INSECTS 





COPRINA (continued) 



Aphodius pusillus, Herbst. In dung, stack 

 and hedge refuse and moss. Sutton 

 Park ; Knowle (Blatch) 



merdarius, F. In dung ; spring to 



autumn ; all localities 



inquinatus, F. In dung and under 



loose bark ; spring to autumn ; all 

 localities 



tessulatus, Payk. In dry cow-dung ; 



winter and early spring. Sutton 

 Park (Blatch) 



conspurcatus, L. In dry cow-dung ; 



spring to autumn. Sutton Park 

 (Blatch) 



sticticus, Panz. One specimen in 



dung at Knowle, August, 1899 



punctato-sulcatus, Stm. In dung, hot- 



beds and moss ; all seasons ; abun- 

 dant everywhere 



prodromus, Brahm. Habitats and 



localities same as the preceding 



contaminatus, Herbst. In dung ; 



spring to autumn. Knowle ; Sutton 

 (Blatch) 



luridus, F. In sheep-dung, etc. ; all 



seasons. Sutton Park (Blatch), 

 Stratford-on-Avon (Bloom) 



rufipes, L. In dung, moss, hotbeds 



and under bones ; all seasons ; 

 abundant in all localities 



depressus, Kug. In dung ; all seasons. 



Button Park (Blatch) 



Geotrupes typhaeus, L. Sandy places in 

 dung ; spring to autumn. Knowle ; 

 Sutton (Blatch), Coleshill 



spiniger, Marsh. In dung in all loca- 

 lities ; spring to autumn 



- stercorarius, L. In all localities ; spring 



to autumn 



- sylvaticus, Panz. In dung in all loca- 



lities ; spring to autumn 



vernalis, L. All seasons ; found in 



dung in all parts of the district 

 Trox sabulosus, L. In dry carcases and 



skins of animals. Sutton Park 

 MELOLONTHINA 



Hoplia philanthus, Fttss. In old willows 



and other trees and shrubs ; spring 



and summer. Knowle (Blatch), Soli- 

 bull 

 Serica brunnea, McL. Under bark and at 



' sugar,' also attracted by ' light ' ; 



spring and summer ; all localities 

 Rhizotrogus solstitialis, Latr. Flying at 



dusk about trees. Stratford-on-Avon 



(Bloom) 

 Melolontha vulgaris, F. On oaks and 



other trees ; spring and summer. 



Only too plentiful everywhere 



RUTELINA 



Phyllopertha horticola, L. Abundant in 

 flowery meadows in May and June. 

 In all localities 

 CETONIINA 



Cetonia aurata, L. On various flowers, 

 especially roses and lilies ; summer. 

 Knowle (Blatch) 



BUPRESTID^E 



Agrilus laticornis, 111. On young oaks, 

 hazels, birches and other trees in and 

 near woods ; spring to autumn. 

 Sutton Park (Blatch), Knowle 



angustulus, III. Habitats and localities 



same as the preceding 

 Trachys troglodytes, Gyll. On flowers 

 and marshy meadows in May. 

 Knowle 



THROSCID.E 



Throscus dermestoides, L. By beating 

 birch trees ; spring to autumn. 

 Knowle 



carinifrons, Bour. Beaten from sallows. 



Knowle 



EUCNEMID^E 



Melasis buprestoides, L. In decaying logs 

 and old fences. Sutton Park (Blatch), 

 Knowle 



ELATERID^ 



Lacon murinus, L. Under turf, under 



stones and by sweeping ; all seasons ; 



all localities 

 Cryptohypnus riparius, F. At the roots of 



plants and in refuse in marshy places ; 



all seasons ; all localities 



quadripustulatus, F. Under stones and 



at roots of plants or margins of 



streams ; all seasons. Knowle (Blatch), 

 Salford Priors 



dermestoides, Herbst. Habitats and 



localities same as the preceding 



quadriguttatus, Lap. Found with the 



preceding and in the same localities 

 Elater balteatus, L. In decaying birch 

 trees ; all seasons. Sutton (Blatch) 



nigrinus, Payk. Under bark of decay- 



ing pines, etc. Knowle 

 Melanotus rufipes, Herbst. In decaying 

 wood ; all seasons ; abundant every- 

 where 



rufipes var. castanipes, Payk. Beech 



log. Knowle 



Athous niger, L. On bracken and by 

 sweeping in meadows, etc. ; spring 

 to autumn ; found throughout the 

 district 



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