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 TAB. CXIX. Relban. Fl. Cant. Supp. 3. p. 34, Hoffm. 22. tab. 5. f. 2.

Rev. Mr. Relhan first observed this species in England. It is most common, late in the winter and early in spring, on the decayed stalks of herbage, particularly nettles, under hedges by the sides of ditches. &c.

TAB. CXX. Batsch. fig. 183.

this most common in Kensington Gardens in damp places on rotten pieces of timber, the lower part immersed in the remains of the bark or in the wood. The cylindrical mouths are visible to the naked eye like little bundles of hair. The adjacent wood is sometimes stained with black.