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A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE DERMESTID^E Dermestes murinus, L. In dead birds, moles and other animals ; spring to autumn ; abundant everywhere lardarius, L. In bacon, on walls, etc. ; all seasons. Birmingham, Knowle Attagenes pellio, L. On walls in houses, in hawthorn blossom and under bark ; all seasons. Birmingham, Small Heath (Blatch), Coleshill, Knowle Megatoma undata, Er. Under ash bark and logs, in flowers, etc. ; all seasons. Near Leamington, Knowle (Blatch) Tiresias serra, F. Under loose bark on old oaks, willows, etc. ; spring to autumn. Knowle (Blatch) Anthrenus musaeorum, L. In flowers of Umbelliferae, on old fences, etc. ; spring to autumn. Knowle claviger, Er. Habitat same as preced- ing ; all seasons. Knowle (Blatch), Button Park BYRRHID^E Byrrhus pilula, L. In moss and at roots of plants ; all seasons ; all localities Cytilus varius, F. In moss, at grass roots and under stones ; all seasons ; found throughout the district Simplocaria scmistriata, F. In moss, grass tufts, hotbeds and under bones ; all seasons ; abundant everywhere Aspidiphorus orbiculatus, Gyll. In fungi, grass tufts in woods, under bark and on windows ; all seasons. Knowle (Blatch) PARNIDjE Elmis asneus, Mtill. In rivers and brooks, on bracken ! ! all seasons. Knowle subviolaceus, Miill. In streams, water- falls, etc. Knowle (Blatch) nitens, Miill. In streams ; spring to autumn. Knowle (Blatch) Limnius tubcrculatus, Miill. In brooks and rivers, on stones and submerged logs ; all seasons ; all localities Parnus prolifericornis, F. In wet places, in moss, roots, etc. ; all seasons. Knowle auriculatus, Panz. Habitat and distri- bution same as preceding HETEROCERID^E Heterocerus marginatus, F. On banks of rivers, ponds and ditches ; spring to autumn. Salford Priors, Tysoe (Blatch), Knowle Izvigatus, Panz. Banks of rivers and ponds ; spring to autumn. Knowle Lucanus cervus, L. Found on the trunks of oak trees, on pailings, etc. ; sum- mer. Warwick (Martineau) Dorcus parallelopipedus, L. In rotten logs, stumps of trees and under bark ; all seasons. Salford Priors (Blatch), Knowle Sinodendron cylindricum, L. In decaying trees, especially ash ; all seasons. Sparkbrook ; Knowle (Blatch), Solihull CoPRINA Onthophagus ovatus, L. In dung and vegetable refuse ; all seasons. Knowle vacca, L. In dung ; one specimen from Wimpstone, May 5, 1900 (Bloom) nuchicornis, L. In dung ; spring to autumn. Sutton Park (Blatch) Aphodius erraticus, L. In dung ; through- out the year. Sutton Park subterraneus, L. In dung ; all seasons. Sutton Park ; Coleshill (Blatch), Knowle, Solihull fossor, L. In dung and vegetable re- fuse ; all seasons ; occurs in all localities haemorrhoidalis, L. In dung, vege- table refuse and moss ; all seasons. Knowle ; Sutton (Blatch) fostens, F. In dung, especially in sandy places ; spring to autumn. Sutton ; Coventry (Blatch), Knowle, Coleshill fimetarius, L. In dung, hotbeds, moss, etc. ; all seasons ; all localities scybalarius, F. In dung, moss and vegetable refuse ; all seasons. Knowle ater, De G. In dung, moss, hotbeds, etc. ; all seasons ; all localities constans, Duft. In sheep-dung, moss and hedge refuse ; all seasons. Knowle granarius, L. In dung and vegetable refuse ; all seasons. Sutton Park (Blatch) sordidus, F. In dung ; spring to autumn. Knowle (Blatch), Sutton Park rufescens, F. In dung ; spring to autumn. Sutton Park (Blatch), Soli- hull, Knowle putridus, Sturm. In dung ; one specimen at Knowle, August, 1899 - porcus, F. In dry cow-dung ; spring to autumn. Sutton Park (Blatch) tristis, Panz. In dung in sandy places ; spring to autumn. Sutton Park (Blatch), Knowle no