INSECTS 





Cryptophagus pubcscens, Sturm. In moss 

 and hedge refuse and by sweeping ; 

 all seasons. Small Heath (Blatch), 

 Knowle 



bicolor, Sturm. Moss and grass tussocks 



in bogs, cowshed refuse and on damp 

 walls ; all seasons. Knowle, Sutton 

 Park 



Micrambe vini, Panz. On gorse and 

 broom, in grass roots and moss ; all 

 seasons ; all localities 



Henoticus serratus, Gyll. Under bark on 

 sappy oak trunks. Knowle 



Paramecosoma melanocephalum, Herbst. 

 In flood refuse, moss, etc. ; all sea- 

 sons ; not uncommon throughout 

 the midlands 



Myrmecoxenus vaporariorum, GueV. In 

 hotbeds and heaps of stable manure ; 

 sometimes in great abundance, always 

 in October. Edgbaston (Blatch), 

 Knowle 



Atomaria fimetarii, Herbst. In moss and 

 flood refuse and fungi. Knowle 

 (Blatch) 



barani, Bris. By sweeping. Knowle 



nigriventris, Steph. In moss, fungi, 



refuse, etc. ; all seasons. Coleshill; 

 Leamington (Blatch), Knowle 



umbrina, Er. In sphagnum, grass 



tufts, under bark, etc. ; all seasons ; 

 all localities 



linearis, Steph. In moss, amongst 



sedges, etc. ; all seasons. Knowle 

 (Blatch) 



elongatula, Er. Under bark, on sappy 



oak stumps, etc. ; all seasons. Knowle 



fuscipes, Gyll. In moss, dead leaves 



and cut grass ; all seasons. Knowle 

 (Blatch) 



nigripennis, Payk. In cowshed refuse, 



hotbeds, etc. ; all seasons ; all mid- 

 land localities. Sometimes abun- 

 dantly 



munda, Er. In cowshed refuse ; all 



seasons. Knowle (Blatch) 



fuscata, Schon. In stack refuse, hot- 



beds, etc. Knowle (Blatch) 



pusilla, Payk. In moss, hedge refuse, 



etc. ; all seasons. Abundant every- 

 where 



atricapilla, Steph. Habitat and distri- 



bution same as preceding 



berolinensis, Kr. In moss and vege- 



table refuse ; all seasons. Knowle, 

 Sutton (Blatch) 



basalis, Er. In sphagnum, hypnum, 



osier beds, etc. ; all seasons. Strat- 

 ford-on-Avon (Blatch), Knowle, Sut- 

 ton 



Atomaria mesomelas, Herbst. Habitat 

 same as preceding ; all seasons. 

 Knowle, Coleshill, Sutton (Blatch) 



gutta, Steph. Amongst reeds, in vege- 



table refuse and fungi ; all seasons. 

 Coleshill (Blatch), Sutton, Knowle, 

 Salford Priors 



apicalis, Er. In stack and other 



refuse, moss, etc. ; all seasons ; 

 abundant in all localities 



analis, Er. Habitat and distribution 



same as preceding 



ruficornis, Marsh. Vegetable refuse, 



hotbeds, carrion and under bark ; all 

 seasons ; all localities 



versicolor, Er. In sheep-dung, etc. 



Knowle (Blatch) 



Ephistemus globosus, Waltl. In stack re- 

 fuse, hotbeds, dung and under bark. 

 Knowle (Blatch) 



gyrinoides, Marsh. In hotbeds and 



vegetable refuse, etc. ; all seasons ; 

 all localities ; very abundant 



gyrinoides var. dimidiatus, Sturm. 



Found with the type 



gyrinoides var. dubia, Fowler. Hot- 



beds, etc. Knowle 



MYCETOPHAGID^E 



Typhasa fumata, L. In stack and hedge 



refuse, hotbeds, etc. ; all seasons ; 



extremely abundant everywhere 

 Triphyllus suturalis, F. In fungi, dead 



leaves and under bark ; all seasons. 



Knowle, Salford Priors 



punctatus, F. In puff balls and other 



fungi and under bark ; occurs in 



all midland localities 

 Litargus bifasciatus, F. In Hypoxylon 



concentricum on ash trees ; all sea- 

 sons. Knowle, Packwood 

 Mycetophagus 4-pustulatus, L. In fungi, 



on old ash and willow trees, etc. ; 



spring to autumn. Salford Priors 



(Blatch), Knowle 



piceus, F. In Polypori on ash and oak 



and under bark. Tamworth (Blatch) 

 - multipunctatus, Hellw. In fungi and 

 ash trees ; spring to autumn. Sal- 

 ord Priors (Blatch) 



BYTURIDjE 



Byturus sambuci, Scop. On flowers of 

 Viburnum, Salix, Caltha, etc. 

 Knowle, Solihull 



tomentosus, F. On various flowers ; 



summer ; abundant everywhere 



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