INSECTS 



CARABIDJE (continued) 



Stenolophus vespertinus, Panz. Southport 



district 



Acupalpus dorsalis, F. One specimen re- 

 corded from Crosby shore 



meridianus, L. Occasional ; Chat and 



Carrington Mosses 

 Bradycellus cognatus, Gyll. \ Common on 



verbasci, Duft. I the moors 



similis, Dej. J and mosses 



distinctis, Dej. ~| Not uncommon in 



harpalinus, Dej. J damp places 



collaris, Payk. Also probably occurs in 



the north, as it is taken on the West- 

 morland mountains 



Harpalus. Of this genus, besides the 

 universally common species, the fol- 

 lowing have been noted : 



rupicola, Sturm. Hightown 



latus, L. Manchester, Southport, etc. 



neglectus, Dej. Birkdale sandhills, not 



common 



tardus, Panz. Southport, scarce 



anxius, Duft. Common on coast sand- 



hills 

 Dichirotrichus pubescens, Payk. Common 



on the shore 

 Anisodactylus binotatus, F. Hightown, 



Chat and Hoole Mosses, Birkdale, 



Bolton 

 Stomis pumicatus, Panz. Occasional on 



the mosses, but not common 

 Pterostichus. Besides the quite common 



species 



cupreus, L. Crosby, Lostock, Withington, 



etc. 



versicolor, Sturm. Hoole and Lostock 



Mosses, Southport district 



picimanus, Duft. One specimen, mar- 



gin of pond, Rainhill 



aethiops, Panz. Moors near Stoneyhurst 



minor, Gyll. Southport district 



vernalis, Gyll. Northenden, Birkdale 

 Amara fulva, De G. Mersey shore, Crosby, 



Birkdale, etc. 



apriciaria, Payk. Withington, Kearsley, 



and Kersal Moors, Southport 



consularis, Duft. Banks of Douglas 



near Preston 



aulica, Panz. Generally distributed 



rufocincta, Dej. Lydiate near Liver- 



pool, Crosby 



livida, F. Cratby, Birkdale 



ovata, F. Southport and Bolton districts 



similata, Gyll. Southport, not common 



tibialis, Payk. Generally common on 



the sandhills 



lunicollis, Schiod. Generally distri- 



buted, but not common 



trivialis, Gyll. Abundant everywhere 

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CARABID^: (continued) 



Amara familiaris, Duft. Abundant every- 

 where 



lucida, Duft. Not rare on the sand- 



hills 



plebeia, Gyll. Southport district, Lan- 



caster ; scarce 



Calathus. All our species except C. fuscus, 

 F., and C. micropterus, Duft., have 

 been recorded as common, and C. 

 micropterus almost certainly occurs 

 on the high moors of the north and 

 north-east 



Taphria nivalis, Panz. West Derby, Kearsley 

 Moor, Southport 



Pristonychus terricola, Herbst. Occurs 

 generally in cellars and outhouses, 

 and occasionally in the open, through- 

 out the county 



Lemosthenus complanatus, Dej. One 

 specimen taken in warehouse in 

 Liverpool. This species has only re- 

 cently been added to the British list, 

 but doubtless occurs frequently, and 

 is probably mixed with the previous 

 species in most collections 



Sphodrus leucopthalamus, L. In cellars ; 

 seems to live in drains, and is but 

 rarely seen, but occurs in most large 

 towns of the county 



Anchomenus dorsalis, Mall. Abundant 



albipes, F. 



marginatus, L. 



parumpunctatus, F. 



fuliginosus, Panz. 



angusticollis, F. Generally distributed 



under loose bark and in damp places 



ericeti, Panz. Simonswood, Chat Moss 



viduus, Panz. Southport, occasional 



var. maestus, Leuft. 



gracilis, Gyll. Hightown, Rivington, 



near Manchester 



puellus, Deg. Almost certainly occurs 



among reeds, although it has not been 

 recorded, and is difficult to dis- 

 tinguish from A. fuliginosus 



Olisthopus rotundatus, Payk. Frequent on 

 the high moors among heather 



Tachys parvulus, Deg. The first British 

 specimen of this insect was taken in 

 September 1884 by Mr. J. H. 

 Smedley of Liverpool on the Wal- 

 lasey sandhills. This locality is of 

 course not within the county, but it 

 is probable that the insect may also 

 occur on the sandhills to the north 

 of the Mersey estuary. The dis- 

 covery of the species since that date 

 near Plymouth and in the New Forest 

 rather discredits the suggestion, 

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