INSECTS 



Meligethes ovatus, Sturm. Knowle 



picipes, Sturm. On various flowers, in 



moss, etc. ; all seasons ; abundant 

 in all localities 



obscurus, Er. On various plants and 



in moss ; all seasons. Coleshill 

 (Blatch), Knowle 



erythropus, Gyll. On Helianthemum 



vulgare, Potentilla tormentilla, etc. 



Knowle 

 Cychramus luteus, F. On flowers, in fungi ; 



spring to autumn ; all localities 

 Cryptarcha strigata, F. At sap on Cossus 



trees, under bark and in fungi ; all 



seasons. Solihull, Knowle 



imperialis, F. Habitat and localities 



same as preceding. If tobacco 

 smoke be puffed in the Cossus bur- 

 rows numbers make their appearance 

 where otherwise scarcely one is to 

 be seen 



Ips 4-guttata, F. Under bark, in moss 

 and dead leaves ; all seasons. Knowle 



4-punctata, Herbst. In old stumps, 



under bark and in grass roots ; all 

 seasons. Coleshill (Blatch), Knowle 



TROGOSITID^: 



Nemosoma elongatum, L. Under bark, 



in the burrows of Hylesinus vittatus. 



Campion Wyniates 

 Tenebrioides mauritanicus, L. In corn 



and on walls ; all seasons. Small 



Heath, Bordesley (Blatch) 

 Thymalus limbatus, F. Under bark ; all 



seasons. Knowle 



COLYDIID^E 



Aglenus brunneus, Gyll. In hotbeds, etc. ; 

 all seasons. Edgbaston (Blatch) 



Cerylon histeroides, F. Under bark of 

 various trees, oak, pine, etc. ; all 

 seasons ; abundant in midlands 



ferrugineum, Steph. Under bark, 



birch, oak, beech, etc. ; all seasons. 

 Sutton Park (Blatch), Knowle 



CUCUJIDjE 



Rhizophagus cribratus, Gyll. In fungi, 

 under bark, in stack refuse and grass 

 tufts ; all seasons. Salford Priors, 

 Shustoke (Blatch), Knowle 



depressus, F. Under bark. Sutton 



Coldfield (Blatch), Knowle 



perforatus, Er. Under bark, etc. Sut- 



ton Park, Salford Priors 

 parallelocollis, Er. Under bark and in 

 fungi ; all seasons. Knowle 



Rhizophagus ferrugineus, Payk. Under 

 bark and at sap ; all seasons. Soli- 

 hull, Sutton (Blatch), Knowle 



nitidulus, F. Under bark of oak and 



pine ; all seasons. Sutton Coldfield, 

 in great abundance 



dispar, Gyll. Under bark of oak, 



birch, etc. ; all seasons ; abundant 



bipustulatus, F. Under bark ; abun- 



dant ; all seasons 



politus, Hellw. Under bark, ash, pop- 



lar, etc. ; spring to autumn. Salford 

 Prion (Blatch) 



Lsemophlceus ferrugineus, Steph. Under 

 bark and in granaries ; all seasons. 

 Small Heath (Blatch), Knowle, War- 

 wick 



ater, Ol. In dead wood ; occurs 



throughout the year. Small Heath, 



Knowle (Blatch) 

 Psammoechus bipunctatus, F. In grass 



tufts and the axils of plants in 



marshy places ; all seasons. Coleshill, 



Sutton (Blatch), Knowle 

 Nausibius dentatus, Marsh. In flour and 



corn ; all seasons. Knowle 

 Silvanus surinamensis, L. In corn, etc., 



and has also been taken under bark ; 



all seasons. Small Heath, Knowle 



(Blatch) 



unidentatus, F. Knowle (Blatch) 



MONOTOMIDjE 



Monotoma conicicollis, Aube 1 . In nests of 

 Formica rufa ; spring. Knowle 

 (Blatch) 



formccetorum, Thorns. In nests of 



Formica rufa ; spring. Knowle 



spinicollis, Aub6. In hotbeds, cow- 



shed refuse, etc. ; all seasons. Edg- 

 baston (Blatch), Knowle 



brevicollis, Aub. In stack refuse, 



lawn clippings, etc. ; all seasons. 

 Knowle (Blatch) 



picipes, Herbst. In hotbeds, stack refuse, 



grass tufts, moss, etc. ; all seasons ; 

 abundant throughout the district 



quadricollis, Aub6. In hotbeds, etc. ; 



all seasons. Knowle, Edgbaston 



rufa, Redt. Knowle 



longicollis, Gyll. In hotbeds, lawn 



clippings, moss, under bark, etc. ; 

 all seasons. Sutton Park (Blatch), 

 Knowle ; abundant 



LATHRIDIID^: 



Lathridius lardarius, De Geer. In hotbeds, 

 etc. ; all seasons ; generally distri- 

 buted but not abundant 



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