A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE 



Myelophilus piniperda, L. In decaying 

 firs, in dead leaves, etc. ; all seasons. 

 Knawle ; Sutton (Blatch) 



Xylocleptes bispinus, Duft. In the stems 

 of Clematis vitalba ; summer. Sut- 

 ton Park (Blatch) 



Dryocastes villosus, F. Under oak bark ; 

 all seasons ; abundant in the midlands 



alni, Georg. Under bark of beech, etc. ; 

 summer. Near Tardley (Blatch) 



Pityogenes bidentatus, Herbst. Under fir 

 bark and by sweeping amongst 

 pines. Sutton Park 



Trypodcndrort domesticum, L. In decay- 

 ing wood of oak and other trees ; all 

 seasons. Sutton Park (Blatch), Knowle 



ABNORMAL COLEOPTERA 

 STYLOPIDjE 



Stylops melittae, Kirby. Parasitic on bees 

 (Andrena). The late Mr. Blatch 

 was under the impression that he 

 found a specimen on an Andrena 

 captured at Knowle^ but unfortu- 

 nately it was not preserved 



LEPIDOPTERA 



The greater part of the following list needs no explanation ; a few 

 notes on the authorities quoted are however necessary. Mention has 

 already been made in the general introduction of the late Mr. W. G. 

 Blatch. He is quoted constantly throughout this list in several ways. In 

 the first place the lists in the Handbook to Birmingham for the use of the 

 British Association, mentioned above, are referred to as Brit. Assoc. Hand. 

 or ' W. G. Blatch Hand.' These records must be taken as fairly accurate 

 but not absolutely trustworthy, owing to the fact that to some extent they 

 were compiled from sources not always quite sound ; moreover I am 

 afraid they were rather hastily put together without sufficient examina- 

 tion. The greater part of the records quoted on his authority have 

 however been made after personal examination of his collection, and 

 have only been given when the specimen is actually there and is labelled. 

 These are probably accurate, as Mr. C. G. Barrett went through the 

 collection not long before Mr. Blatch's death. These are referred to as 

 ' Blatch Coll.' Mr. Blatch also left a MS. catalogue of a portion of his 

 collection, made as the specimens were taken in his earlier days. Many 

 of these specimens do not now exist in his cabinets ; and many mistakes 

 occur, as the notes were usually made at the time, but whereas the 

 identification was frequently corrected afterwards the catalogue was 

 not always corrected. This is occasionally quoted as ' Blatch Cat.' In a 

 few cases I have records personally conveyed to me, and those are simply 

 quoted ' W. G. Blatch.' The Rugby School Natural History Society 

 Reports referred to above are usually referred to simply as 'Rugby Lists.' 

 When a record occurred only once the date is put afterwards. These 

 records must be accepted with much reserve. They are for the most 

 part merely schoolboys' records and naturally very untrustworthy. I 

 hesitated for some time about employing them at all, but as no other 

 account of that part of the county was procurable they have been 

 quoted when other evidence of the species occurring in the county has 

 not been forthcoming. Many absurd errors occur which make one dis- 

 trustful of the whole list ; but no schoolboy is likely to be wrong about 

 a species like Zeuzera pyrina, L., which is mentioned in nearly every 

 report. While therefore excluding the most improbable ones I have 



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