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the shore near Hightown ; many local species of Staphylinidm on the shore ; Sarro- 

 trium clavicorne, occasionally found crawling up the hare sandhills (it never seems 

 to get to the top) ; Saprinus ceneus and nitidulus, abundant, and maritimus and 

 quadristriatus, less frequent, in dung and carrion ; Parnus auriculatus, often in 

 thousands on the bare sandhills, and occasionally Heterocerus marginatus may be 

 found where the shore is muddy. Among the Lamellieornia, Onthophagus fracti- 

 cornis is abundant, burrowing beneath dung, while many species of Aphodius occur 

 abundantly in spring, such as A. suhterraneus, granarius, plagiatus, inquinattis , 

 pusillus, &c., while on rare occasions melanostictus, villosns, and porcatus have 

 occurred. Psammohiiis sulcicollis is frequent, and ^gialia arenaria, abundant, the 

 latter principally on the barest sandhills. Anomala Frischii is frequently common 

 on the wing, and at rest on the star-grass on the higher sandhills, especially near 

 the shore, but is only found on hot, sunny days ; and Oxythyrea stictica has 

 occurred in the flowers of Rosa spinosissima in June. Limonius cylindricus is com- 

 mon, both crawling on the sandhills and on the dwarf sallow, from which it can be 

 obtained by sweeping. Zeugophora suhspinosa is abundant on poplars, along with 

 Phratora vitellince — the latter on willows as well ; the plants of ragwort usually 

 swarm with Thyainis tahida ; Crepidodera transversa is frequent on herbage growing 

 by the river Alt ; and SphcBroderma cardui is often common about the thistles, 

 where Pyrameis cardui larvae are feeding. Among the Seteromera, Seliopathes 

 gibbus and Microzoum tibiale are abundant on the bare sandhills ; Cistela murina 

 is common on all sorts of plants ; Lagria hirta is frequently swept from the sallows, 

 &c. ; Anthicus bimaculatus has occurred a few times ; Notoxus monoceros is common, 

 crawling on the sandhills. The Rhynchophora are not largely represented at Crosby, 

 but Cneorhinus geminatus is swarming on, the bare sandhills in spring, and again 

 occurs in autumn ; Polydrusus cervinus and Phyllohius obJongus are common on 

 sallows ; Oiiorrhynchus ovatus is frequent, and Sitones griseus abundant on the bare 

 sand ; Cleonus sulcirostris, abundant about tliistles ; Hypera, several species ; 

 Erirhimis bimaculatus (occasional), and E. acridulus (frequent) , under rejectamenta 

 at Hightown. 



Wallasey sandhills, on the Cheshire coast, are, perhaps, the most 

 frequently visited of all our entomological localities. These sandhills, 

 which differ considerably in the character of their vegetation from those 

 on the opposite side of Liverpool Bay, may be reached either from 

 New Brighton or from Seacombe, for both of which places there are 

 boats leaving the landing stage at intervals of not more than every 

 half hour. If the boat be taken to New Brighton, the shore must be 

 followed for about a mile, until beyond the yellow and red sandstone 

 cMs, locally yclept the " Yellow " and " Eed Noses," on the distal 

 side of which the sandhills commence, though for the nearest half- 

 mile they are so bare that, except for a few species of Coleoptera, they 

 scarcely repay working. If Seacombe be selected as the starting 

 point the tram-car should be taken from Seacombe Ferry as far as 

 Liscard Village (the end of the 2d. fare), and the road immediately 



