INSECTS 



OXYTELIN^ (continued) 



Birkdale sandhills, May 1902, by 



Dr. Chaster 



Syntomium aeneum, Mull. Near Soutbport 

 Coprophilus striatulus, F. Fazackerly near 



Liverpool, Manchester district 

 Deleaster dichrous var. Leachii, Curt. 



Taken by Reston on the wing near 



the Mersey at Stretford 

 HOMALIINJE 



Anthophagus testaceus, Grav. ' Southport ' 



(Fowler's Col. ii. 399) 

 Geodromicus nigrita, Mttll. This subalpine 



species is recorded by Morley from 



Clifton near Manchester 

 Lesteva longelytrata, Goeze.~| Generally 



sicula, Er. J common 



sharpi, Rye. Probably occurs, as it is 



recorded from Delamere in Cheshire 



Acidota cruentata, Man. Near Manchester 

 (Broadbent) 



Olophrum picium, Gyll. Generally com- 

 mon 



Deliphrum tectum, Payk. Rudd Heath 

 near Manchester 



Lathrimaeum. Both our species occur not 

 uncommonly 



Homalium rugulipenne, Rye. Very local ; 

 common under seaweed, carrion, 

 etc., on the shore from the Mersey 

 to Southport 



rivulare, Payk. Abundant 



laeviusculum, Gyll.l Occasional on the 



riparium, Thorns. J shore 



allardi, Fairn. Drinkwater Park 



(Broadbent) 



oxycanthae, Grav. 



excavatum, Steph. 



caesum, Grav. 



concinnum, Marsh. 



All occur more or 

 less frequently 



deplanatum, Gyll. 



vile, Er. 



rufipes, Fourc. 



striatum, Grav. 



Anthobium minutum, F. Banks of Bollin 



ophthalmicum, Payk."| Generally dis- 



torquatum, Marsh. J tributed 

 PROTEININJE 



Proteinus ovalis, Steph. Abundant 



macropterus, Gyll.l Rare on the South- 



brachypterus, F. J port sandhills 

 Megarthus denticollis, Beck. Recorded 



depressus, Payk. 



affinis, Mall. 

 PHLCEOBIIN^; 



Phlceobium clypeatum, Mull. Hesketh 



near Southport 

 PHLCEOCHARIN.S: 



Pseudopsis sulcata, Newn. In garden 

 refuse, Southport 

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LAMELLICORNIA 



Sinodendron cylindricum, L. Child-wall 

 near Liverpool 



CARASJEIDJE 



Onthophagus fracticornis, Preys. Is the 



only species recorded ; coast sandhills 



The genus Aphodius is well represented : 



Aphodius fossor, R. More or less common 



haemorrhoidalis, L. 



scybalarius, F. 



fcetens, F. 



fimitarius, L. 



ater, De G. 



var. terrenus, Kirby. 



granarius, L. 



rufescens, F. 



nitidulus, F. 



plagiatus, L. 



inquinatus, F. ,, 



conspurcatus, L. 



pusillus, Herbst. 



merdarius, F. 



prodromus, Brahm. 



punctato-sulcatus, Sturm. 



contaminatus, Herbst. 



rufipes, L. 



luridus, F. 



depressus, Kug. 



fcetidus, F. Staleybrushes 



scrofa, F. Very rare ; recorded from 



Southport (E.M.M. v. 44) 



lapponum, Gyll. Probably occurs on 



the mountains of the north 

 [ melanosticticus, Schm. Had a place in 

 the British list introduced by Rye 

 from specimens from the Manchester 

 district. These appear however to 

 have been merely forms of A. in- 

 quinatus, and the species probably 

 does not occur in Britain] 

 Heptalaucus villosus, Gyll. Three speci- 

 mens taken by Dr. Chaster at Birk- 

 dale 



Oxyomus porcatus, F. Crosby, Southport 

 Ammoecius brevis, Er. First taken in 

 Britain by Mr. Haward in May 

 1859 at Southport, and occurs there 

 more or less abundantly every year 

 Psammobius sulcicollis, 111. Didsbury, Man- 



chester, Southport 



./Egialia sabuleti, Payk. Banks of Mersey, 

 Irwell and Bollin 



rufa, F. So far has only been taken in 



Britain on the coast sandhills, be- 

 tween the mouths of the Dee and 

 the Ribble, Here it occasionally 

 appears in abundance as in June 

 1862, 1885, 1886 and 1902 (see 

 Ent. Record, xiv. 243) 



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