A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE 



DERMESTID^E 



Dermestes murinus, L. In dead birds, 

 moles and other animals ; spring to 

 autumn ; abundant everywhere 



lardarius, L. In bacon, on walls, etc. ; 



all seasons. Birmingham, Knowle 

 Attagenes pellio, L. On walls in houses, 



in hawthorn blossom and under 



bark ; all seasons. Birmingham, 



Small Heath (Blatch), Coleshill, Knowle 

 Megatoma undata, Er. Under ash bark 



and logs, in flowers, etc. ; all seasons. 



Near Leamington, Knowle (Blatch) 

 Tiresias serra, F. Under loose bark on 



old oaks, willows, etc. ; spring to 



autumn. Knowle (Blatch) 

 Anthrenus musaeorum, L. In flowers of 



Umbelliferae, on old fences, etc. ; 



spring to autumn. Knowle 



claviger, Er. Habitat same as preced- 



ing ; all seasons. Knowle (Blatch), 

 Button Park 



BYRRHID^E 



Byrrhus pilula, L. In moss and at roots 

 of plants ; all seasons ; all localities 



Cytilus varius, F. In moss, at grass roots 

 and under stones ; all seasons ; found 

 throughout the district 



Simplocaria scmistriata, F. In moss, grass 

 tufts, hotbeds and under bones ; all 

 seasons ; abundant everywhere 



Aspidiphorus orbiculatus, Gyll. In fungi, 

 grass tufts in woods, under bark and 

 on windows ; all seasons. Knowle 

 (Blatch) 



PARNIDjE 



Elmis asneus, Mtill. In rivers and brooks, 

 on bracken ! ! all seasons. Knowle 



subviolaceus, Miill. In streams, water- 



falls, etc. Knowle (Blatch) 



nitens, Miill. In streams ; spring to 



autumn. Knowle (Blatch) 

 Limnius tubcrculatus, Miill. In brooks 



and rivers, on stones and submerged 



logs ; all seasons ; all localities 

 Parnus prolifericornis, F. In wet places, 



in moss, roots, etc. ; all seasons. 



Knowle 



auriculatus, Panz. Habitat and distri- 



bution same as preceding 



HETEROCERID^E 



Heterocerus marginatus, F. On banks of 

 rivers, ponds and ditches ; spring 

 to autumn. Salford Priors, Tysoe 

 (Blatch), Knowle 



Izvigatus, Panz. Banks of rivers and 



ponds ; spring to autumn. Knowle 



Lucanus cervus, L. Found on the trunks 



of oak trees, on pailings, etc. ; sum- 



mer. Warwick (Martineau) 

 Dorcus parallelopipedus, L. In rotten 



logs, stumps of trees and under bark ; 



all seasons. Salford Priors (Blatch), 



Knowle 

 Sinodendron cylindricum, L. In decaying 



trees, especially ash ; all seasons. 



Sparkbrook ; Knowle (Blatch), Solihull 



CoPRINA 



Onthophagus ovatus, L. In dung and 

 vegetable refuse ; all seasons. Knowle 



vacca, L. In dung ; one specimen from 



Wimpstone, May 5, 1900 (Bloom) 



nuchicornis, L. In dung ; spring to 



autumn. Sutton Park (Blatch) 

 Aphodius erraticus, L. In dung ; through- 

 out the year. Sutton Park 



subterraneus, L. In dung ; all seasons. 



Sutton Park ; Coleshill (Blatch), 

 Knowle, Solihull 



fossor, L. In dung and vegetable re- 



fuse ; all seasons ; occurs in all 

 localities 



haemorrhoidalis, L. In dung, vege- 



table refuse and moss ; all seasons. 

 Knowle ; Sutton (Blatch) 



fostens, F. In dung, especially in 



sandy places ; spring to autumn. 

 Sutton ; Coventry (Blatch), Knowle, 

 Coleshill 



fimetarius, L. In dung, hotbeds, moss, 



etc. ; all seasons ; all localities 



scybalarius, F. In dung, moss and 



vegetable refuse ; all seasons. Knowle 



ater, De G. In dung, moss, hotbeds, 



etc. ; all seasons ; all localities 



constans, Duft. In sheep-dung, moss 



and hedge refuse ; all seasons. 

 Knowle 



granarius, L. In dung and vegetable 



refuse ; all seasons. Sutton Park 

 (Blatch) 



sordidus, F. In dung ; spring to 



autumn. Knowle (Blatch), Sutton 

 Park 



rufescens, F. In dung ; spring to 



autumn. Sutton Park (Blatch), Soli- 

 hull, Knowle 



putridus, Sturm. In dung ; one 



specimen at Knowle, August, 1899 

 - porcus, F. In dry cow-dung ; spring 

 to autumn. Sutton Park (Blatch) 



tristis, Panz. In dung in sandy places ; 



spring to autumn. Sutton Park 

 (Blatch), Knowle 



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