INSECTS 



All recorded from 

 the Manchester 

 district by the 

 old collectors 



MICROPEPLID.E: (continued) 



Micropeplus margaritae, Duv. Generally 

 distributed 



tesserula, Curt. One specimen re- 



ported from Grange, 1863, by R. S. 

 Edleston (E.M.M. i. 259) 



NlTIDULIOS 



Brachypterus gravidus, 111. On Linaria vul- 

 garis, Southport 



pubescens, Er. Generally abundant 



urticas, Kug. 

 Carpophilus hemipterus, L. In a Liverpool 



warehouse ; perhaps imported 



mutilatus, Er. This species owes its 



position on the British list to Mr. T. 

 Ray Hardy of Manchester, who re- 

 corded it from Manchester (Fowler's 

 Coleoptera, iii. 224), and it has not 

 been since taken by any one in this 

 country 



Cercus. All our three species have been 

 recorded 



Epureadecemguttata, F. 1 



diffusa, Bris. 



melina, Er. 



oblonga, Herbst. 



florea, Er. 



parvula, Sturm. 



angustula, Er. 



Nitidula bipustula, L. Is the only species 

 recorded, and that is not uncommon 



Soronia grisea, L. Trafford Park near 

 Manchester, Southport 



punctatissima, 111. Southport 

 Omosita colon, L. Generally common 



discoidea, F. ' 

 Meligethes. Besides the generally com- 

 mon species the following have been 

 recorded by Chappell : 



symphyti, Heer. Eowden 



ovatus, Sturm. 1 On flowers of Gali- 



viduatus, Sturm. J opsis, Chat Moss 



flavipes, Sturm. On broom, Lancaster 



memnonius, Er. Chat Moss 



By Ellis : 



brunnicornis, Sturm. ' Occasional ' 



lugubris, Sturm. ' Two on Mentha, 



Hightown ' 



viridescens, F. Southport 

 Rhizophagus depressus, F. Chat Moss 



cribratus, Gyll. Manchester 



parellelocollis, Er. Southport 



perforatus, Er. Liverpool 



dispar, Gyll. Generally distributed 



bipustulatus, F. 



politus, Hellw. Manchester district 



cceruleipennis, Sahl. One specimen 



taken from a decayed log at the 

 Crosby sandhills ' many years ago ' by 

 Mr. Kidson Taylor of Manchester 



TROGOSITIDJE 



Tenebrioides mauritanica, L. Under 

 matting on the shore, and in shops 

 and warehouses 

 MONOTOMID^: 



Monotoma picipes, Herbst. Generally 

 common 



quadricollis, Aub6. Southport 



rufa, Red. 



longicollis, Gyll. 

 LATHRIDIID^: 



Of the genera Lathridius, Coninomus and 

 Enicmus only the quite common 

 species have been recorded 



Cartodere ruficollis, Marsh. Abundant in 

 haystack refuse at Birkdale 



Corticiaria pubescens, "| 



Gyll. Not infrequent in 



crenulata, Gyll. f haystack debris 



denticulata,Gyll. generally 



elongata, Gyll. ' 

 Melanophthalma gibosa, Herbst. Abundant 



everywhere 



fuscula, Man. Abundant everywhere 

 CUCUJIDJE 



Silvanus surinamensis, L. Common in 

 grain warehouses 



bidentatus, Steph. Near Manchester 

 Lemophlosus ferrugineus, Steph. In grain 



warehouses 



pusillus, Schon. In grain warehouses 

 BYTURID^E 



Byturus tomentosus, F. Common through- 

 out the district 

 CRYPTOPHAGID^ 



Telmatophilus caricis, Ol. Generally com- 

 mon 



Antherophagus nigricornis, F. Southport, 

 not common 



silaceus, Herbst. Southport, not common 



pallens, Gyll. Ringlej Wood, Man- 



chester 



Cryptophagus pubescens, Sturm. Generally 

 distributed 



lycoperdi, Herbst. Generally distributed 



setulosus, Sturm. 



saginatus, Sturm. 



scanicus, L. 



cellaris, Scop. 



acutangulus, Gyll. 



distinguendus, Sturm. Southport 



bicolor, Sturm. 



punctipennis, Bris. 



umbratus, Er. 



rufkornis, Steph. Rare ; has been re- 



corded by Chappell and recently 

 taken by Mr. Kidson Taylor in 

 fungus on Chat Moss 



Micrambe vini, Panz. Generally distri- 

 buted 



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