A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



SILPHID^E (continued) 



Hydnobius punctatissimus, Steph. Not un- 

 common by evening sweeping on the 

 sandhills 

 Necrophorus humator, F. \Generally com- 



ruspator, Er. J mon 



vespillo, L. So on the sandhills only 



mortuorum, F. Scarce 



Necrodes littoralis, L. Shore at Aigburth, 



Birkdale 

 Silpha rugosa, L. Generally common 



sinuata, F. 



opaca, L. Single specimens, Birkdale, 



Bolton 



tristis, III. Bolton 



obscura, L. Blackpool 



atrata, L. Crosby 

 Choleva morio, F. ^ 



nigrita, Er. I Are the commonest 



tristis, Payk. j species 



watsoni, Spence J 



spadicea, Sturm. Recorded by Broad- 



bent from Drinkwater Park near 

 Manchester 



fusca, Panz. Southport 



grandicollis, Er., and C. kirbyi, Spence 



(if these forms are really of specific 

 value), have both been recorded 



chrysomeloideSjl 



Panz. j- Generally distributed 



velox, Spence J 



colonoides, Kraatz. Recorded by 



Chappell from ' near Manchester ' 

 (E.M.M. xii. 62) 



nigricans, Spence. Bolton 

 Ptomophagus sericeus, F. Generally com- 



Eumicrus tarsatus, Mull., and Scydmasnus 

 collaris, Mull., are the only species 

 recorded as common 

 exilis, Er. Southport ; very rare 



PSELAPHIDJE 



The only species of the genera 

 Pselaphus, Tychus, Bythinus, Ry- 

 baxis, or Bryaxis recorded is Tychus 

 niger, Payk., from Southport, although 

 undoubtedly many more occur within 

 the county. The genus Euplectus 

 has been specially studied by Dr. 

 Chaster, who records E. signatus, 

 Reich., E. sanguineus, Denny, E. 

 karsteni, Reich., and E. piceus, Mots., 

 all from the Southport district 



TRICHOPTERYGID.S 



The small size, the difficulty of set- 

 ting, and the still greater difficulty of 

 naming the members of this family 

 have occasioned the general neglect 

 of this group by collectors, and the 



TRICHOPTERYGID.S: (continued ) 



few records, in some cases of doubt- 

 ful authenticity, which exist afford 

 no criterion of the distribution of 

 the family in Lancashire 



CoRYLOPHID-ffi 



No records have been found 



Common 



'HXRiiDJE 



No records have been found 

 PHALACRID^ 



Olibrus asneus, F. Southport 

 COCCINELLID^: 



Hippodamia variegata, Gceze. 



on the sandhills 

 Coccinella hieroglyphica, L. Not rare on 



the mosses 



Halyzia i8-guttata, L. 

 - '4-guttata, L. 



Scymnus frontalis, F. Common on the 

 sandhills 



suturalis, Thunb. Among fir trees 



redtenbacheri, Muls. Birkdale, sandhills 



nigrinus, Kug. Recorded by Kidson 



Taylor from ' near Manchester ' 

 Chilocorus bipustulatus, L. Common on 



the sandhills 

 ENDOMYCHID^E 



Mycetsea hirta, Marsh. Generally dis- 

 tributed 

 COLYDIID^: 



Orthocerus muticus, L. Sometimes com- 

 mon on the sandhills 

 Cerylon ferrugineum, Steph. Parbold 

 HISTERIDJE 



Hister unicolor, L. 



cadaverinus, Hoff. 



bissexstriatus, F. All occur pnncip- 



purpurascens, ally on the sand- 



Herbst. hills 



bimaculatus, L. 



i2-striatus,Sch. 



carbonari us,^ Also almost certainly 



111. I occur more inland, as 



succicola, j they are common in 



Thorns. J Cheshire 

 Gnathoncus nannetensis, Mars. Birkdale 



sandhills ; rare 

 Saprinus nitidulus, Payk. Abundant 



aeneus, F. 



quadristriatus, HofF.\ More rarely on 



maritimus, Steph. J the coast 

 Acritus minutus, Herbst. Southport district, 



common 



Onthophilus striatus, F. Generally dis- 

 tributed 

 MICROPEPLID.S: 



Micropeplus porcatus, Payk. Hightown, 

 Southport 



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