INSECTS 



TELEPHORINA (continued) 



Telephorus lituratus, F. An abundant 

 species everywhere 



figuratus, Mann. Occurs in all parts 



of the midlands 



bicolor, F. Abundant everywhere 



hasmorrhoidalis, F. Knowle 



oralis, Germ. Knowle (Blatch) 



flavilabris, Fall. In all localities 



thoracicus, Ol. Knowle (on palings) 

 Rhagonyca fuscicornis, Ol. All localities 



fulva, Scop. Extremely abundant 



everywhere 



testacea, L. Found throughout the 



county but not abundantly 



limbata, Thorns. Very plentiful in 



all localities 



pallida, F. All localities 



NOTE. As all the species of the above two 

 genera are found during the summer 

 months on various flowers and the foliage 

 of trees and shrubs it has been considered 

 unnecessary to repeat the facts in each 

 case. 



Malthinus punctatus, Fourc. By beating 

 and sweeping trees and shrubs ; 

 spring to autumn ; all localities 



fasciatus, Ol. On trees and plants, 



especially in and near woods ; spring 

 to autumn ; all localities 



frontalis, Marsh. On and near fir 



trees ; summer. Knowle 

 Malthodes marginatus, Latr. On trees 

 and herbage ; spring to autumn ; 

 abundant in all localities 



flavoguttatus, Kies. On various trees ; 



spring to autumn. Knowle (Blatch), 

 Salford Priors 



guttifer, Kies. On trees and plants ; 



summer. Knowle 



mysticus, Kies. Knowle. One speci- 



men by beating ; summer 



pellucidus, Kies. On young birches 



and other trees and plants ; summer ; 

 Knowle 



minimus, L. On various trees and 



shrubs ; spring to autumn ; abun- 

 dant in all localities . 



misellus, Kies. On young trees, etc. ; 



summer. Knowle 



atomus, Thorns. On trees and plants ; 



summer. Knowle (Blatch) 

 MELYRINA 



Malachius aeneus, L. In grass tufts and 

 by sweeping ; apparently very rare 

 in the midlands ; one specimen taken 

 by the late Mr. Blatch and one by 

 the author ; both at Knowle 



bipustulatus, L. On flowers and trees 



in summer, in moss and dead leaves 



MELYRINA (continued) 



in woods in winter ; abundant every- 

 where 



Malachius viridis, F. On young trees in 

 woods ; summer. Knowle (one 

 specimen) 



Anthocomus fasciatus, L. In grassy places 

 and on willows ; summer. Knowle 



Dasytes flavipes, F. On trees and herbage ; 

 summer. Knowle (Blatch) 



aerosus, Kies. OR young trees and 

 herbage ; summer ; all midland lo- 

 calities, especially in and near woods 



Haplocnemus impressus, Marsh. All sea- 

 sons ; under oak bark, in flowers, etc. 

 Button 



Tillus elongatus, L. On old willows, etc. ; 



spring and summer. Knowle 

 Opilo mollis, L. On old oaks ; summer. 



Leamington (A. J. Chitty) 

 Thanasimus formicarius, L. In old trees, 



palings, etc. ; spring to autumn. 



Tamworth (Blatch), Salford Priors 

 Necrobia ruficollis, F. Under bones and 



in carcases ; spring to autumn. 



Knowle ; Small Heath (Blatch) 



violacea, L. Under bones, hay refuse 



and in carcases ; all seasons. Knowle 



rufipes, De G. Under bones and in 



carcases ; spring to autumn. Knowle 

 Corynetes caeruleus, De G. Under bones, 

 in stack refuse and carcases ; all 

 seasons. Knowle 



PTINID^E 

 PTININA 



Ptinus fur, L. In dead wood and in old 

 houses ; all seasons ; all localities 



subpilosus, Mall. In rotten wood, 



etc. ; all seasons ; rare. Small Heath 

 (Blatch), Knowle 



brunneus, Duft. In cowshed refuse, 



old houses, etc. Birmingham ; Small- 

 Heath (Blatch), Knowle 

 Niptus hololeucus, Falc. In cupboards, 

 etc., in houses ; all seasons ; all 

 localities 



crenatus, F. In cowshed refuse, 



granaries, etc. ; all seasons. Bir- 

 mingham (Blatch), Knowle 



Hedobia imperial's, L. In the wood of 

 old hawthorns and by beating May- 

 blossom ; spring and summer. Coles- 

 hill ; Brandon (Blatch), Knowle 

 ANOBIINA 



Dryophilus pusillus, Gyll. On fir trees 

 and by sweeping near them ; summer. 

 Knowle 



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