INSECTS 



all seasons. Knowle, Sutton Park 

 (Blatch), Coleshill 



Adalia obliterata, L. Under bark ; all 

 seasons. Coleshill, Button (Blatch), 

 Knowle 



bipunctata, L. On various trees and 



plants and under bark, amongst dead 



leaves and in moss ; all seasons ; 



abundant in all localities 

 Mysia oblongoguttata, L. On pine trees, 



in moss and dead leaves ; all seasons. 



Knowle, Coleshill, Sutton 

 Anatis occellata, L. On pine trees, in 



moss and dead leaves ; all seasons. 



Coleshill; Sutton (Blatch), Knowle 

 Coccinella lo-punctata, L. On flowers 



and trees and under bark ; all sea- 



sons ; abundant in all localities 



hieroglyphica, L. Under bark and by 



beating various trees ; all seasons. 

 Sutton Park (Blatch), Knowle 



n-punctata, L. By beating and 



sweeping trees and herbage, and 

 amongst dead leaves in woods, etc. ; 

 all seasons ; found in all midland 

 localities 



7-punctata, L. On various trees and 



plants, in moss, etc. ; all seasons ; 

 abundant everywhere 



Halyzia 14-guttata, L. On various trees 

 and flowers, and in grass tufts and 

 moss ; all seasons ; plentiful every- 

 where 



i8-guttata, L. Found in same local- 



ities and under same conditions as 

 preceding, but much less commonly 



conglobata, L. On trees and herbage 



and in moss and dead leaves ; all 

 seasons ; abundant in all locali- 

 ties 



22-punctata, L. On trees and low 



herbage, in moss and dead leaves ; 



all seasons ; abundant everywhere 

 Hyperaspis reppensis, Herbst. On trees 



and herbage in woods ; spring to 



autumn. Knowle 

 Scymnus nigrinus, Kug. By sweeping 



ling, etc., in and near fir plantations ; 



in moss, etc., in woods. Knowle 



(Blatch) 



pygmaeus, Fourc. By sweeping and 



in moss ; all seasons. Coleshill, Ty- 

 soe (Blatch), Knowle 



frontalis, F. In moss and grass tufts, 



and by sweeping ; all seasons. Knowle 

 (Blatch) 



suturalis, Thunb. In moss and by 



sweeping ; all seasons. Knowle 



testaceus, Mots. In moss and grass 



roots. Tysoe 



Scymnus testaceus var. scutellaris, Muls. 

 Knowle (Blatch) 



haemorrhoidalis, Herbst. In moss and 



fungi, and by sweeping in boggy 

 places ; all seasons. Alcester (Blatch), 

 Knowle 



capitatus, F. In moss, dead leaves and 



by sweeping ; all seasons. Coleshill, 

 Sutton (Blatch), Knowle 



ater, Kug. Knowle 



Chilocorus similis, Rossi. On birch trees ; 

 spring to autumn. Knowle (Blatch) 



Exochomus 4-pustulatus, L. On ling and 

 other low herbage, and in sphag- 

 num ; all seasons. Coleshill (Blatch), 

 Knowle 



Rhizobius litura, F. At grass roots, in 

 moss, hedge refuse, etc. ; all seasons ; 

 plentiful in all localities 



Coccidula rufa, Herbst. In axils of water 

 plants, in grass tufts, moss and refuse 

 in damp places ; all seasons ; abun- 

 dant everywhere 



ENDOMYCHHXE 



Mycetsea hirta, Marsh. Amongst old bones, 

 in hotbeds, cowsheds, stack and flood 

 refuse, and in cellars (on wine corks, 

 etc.) ; all seasons ; all localities 



Endomychus coccineus, L. Under bark 

 and in moss ; all seasons. Salford 

 Priors (Blatch) 



EROTYLID^: 



Dacne rufifrons, F. In fungi on trees and 

 stumps ; all seasons. Salford Priors 

 (Blatch), Knowle 



humeralis, F. In fungi on trees and 



stumps ; all seasons. Knowle (Blatch) 



PHALACRID^ 



Phalacrus corruscus, Payk. On flowers 

 and herbage and amongst decaying 

 leaves ; all seasons. Knowle 



caricis, Sturm. Amongst reeds and 



garden refuse ; all seasons. Coleshill 



(Blatch), Knowle 

 Olibrus aeneus, F. On flowers, especially 



the chamomile tribe, in moss and 



dead leaves ; all seasons. Knowle 



(Blatch), Caleshill 

 Eustilbus testaceus, Panz. On flowers, in 



moss, dead leaves and flood refuse ; 



all seasons. Knowle and Solihull 



MICROPEPLID^: 



Micropeplus porcatus, Payk. In moss, hot- 

 beds, stack refuse, gravel pits and 

 banks of streams ; all seasons. Sal- 



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