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INSECTS TACHYPORINA (continued) Tachinus rufipes, L. In moss, hedge refuse, dung, etc. ; all seasons and in all localities subterraneus, L. In moss, fungi, hot- beds, etc. subterraneus var. bicolor, Grav. Found with the type marginellus, F. In moss, dead leaves, hedge refuse, etc. ; found through- out the year in all localities laticollis, Grav. Habitat same as the preceding ; fairly plentiful in all parts of the county elongatus, Gyll. In moss, hedge re- fuse, dead leaves in woods and in gravel pits ; spring to autumn ; rare. Sutton Megacronus cingulatus, Mann. In moss, grass tussocks, dead leaves and under bark ; all seasons ; rather rare. Sut- ton Park analis, F. Found with the preceding and fairly abundant in all locali- ties inclinans, Grav. Habitat similar to the last two species. Knowle Bolitobius lunulatus, L. In moss and fungi ; all seasons ; all localities trinotatus, Er. In moss and fungi ; all seasons ; all localities exoletus, Er. In moss, dead leaves, fungi ; all seasons ; all localities pygmaeus, F. Found with preceding and very abundant Mycetoporus lucidus, Er. In moss, grass tufts, dead leaves and under bark ; all seasons ; scarce. Knowle (Blatch), Celabill splendens, Marsh. In flood refuse, etc. ; rare. Knowle punctus, Gyll. Under bark, dead leaves in woods ; in flood refuse and old faggots ; all seasons ; rare. Knowle (Blatch) lepidus, Grav. In moss, grass tufts, flood refuse and under bark ; all seasons ; occurs in all localities, but is never abundant longulus, Mann. In moss, grass tufts and flood refuse ; found at all sea- sons and in all localities angularis, Rey. On boggy margin of a pool in Sutton Park (Blatch) clavicornis, Steph. In moss, grass tufts and dead leaves ; all seasons. Coles- hill, Sutton clavicornis var. forticornis, Fauv. Found with the type. Coleshill spendidus, Grav. Habitat same as M. TACHYPORINA (continued) clavicornis. Knowle ; Hampton-in- Arden (Blatch), Coleshill Mycetoporus longicornis, Cr. Amongst sedges, in grass tufts, garden and flood refuse ; all seasons ; rare. Knowle STAPHYLININA Heterothops praevia, Er. In moss, hotbeds, dead leaves and cut grass ; all sea- sons ; rare. Knowle (Blatch) dissimilis, Grav. In moss, hotbeds, cow- shed refuse, etc. ; all seasons ; scarce. Knowle Quedius microps, Grav. In rotten wood ; rare. Atherstane (Power), Knowle mesomelinus, Marsh. In dead wood, moss, hedge refuse, etc. ; all seasons ; abundant ; all localities mesomelinus var. fageti, Thorns. Under bark; allseasons. Sutton P^r^(Blatch), Knowle fulgidus, F. Under bark, bones, refuse, etc. ; all seasons. Knowle puncticollis, Thorns. Rotten wood and under bark ; rare. Knowle - cruentus, Ol. At sap, under bark and in cut grass, etc. ; spring to autumn. Edgbaston (Blatch), Salford Priors, Knowle cinctus, Payk. Vegetable refuse, moss and dung ; abundant at all times and in all localities brevis, Er. In nests of Formica rufa ; all seasons ; very local. Knowle (Blatch) fuliginosus, Grav. In moss, grass roots, vegetable refuse, etc. ; throughout the year in all localities - tristis, Grav. Found under similar con- ditions to the last, but is much less abundant generally molochinus, Grav. In all kinds of vegetable refuse, etc. ; all seasons ; all localities picipes, Mann. In moss, dead leaves, fungi and refuse ; all seasons. Knowle nigriceps, Kr. In moss, herbage, dead leaves and under bark. Knowle (Blatch), Hampton-in-Arden fumatus, Steph. Amongst decaying leaves in woods, in moss and flood refuse ; all seasons ; local. Knowle (Blatch) maurorufus, Grav. In moss and grass tussocks in boggy places, etc. ; all seasons. Knowle suturalis, Kies. In moss, dead leaves and flood refuse ; all seasons ; rare. Leamington, Knowle 95