INSECTS Meligethes ovatus, Sturm. Knowle picipes, Sturm. On various flowers, in moss, etc. ; all seasons ; abundant in all localities obscurus, Er. On various plants and in moss ; all seasons. Coleshill (Blatch), Knowle erythropus, Gyll. On Helianthemum vulgare, Potentilla tormentilla, etc. Knowle Cychramus luteus, F. On flowers, in fungi ; spring to autumn ; all localities Cryptarcha strigata, F. At sap on Cossus trees, under bark and in fungi ; all seasons. Solihull, Knowle imperialis, F. Habitat and localities same as preceding. If tobacco smoke be puffed in the Cossus bur- rows numbers make their appearance where otherwise scarcely one is to be seen Ips 4-guttata, F. Under bark, in moss and dead leaves ; all seasons. Knowle 4-punctata, Herbst. In old stumps, under bark and in grass roots ; all seasons. Coleshill (Blatch), Knowle TROGOSITID^: Nemosoma elongatum, L. Under bark, in the burrows of Hylesinus vittatus. Campion Wyniates Tenebrioides mauritanicus, L. In corn and on walls ; all seasons. Small Heath, Bordesley (Blatch) Thymalus limbatus, F. Under bark ; all seasons. Knowle COLYDIID^E Aglenus brunneus, Gyll. In hotbeds, etc. ; all seasons. Edgbaston (Blatch) Cerylon histeroides, F. Under bark of various trees, oak, pine, etc. ; all seasons ; abundant in midlands ferrugineum, Steph. Under bark, birch, oak, beech, etc. ; all seasons. Sutton Park (Blatch), Knowle CUCUJIDjE Rhizophagus cribratus, Gyll. In fungi, under bark, in stack refuse and grass tufts ; all seasons. Salford Priors, Shustoke (Blatch), Knowle depressus, F. Under bark. Sutton Coldfield (Blatch), Knowle perforatus, Er. Under bark, etc. Sut- ton Park, Salford Priors parallelocollis, Er. Under bark and in fungi ; all seasons. Knowle Rhizophagus ferrugineus, Payk. Under bark and at sap ; all seasons. Soli- hull, Sutton (Blatch), Knowle nitidulus, F. Under bark of oak and pine ; all seasons. Sutton Coldfield, in great abundance dispar, Gyll. Under bark of oak, birch, etc. ; all seasons ; abundant bipustulatus, F. Under bark ; abun- dant ; all seasons politus, Hellw. Under bark, ash, pop- lar, etc. ; spring to autumn. Salford Prion (Blatch) Lsemophlceus ferrugineus, Steph. Under bark and in granaries ; all seasons. Small Heath (Blatch), Knowle, War- wick ater, Ol. In dead wood ; occurs throughout the year. Small Heath, Knowle (Blatch) Psammoechus bipunctatus, F. In grass tufts and the axils of plants in marshy places ; all seasons. Coleshill, Sutton (Blatch), Knowle Nausibius dentatus, Marsh. In flour and corn ; all seasons. Knowle Silvanus surinamensis, L. In corn, etc., and has also been taken under bark ; all seasons. Small Heath, Knowle (Blatch) unidentatus, F. Knowle (Blatch) MONOTOMIDjE Monotoma conicicollis, Aube 1 . In nests of Formica rufa ; spring. Knowle (Blatch) formccetorum, Thorns. In nests of Formica rufa ; spring. Knowle spinicollis, Aub6. In hotbeds, cow- shed refuse, etc. ; all seasons. Edg- baston (Blatch), Knowle brevicollis, Aub. In stack refuse, lawn clippings, etc. ; all seasons. Knowle (Blatch) picipes, Herbst. In hotbeds, stack refuse, grass tufts, moss, etc. ; all seasons ; abundant throughout the district quadricollis, Aub6. In hotbeds, etc. ; all seasons. Knowle, Edgbaston rufa, Redt. Knowle longicollis, Gyll. In hotbeds, lawn clippings, moss, under bark, etc. ; all seasons. Sutton Park (Blatch), Knowle ; abundant LATHRIDIID^: Lathridius lardarius, De Geer. In hotbeds, etc. ; all seasons ; generally distri- buted but not abundant 107
