A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



STAPHYLININJE (continued) 



Philonthus debilis, Grav. Birkdale 



vernalis, Grav. Hightown 



micans, Grav. Sandhills 



puella, Nord. Traffbrd Park, Man- 



chester 

 Cafius fucicola, Curt. \Both occur on the 



xantholema, Grav.J shore 

 Actobius signaticornis, Rey.) Bir&da/esand- 



procerulus, Grav. j hills 

 Xantholinus. All our species except X; 



glaber, Nord., X. distans, Kr., and 



X. fulgidus, F., occur 

 Leptacinus. All except L. formicetorum, 



Maerk., are recorded 

 Baptolinus alternans, Grav. Traffbrd Park, 



Manchester 

 Othius fulvipennis, F. Common 



melanocephalus, Grav. 



Izviusculus, Steph. Occasional on the 



sandhills 



PCEDERINJE 



Lathrobium. Besides the common species, 

 L. multipunctatum, Grav., L. 

 quadratum, Payk., and L. longu- 

 lum, Grav., occur rarely on the 

 Southport sandhills, where also Cryp- 

 tobium glaberrimum, Herbst, has 

 been taken 



Stilicus rufipes, Germ. Southport ; not 

 common 



affinis, Er. Generally distributed 



orbiculatus, Er. 

 Medon obsoletus, Nord. Southport 



melanocephalus, F. Litherland 

 Lithocharis ochracea, Grav. Common 

 Prederus riparius, L. Southport 



EV/ESTHETINJE 



Evaesthethus ruficapillus, Lac. Barton 



Moss near Manchester 

 STENIN;E 



Stenus. Of this extensive genus, the fol- 

 lowing are generally distributed : 



biguttatus, L. 



bimaculatus, Gyll. 



guttula, Mull. 



Juno, F. 



bupthalmus, Grav. 



canaliculatus, Gyll. 



speculator, Lac. 



declaratus, Er. 



crassus, Steph. 



brunnipes, Steph. 



impressus, Germ. 



bifoveolatus, Gyll. 



picipes, Steph. 



nitidiusculus, Steph. 



cicindeloides, Grav. 



similis, Herbst 



. tarsalis, Ljungh. 



STENINJE (continued) 

 Stenus paganus, Er. 



latifrons, Er. 



Rarer species are 



ater, Man. Southport district 



binotatus, Ljungh. 



melanopus, Marsh. 



pusillus, Er. 



exiguus, Er. 



ossium, Steph. 



subceneus, Er., Crosby, Aigburth ; and 



probably other members of the 

 genus occur, although so far un- 

 recorded 



OXYPORINJE 



Oxyporus rufus, L. Mossley Hill near 



Liverpool 

 OXYTELIN^ 



Bledius. Of this genus, the following 

 occur in wet places among the sand- 

 hills : 



spectabilis, Kr. 



fuscipes, Rye 



fracticornis, Payk. 



opacus, Block. 



longulus, Er. 



arenarius, Payk. On the shore ; very 



abundant 



subterraneus, Er. Bollin Valley 



longulus, Er. 



pallipes, Grav. 

 Platystethus arenarius, Fourc. Abundant 



cornutus, Gyll. Hightown 

 Oxytelus insecatus, Grav. Liverpool district 



inustus, Grav. Birkdale ; rare 



maritimus, Thorns. Not uncommon 



under seaweed, etc., on the shore 



rugosus, F. Generally abundant 



sculptus, Grav. 



laqueatus, Marsh. 



sculpturatus, Grav. 



nitidulus, Grav. 



tetracarinatus, Block. 

 Ancyrophorus omalinus, Er. Recorded 



from Clifton near Manchester by 

 Morley 



Trogophlceus spinicollis, Rye. The only 

 specimen of this insect ever taken in 

 this country was captured by Mr. 

 Kidson Taylor under refuse banks 

 of River Mersey, 9 August 1868 



bilineatus, Steph. Southport district 



rivularis, Mots. 



corticinus, Grav. 



pusillus, Grav. 



tenellus, Grav. 

 Thinobius brevipennis, Kies. Two speci- 

 mens of this rare beetle, hitherto 

 only taken in the fens of Cambridge- 

 shire, are recorded from flood refuse, 



