INSECTS ALEOCHARINA (continued) Homalota occulta, Er. In moss and under bones ; spring to autumn ; rather scarce. Knowle, Small Heath (Blatch) fungivora, Thorns. In moss, fungi, grass tufts and under bones and bark ; all seasons ; all localities, often in profusion picipes, Thorns. In lawn clippings and under bones and bark ; rare. Small Heath (Blatch), Knowle monticola, Thorns. Under bones and dead moles ; in grass tufts and fungi ; all seasons ; abundant locally. Small Heath, Knowle (Blatch), Solihull nigella, Er. In bogs and marshy places at roots of plants and in folds of typha, carex, etc. ; local. Earlswood, Tamworth, Coleihill, Sutton (Blatch), Knowle aequata, Er. Under bark of dead trees and logs ; at all seasons and in all places where dead trees and logs occur augustula, Gyll. Bones, fungi, hot- beds, bark and marshy places ; spring to autumn ; scarce. Knowle, Small Heath (Blatch) linearis, Grav. In moss and bark, fungi and carrion ; all seasons. Knowle pilicornis, Thorns. At sap, in moss, leaves and under bark ; all seasons ; scarce. Knowle, Solihull (Blatch) debilis, Er. In moss, flood refuse, wet shingle, etc. ; rare ; all seasons Knowle (Blatch) fallaciola, Sharp. Grass tufts in bogs ; rare. Coleshill (Blatch), Sutton circellaris, Grav. In moss, grass tufts, hedge rubbish, etc. ; abundant at all times and in all localities immersa, Heer. Under bark of various trees ; all seasons ; fairly plentiful. Edgbaston, Small Heath (Blatch), Sutton, Knowle cuspidata, Er. Found with the pre- ceding, and very abundant at all times throughout the midlands eremita, Rye. In sphagnum, in boggy places. Coleshill (Blatch), Sutton curtipennis, Sharp. Grass tussocks, in bogs and in sphagnum ; local. Sutton (Blatch) analis, Grav. All kinds of habitats, all seasons and in all localities decipiens, Sharp. Amongst dead leaves, etc. ; rare. Knowle soror, Kr. Marshy places. Stratford- on-Avon (Bloom) exilis, Er. Roots of grass in damp pastures and under bark ; all sea- ALEOCHARINA (continued) sons ; rare. Knowle (Blatch), Salford Priors Homalota depressa, Gyll. In moss and dead leaves, on walls and fences ; local and scarce ; spring to autumn. Knowle (Blatch) hepatica, Er. Grass tufts and leaves in woods ; all seasons ; rare. Knowle aquatica, Thorns. In moss, fungi, grass tufts, carrion and under bark ; all seasons ; fairly plentiful through- out midlands aeneicollis, Sharp. Habitat and distri- bution same as preceding xanthoptera, Steph. Found under simi- lar conditions and in the same locali- ties as the preceding valida, Kr. Amongst dead leaves in woods ; all seasons. Knowle (Blatch) euryptera, Steph. At sap, in moss, dead leaves, fungi and under bones ; found throughout the year, but is active only during spring, summer and early autumn ; plentiful every- where trinotata, Kr. Found with the pre- ceding ; also in hotbeds ; all sea- sons and in all localities - xanthopus, Thorns. Bones, refuse, moss, hotbeds, fungi, bark ; plenti- ful in summer, rarely met with in winter ; all localities triangulum, Kr. Habitat same as pre- ceding ; all seasons ; found through- out midlands ; not so abundant as preceding fungicola, Thorns. Fungi, moss, leaves, bones, carcases, hotbeds ; abundant at all times (especially summer) ; all localities ignobilis, Sharp. In fungi, moss, dead moles and in sap ; all seasons ; rather scarce. Knowle (Blatch), Solihull boletobia, Thorns. In fungi ; occa- sionally in moss and hedge refuse ; fairly plentiful spring to autumn ; scarce in winter. Knowle, Berkswell (Blatch), Packwood liturata, Steph. In polypori ; spring to autumn ; rare in midlands. Edge Hill coriaria, Kr. Hotbeds, moss and sap ; abundant locally in fresh lawn clip- pings during summer ; rare in winter. Knowle (Blatch) sodalis, Er. In moss, fungi, vegetable refuse and under bones, etc. ; all seasons and all localities
