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 INSECTS Cryptophagus pubcscens, Sturm. In moss and hedge refuse and by sweeping ; all seasons. Small Heath (Blatch), Knowle bicolor, Sturm. Moss and grass tussocks in bogs, cowshed refuse and on damp walls ; all seasons. Knowle, Sutton Park Micrambe vini, Panz. On gorse and broom, in grass roots and moss ; all seasons ; all localities Henoticus serratus, Gyll. Under bark on sappy oak trunks. Knowle Paramecosoma melanocephalum, Herbst. In flood refuse, moss, etc. ; all sea- sons ; not uncommon throughout the midlands Myrmecoxenus vaporariorum, GueV. In hotbeds and heaps of stable manure ; sometimes in great abundance, always in October. Edgbaston (Blatch), Knowle Atomaria fimetarii, Herbst. In moss and flood refuse and fungi. Knowle (Blatch) barani, Bris. By sweeping. Knowle nigriventris, Steph. In moss, fungi, refuse, etc. ; all seasons. Coleshill; Leamington (Blatch), Knowle umbrina, Er. In sphagnum, grass tufts, under bark, etc. ; all seasons ; all localities linearis, Steph. In moss, amongst sedges, etc. ; all seasons. Knowle (Blatch) elongatula, Er. Under bark, on sappy oak stumps, etc. ; all seasons. Knowle fuscipes, Gyll. In moss, dead leaves and cut grass ; all seasons. Knowle (Blatch) nigripennis, Payk. In cowshed refuse, hotbeds, etc. ; all seasons ; all mid- land localities. Sometimes abun- dantly munda, Er. In cowshed refuse ; all seasons. Knowle (Blatch) fuscata, Schon. In stack refuse, hot- beds, etc. Knowle (Blatch) pusilla, Payk. In moss, hedge refuse, etc. ; all seasons. Abundant every- where atricapilla, Steph. Habitat and distri- bution same as preceding berolinensis, Kr. In moss and vege- table refuse ; all seasons. Knowle, Sutton (Blatch) basalis, Er. In sphagnum, hypnum, osier beds, etc. ; all seasons. Strat- ford-on-Avon (Blatch), Knowle, Sut- ton Atomaria mesomelas, Herbst. Habitat same as preceding ; all seasons. Knowle, Coleshill, Sutton (Blatch) gutta, Steph. Amongst reeds, in vege- table refuse and fungi ; all seasons. Coleshill (Blatch), Sutton, Knowle, Salford Priors apicalis, Er. In stack and other refuse, moss, etc. ; all seasons ; abundant in all localities analis, Er. Habitat and distribution same as preceding ruficornis, Marsh. Vegetable refuse, hotbeds, carrion and under bark ; all seasons ; all localities versicolor, Er. In sheep-dung, etc. Knowle (Blatch) Ephistemus globosus, Waltl. In stack re- fuse, hotbeds, dung and under bark. Knowle (Blatch) gyrinoides, Marsh. In hotbeds and vegetable refuse, etc. ; all seasons ; all localities ; very abundant gyrinoides var. dimidiatus, Sturm. Found with the type gyrinoides var. dubia, Fowler. Hot- beds, etc. Knowle MYCETOPHAGID^E Typhasa fumata, L. In stack and hedge refuse, hotbeds, etc. ; all seasons ; extremely abundant everywhere Triphyllus suturalis, F. In fungi, dead leaves and under bark ; all seasons. Knowle, Salford Priors punctatus, F. In puff balls and other fungi and under bark ; occurs in all midland localities Litargus bifasciatus, F. In Hypoxylon concentricum on ash trees ; all sea- sons. Knowle, Packwood Mycetophagus 4-pustulatus, L. In fungi, on old ash and willow trees, etc. ; spring to autumn. Salford Priors (Blatch), Knowle piceus, F. In Polypori on ash and oak and under bark. Tamworth (Blatch) - multipunctatus, Hellw. In fungi and ash trees ; spring to autumn. Sal- ord Priors (Blatch) BYTURIDjE Byturus sambuci, Scop. On flowers of Viburnum, Salix, Caltha, etc. Knowle, Solihull tomentosus, F. On various flowers ; summer ; abundant everywhere 109