A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE 



TENEBRIONID^: 



Blaps mucronata, Latr. In houses, cellars, 



etc.; allseasons. Knowle, Small Heath 



(Blatch), Warwick 

 Scaphidema metallicum, F. In flood re- 



fuse and under stones, etc. ; all sea- 



sons. Knowle (Blatch), Salford 



Priors 

 Tenebro molitor, L. In houses and mills, 



in old flour ; all seasons. Birming- 



ham ; Hastier (Blatch) 

 obscurus, F. In old flour, etc. ; all 



seasons. Birmingham (Blatch) 

 Alphitobius piceus, OI. In flour bins, 



mills and granaries ; all seasons. 



Small Heath, Birmingham (Blatch) 

 Gnathocerus cornutus, F. In flour, etc. ; 



all seasons. Small Heath (Blatch), 



Birmingham 

 Trilobium ferrugineum, F. In flour, corn, 



etc. ; all seasons. Small Heath 



(Blatch), Birmingham 

 - confusum, Duv. In flour, etc. ; all 



seasons. Small Heath, Birmingham 



(Blatch) 

 Helops striatus, Fourc. Under bark, in 



moss, etc. ; all seasons ; abundant 



in all localities 



Lagria hirta, L. On flowers and herbage; 

 summer. Knowle (Blatch), Warwick, 

 Stratford-on-Avon 



MELANDRYID^ 



Tetratoma dcsmaresti, Latr. Under bark, 



etc. Knowle 

 Orchesia micans, Panz. In Polypori on 



old trees. Knowle 

 Conopalpus testaceus, Ol. By beating old 



trees. Knowle 

 Malandrya caraboides, L. Under willow 



bark and on old posts and fences. 



Knowle, June 1870 (Blatch) 

 Anisoxya fuscula, 111. In dead twigs, etc. 



I find a note by the late Mr. Blatch 



giving Warwick as a locality for this 



species. No specimens are however 



preserved in his collections from this 



place 



Salpingus castaneus, Panz. Amongst dead 

 leaves in fir woods ; in moss at mar- 

 gins of bogs bordered by woods ; all 

 seasons. Coleshill ; Sutton (Blatch). 



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Knowle 



aeratus, Mtlll. Under bark, on fences, 

 windows, etc. ; all seasons. Knowle 



Salpingus atep-, Payk. The late Mr. 



Blatch records this species from 



Knowle, but Canon Fowler seems to 



think it referable to the last species 

 Lissoderma quadripustulata, Marsh. Under 



bark ; all seasons. Small Heath ; 



Knowle (Blatch), Salford Priors 

 Rhinosimus ruficollis, L. Under bark ; all 



seasons. Edgbaston; Sutton (Blatch), 



Knowle 



viridipennis, Steph. Under bark; all 



seasons ; all localities 



planirostris, F. Under bark, dead 



leaves, moss, etc. ; all seasons ; oc- 

 curs in all localities 



OEDEMERIDjE 



Oedemera lurida, Marsh. On flowers, 

 etc. ; spring and summer. Stratford- 

 on-Avon (Bloom) 



Ischnoglossa coerulea, L. By sweeping, 

 etc.; summer. Leamington (Blatch) 



PYROCHROID.E 



Pyrochroa serraticornis, Scop. On flowers 

 and herbage ; summer; found in all 

 localities 



MORDELLIDJE 



Anaspis frontalis, L. On flowers and 

 herbage ; spring to autumn ; all 

 localities 



pulicaria, Costa. On flowers, etc. ; 



summer. Knowle 



rufilabris, Gyll. On flowers, etc. ; 



summer. Solihull; Sutton (Blatch), 

 Knowle 



- geoffroyi, Mall. On flowers, etc. ; 



summer ; abundant in all localities 



ruficollis, F. On whitethorn and othei 



flowers ; summer ; all localities 



- flava var. thoracica, L. On flowers, 



etc. Knowle (Blatch) 



subtestacea, Steph. On flowers, etc. ; 



spring to autumn. Knowle (Blatch) 



maculata, Fourc. On flowers, etc. ; 



spring to autumn ; all localities 



ANTHICID/E 



Anthicus floralis, L. In hotbeds, stack 

 refuse, etc. ; all seasons ; abundant 

 in all localities 



floralis var. quisquilius, Thorns. Habi- 



tat and distribution same as the pre- 

 ceding, but not so abundant 



antherinus, L. In moss and vegetable 



refuse and on flowers and herbage. 

 Not abundant, but found in all parts 

 of the midlands 



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