INSECTS 



ALEOCHARIN;E (continued) 



Homalota nigra, Kr. Common 



atramentaria, Gyll. 



germana, Sharp. Birkdale 



orbata, Er. 



pilosiventris, Thorns. 



villosula, Kr. Near Manchester 



setigera, Sharp. 



sordida, Marsh. Abundant 



longicornis, Grav. 



fungi, Grav. 



pygmaea, Grav. Birkdale 



subsinuata, Er. 



sericea, Muls. 



fungi var. clientula, Er. Birkdale 

 Gnypeta labilis, Er. Common on banks of 



streams, etc. 

 Tachyusa constricta, Er.^All occur on the 



scitula, Er. j- sandy banks of 



flavitarsis, Sahib. J the Mersey, 



Inuell and Batten, and probably 

 other rivers 

 Falagria sulcata, Payk. Generallydistributed 



obscura, Grav. 

 Autalia. All our three species occur, but 



not commonly 



Epipeda plana, Gyll. Under bark, Bootle 

 Leptusa fumida, Er. Chat Moss, Birkdale 

 Sipalia ruficollis, Er. In cut grass, Birk- 



dale 

 Bolitochara bella, Maerk.") Occur, but are 



obliqua, Er. J 



Kr. \ 

 hev. J 



shore in carrion and beneath egg 

 capsules of the whelk 

 Diglossa submarina, Fair. Hightown shore 



(EMM. x. 290) 

 Oligota inflata, Man. Very common 



atomaria, Er. Also occurs 



punctulata, Heer. 

 Myllasna gracilis, Mat. Birkdale 



infuscata, Mat. 



brevicornis, Mat. Ringley Wood near 



Manchester, Birkdale 

 Gymnusa brevicollis, Payk. Chat Moss 



variegata, Kies. Near Manchester 

 TACHYPORIN^: 



Hypocyptus longicornis, Payk. Common 



ovulum, Heer. Ainsdale, Drinkwater 



Park 

 Conosoma pubescens, Grav. "I Occur fairly 



lividum, Er. / commonly 

 Tachyporus. All the common species are 



abundant generally 

 Cilea silphoides, L. Not uncommon 

 Tachinus. Of the less common species 



flavipes, F. Crosby 



subterraneus var. bicolor, Grav. South- 



port 



119 



not common 



Phytosus balticus, Kr. \ Are not uncom- 

 nigriventris, Chev. mon on the 



TACHYPORINJE (continued) 



Megacronus analis, F. Not rare 



inclinans, Grav. Drinkwater Park near 



Manchester 



Bolitobius lunulatus, L. Although not 

 recorded doubtless occurs, although 

 perhaps not commonly 



trinotatus, Er. Abundant in fungi 



pygmzus, F. 

 Mycetoporus splendidus, Grav. Common 



on the sandhills 



lucidus, Er. ^ . 



- longulus, Mann. H k ave als CCurred 



- lepidus, Grav. , ^^ nOt COm - 



nanus, Er. J 



The rare mountain species, M. angularis, 

 Rey., and also M. clavicornis, Steph., 

 have both occurred at Birkdale 



Habrocerus capillaricornis, Grav. Scaris- 



brick 

 STAPHYLININ^ 



Heterothops dissimilis, Grav. Probably 

 occurs 



binotata. Common on the sandhills 

 Quedius fulgidus, F. Generally distributed 



mesomelinus, Marsh. 



cruentus, Ol. 



cinctus, Payk. 



molochinus, Grav. 



tristis, Grav. 



fuliginosus, Grav. 



maurorufus, Grav. 



rufipes, Grav. 



semiaeneus, Steph. 



obliteratus, Er. 



boops, Grav. 



puncticollis, Thoms.l Rare on the sand- 



scintillans, Grav. J hills 



fumatus, Steph. Has occurred at Aig- 



burth 



Creophilus maxillosus, L. Abundant 

 Leistotrophus murinus, L. One specimen, 



Crosby 

 Staphylinus pubescens, De G. Generally 



common 



stercorarius, Ol. Occasional on the 



sandhills 



caesareus, Ceder. Simonswood, Coniston 

 Ocypus. Except O. cyaneus, Payk., O. 



similis, F., and O. pedator, Grav., 

 all our species occur not infrequently 

 Philonthus. Of this large genus, besides 

 the generally common species, the 

 following have been recorded : 



umbratilis, Grav. West Derby, South- 



port 



fumigatus, Er. Formby near War- 



rington 



longicornis, Steph. Lynn^ near Wr- 



rington 



