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 A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE recorded rrom this locality by the late Mr. Blatch PTEROSTICHINA Stomis pumicatus, Panz. In banks of ponds and streams, under stones and vege- table refuse ; January to December. Olton, Knowle, Solihull Platyderus ruficollis, Marsh. Under stones. bark, dead leaves and moss ; local ; all seasons. Know/e (Blatch), Strat- ford (Bloom), Solihull Pterostichus cupreus, L. Under stones and clods ; in moss, grass tufts and vegetable refuse ; January to Decem- ber ; all localities - versicolor, Sturm. In old pastures, wood sides, etc. ; all seasons. Sutton Park (Blatch), Know/e, Solihull madidus, F. Under stones, clods, moss and refuse ; a most abundant species ; all seasons and in all parts - niger, Schall. Under bark, stones, moss and rubbish ; all seasons and in all localities - vulgaris, L. Habitat and distribution same as the last - anthracinus, 111. River banks and bogs ; local and scarce. Alcester ; also re- corded from this locality by the late Mr. Blatch - nigrita, F. In marshy places, in moss, herbage and at roots of plants ; all seasons ; abundant everywhere minor, Gyll. Under reeds ; in sphag- num, margins of ponds, etc.; January to December. Sutton Park, Salford Priors (Blatch), Knowle, Coleshill - strenuus, Panz. In moss and at roots of plants in marshy places ; January to December ; all localities - diligens, Sturm. Habitat and distribu- tion same as preceding; very abundant - picimanus, Duft. Under bark, stones, moss and refuse, banks of rivers and pools ; all seasons ; scarce. Alcester, Salford Priors (Blatch), Stratford-on- Avon (Bloom) inaequalis, Marsh. Under stones, in grass tufts, banks of rivers and pools ; January to December; rare. Salford Priori (Blatch), Stratford (Bloom), Knowle vernalis, Gyll. In moss, grass tufts and refuse ; marshy places and banks of ponds and rivers ; all seasons ; all localities striola, F. Under bark, stones and refuse ; abundant in places, especially in spring and autumn. Sutton Park (Blatch), Knowle 84 AMARINA Amara fulva, Dej. Under stones and clods in sandy places and gravel pits ; all seasons ; local. Near Tamworth (Blatch), Sutton Coldfield apricaria, Sturm. Under stones, refuse, grass tufts and moss ; all seasons ; all localities consularis, Duft. Under stones, etc., in sandy places and gravel pits ; spring to autumn ; scarce. Sutton Park (Blatch), Knowle bifrons, Gyll. Under stones and rub- bish, especially in sandy places. Small Heath (under bones, Blatch), Knowle ovata, F. In moss and grass tufts, under stones, and by sweeping ; all seasons ; rather scarce. Alcester, Sut- ton Park (Blatch), Salford Priors, Knowle similata, Gyll. Occurs under similar conditions to the last, but rather more frequently met with. Sutton Park (Blatch), Stratford (Bloom), Knowle, Coleshill accuminata, Payk. Moss and herbage, and by sweeping ; all seasons ; hyber- nates in moss and grass roots in pas- tures, etc. ; rather rare. Sutton Park (Blatch), Knowle nitida, Sturm. In moss and turf in pastures ; taken freely by the late Mr. Blatch and the author at Knowle tibialis, Payk. Under stones on heaths and hills ; in sandy places and gravel pits ; spring to autumn ; local and scarce. Sutton Park (Blatch) lunicollis, Schiod. Under stones ; in moss and at roots of grass ; all sea- sons. Small Heath, Sutton Park (Blatch), Knowle, Coleshill familiaris, Duft. Under stones, in moss, grass roots and rubbish ; all times and in all localities trivialis, Gyll. Habitat and distribution same as the last communis, Panz. In moss and turf; under bark and stones ; all seasons. Sutton Park (Blatch), Coleshill, Knowle (plentiful) continua, Thorns. Amongst herbage, and in moss and grass roots ; all seasons ; rare. Knowle - plebeia, Gyll. Under stones ; in moss, etc. ; found at all times throughout the county. ANCHOMENINA Calathus cisteloides, Panz. Under stones, vegetable refuse, moss, etc. ; all sea- sons ; all localities