, Mots. In flood refuse, cow- 



sheds, hotbeds and dung ; all seasons 



- brevipennis, Er. Knowle (Blatch), 



Edgbaston 



longula, Matth. In hotbeds, cow- 



sheds, moss, etc. ; all seasons. 

 Knowle 



picicornis, Mann. Amongst bones and 



in rotten wood ; all seasons. Knowle 

 (Blatch) 



Trichopteryx montandonii, All. Hotbeds, 

 moss, cowsheds and under bark ; all 

 seasons. Knowle 



rivularis, All. Hotbeds ; autumn. 



Knowle 



chevrolati, All. In mushroom beds, 



hotbeds, etc. ; all seasons. Knowle 

 (Blatch) 



dispar, Matth. In hotbeds and moss ; 



all seasons. Knowle 

 Nephanes titan, Newm. In cut grass, 



hotbeds, etc. ; all seasons. Knowle 

 Ptilium kunzei, Heer. In hotbeds, moss, 



dry rabbit skins, etc. ; all seasons. 



Knowle (Blatch), Edgbaston 



spencei, All. In hotbeds, moss, rotten 



fungi, carrion and under bark ; all 

 seasons. Edgbaston, Knowle 



- affine, Er. In moss ; winter. Knowle 



- exaratum, All. In vegetable refuse, 



moss, dead moles and dry rabbit 

 skins ; all seasons. Knowle 



foveolatum, All. In hotbeds and moss ; 



all seasons ; Knowle 



Millidium trisulcatum, Aub. In hotbeds, 

 moss, etc. ; all seasons. Knowle 



Ptenidium nitidum, Heer. In moss, hot- 

 beds, grass tufts, hedge refuse, etc. ; 

 all seasons ; abundant in all local- 

 ities 



evanescens, Marsh. In vegetable re- 



fuse, moss, hotbeds, etc. ; all seasons ; 

 abundant everywhere 



formecetorum, Er. In ants' nests, re- 



fuse, etc. ; all seasons. Knowle^ Sut- 

 ton Park (Blatch), Edgbaston 



CORYLOPHID.E 



Orthoperus atomus, Gyll. In vegetable 

 and stack refuse, moss, etc. ; on 

 damp walls and under bark. Knowle 



Corylophus cassidioides, Marsh. In flood 

 refuse ; all seasons. Salford Priors 

 (Blatch) 



Sacium pusillum, Gyll. Said to be found 

 under bark. One specimen on an 

 orange which had been lying some 

 time in a cupboard in the late Mr. 

 W. G. Blatch's house at Small Heath. 

 Found by his son, Mr. F. J. Blatch, 

 Christmas, 1886. This is probably 

 the only British specimen existing 



COCCINELLIDjE 



Subcoccinella 24-punctata, L. In flood 

 refuse. Salford Priors (Blatch) 



Anisosticta ig-punctata, L. In axils of 

 water plants and amongst vegetable 

 refuse in bogs and marshy places ; 



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