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Table V — continued. 
Family. . 
Species. 
s 
o 
Remarks on Habit. 
o 2 
Staph ylinid.® 
Quedius hoops, Gr. 
3 
com. 
Decaying vegetation, roots of grass. 
( cont .) 
Pliilonthus laminatus, Creutz . 
7-9 
y. com. 
In dung. 
„ varius, Gyll. 
8-10 
com. 
Dung and vegetable refuse. 
,, ebeninus, 01. 
2, 4 
occ. 
>) >> » 
Xantliolinus linearis, 01. 
9-11 
com. 
Vegetable refuse and in soil. 
,, longiventris, Heer. 
9-11 
>, ,, ,, 
Platyslhethus arenarius, Pk. . 
11, 3 
,, 
Vegetable refuse, dung. 
Stenus speculator, Lac. . 
„ tarsalis, Ljun. 
„ similis, Hbst. 
9 
6 
9 
” 
I Larvae and adults in decaying tubers 
| and vegetation. 
Oxytelus rugosus, F. 
7,8 
Decaying vegetable substance and dung. 
„ nitidulus, Gr. . 
7, 8 
Decaying vegetation. 
Silphid.® . 
Ghoileva fusca, Pz. 
9 
occ. 
Nitidulid^: 
Epurxa sestiva, L. . 
9 
,, 
Decaying vegetation. Fowler, vol. iii, 
p. 228, says it has been reared from 
nests of Bombus lucorum. 
Mycetophagid.® . 
Typhxa fumata, L. 
1, 2 
com. 
In vegetable refuse and flood rubbish on 
banks of Dane. 
Scarabs id.® 
Aphodius fossor, L. 
8, 9 
In dung. 
„ fimetarius, L. . 
8-10 
,, 
In dung ; adults also in meadow grass. 
„ prodromus, Brahm. 
5 
infreq. 
In dung. 
Geotrupes stercorarius, L- 
4, 5 
com. 
Larvaj abundant in manure. 
*Serica brunnea, L. 
10 
Remains of one specimen in meadow 
soil; adult generally on poplars and 
decaying birch. 
Elaterid® . 
*Melanotus rufipes, Hbst. 
5, 6 
infreq. 
Larvae in rotten wood. 
Table VI. 
Lepidoptera and Tenthredinidse recorded in the Association. 
Abbreviations as in Table I. * indicates species which are invaders from adjacent woods ; j species 
frequenting damp localities ; j species that are authenticated pests of cultivated crops and trees. 
Order and Family. 
Species. 
Month. 
Food Plant of Larva. 
LEPIDOPTERA— 
PlERIDJi! 
^ Pier is brassicsc, L. . 
6, 8 
Brassica. 
j „ rapes, L. 
5-8 
,, 
1 ,, napi, L. 
6-8 
,, 
SPHTNGID.35 . 
Smerinthus populi, L. 
5, 6 
Salix and poplar. 
Arctiadje . 
Earias clorana, L. . 
5, 6 
Salix. 
| Lithosia griseola, Hb. 
7,8 
Lichens and dead leaves in marshy places. 
Diacrisia lubricipeda, Esp. 
5, 6 
Kumex, Plantago. 
,, mentlirastri, Esp. 
5, 6 
„ „ 
Hepialid.® . 
■j -Hepialus humuli, L. 
6,7 
Roots of grasses, Rumex, Urtica. 
OONERIADAS . 
*f Euproctis chrysorrhoea, L. 
7, 8 
Hawthorn, elm. 
NoTODONTIDiE 
*Odontosia camelina, L. 
5, 6 
Oak, beech, hazel. 
*]Piialera bucephala, Hb. . 
5, 7 
Elm. 
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