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 A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE ford Priors, Kenilworth (B latch), Soli- hull, Knowle Micropeplus staphylinoides, Marsh. In moss, stack refuse, fungi ; all sea- sons ; found throughout the district, but less sparingly than preceding margaritas, Duv. Found under simi- lar conditions to the two preceding, and certainly much more plentiful than either tesserula, Curt. At sap, in vegetable refuse and by sweeping. Knowle, sappy stumps of newly felled oaks (Blatch) NITIDULIDJE Brachypterus pubescens, Er. On nettles and other low plants ; all seasons ; abundant everywhere urticae, F. Found under same condi- tions and in same localities as the preceding Cercus pedicularis, L. In marshy places, in folds of Xypha, moss, osier beds, on water plants, very fond of Spiraea ulmaria. Coleshill, Sutton (Blatch), Knowle bipustulatus, Payk. In damp meadows and marshy places ; all seasons. Sut- ton ; Leamington (Blatch), Knowle, Salford Priors rufilabris, Latr. Habitat and distribu- tion same as preceding Carpophilus hemipterus, L. In dried fruits ; also taken in Cossus burrows. Small Heath (Blatch) Epuraea diffusa, Bris. At sap and in Cos- sus burrows in oak trees ; spring to autumn. Solihull, Knowle aestiva, L. In flowers and (in winter) amongst dead leaves, etc. ; all seasons. Hampton-in-Arden ; <?//// (Blatch), Solihull, Knowle - melina, Er. By beating and sweeping, on Umbelliferas and at sap ; spring to autumn. Knowle oblonga, Herbst. On flowers, in fungi, under bark and in Cossus burrows ; all seasons. Sutton (Blatch), Knowle florea, Er. On flowers, at sap, under bark and in moss ; all seasons ; very abundant in all localities - deleta, Er. In fungi, rotten logs, chips, moss, leaves and under bark ; all seasons ; plentiful everywhere obsoleta, F. In moss and fungi, at sap, in Cossus burrows and under bark ; all seasons ; all localities pusilla, Er. At sap and under bark ; 106 all seasons. Sutton Park (Blatch), Knowle, Solihull Epuraea angustula, Er. Under loose bark of old holly trees ; all seasons. Sutton Park (Blatch) Omosiphora limbata, F. In fungi on old stumps ; spring to autumn. Knowle (Blatch) Micrurula melanocephala, Marsh. On flowers of various trees and plants ; spring to autumn. Salford Priors, Knowle Nitidula bipustulata, L. In dead animals, under bones, in stack and vegetable refuse, etc. ; all seasons ; all local- ities Soronia punctatissima, 111. At sap, espe- cially in Cossus burrows ; all seasons. Salford Priors ; Shustoke (Blatch), Soli- hull, Knowle grisea, L. At sap, under loose bark, amongst chips of newly felled oaks, in hedge refuse and moss Omosita depressa, L. At sap, in fungi, carrion and under bones ; all seasons. Knowle colon, L. Under bones, carrion, dung and flood refuse, etc. ; all seasons ; abundant in all localities discoidea, F. Found under same con- ditions and in same localities as pre- ceding, but scarcer Phalycra sericea, Sturm. In moss on poplar tree, also on a window ; all seasons. Knowle (Blatch), Packwood Pocadius ferrugineus, F. In puff balls and other fungi ; spring to autumn. Packwood (Blatch), Knowle Pria dulcamaras, Scop. On Umbelliferae and Solanum dulcamaras ; spring to autumn. Salford Priors (Blatch), Knowle Meligethes rufipes, Gyll. On hawthorn and other flowers, in moss and dead leaves ; all seasons ; abundant lumbaris, Sturm. On various flowers and moss ; all seasons ; occurs throughout the district, but less abundantly than preceding asneus, F. On flowers and in moss and leaves ; all seasons ; abundant everywhere asneusvar. cceruleus, Steph. On flowers, in moss, etc. ; all seasons. Knowle viridescens, F. On flowers, in moss, etc. ; all seasons ; abundant in all localities brunnicornis, Sturm. On Stachys syl- vestris and in moss ; summer and winter. Knowle