A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



SCARAB;EID/ (continued] 



./Egialia arenaria, F. Abundant 

 Geotrupes stercorarius, L. Recorded 



spiniger, Marsh. 



sylvaticus, Panz. 

 Hoplia philanthus, Fttss. Chat Moss. Bollin 



Valley 



Serica brunnea, L. Generally distributed 

 but not common 



Rhizotrogus solstitialis, L. Bolton 



Melolontha vulgaris, F. Occurs generally, 

 but not commonly anywhere 



Phylopertha horticola, L. Occasional and 

 very uncertain in appearance 



Anmola frischii, F. Common on the sand- 

 hills 



Oxythera stictica, L. This very doubtfully 

 British species has been recorded by 

 Sidebotham from the ' Lancashire 

 coast,' June 1862 (E.M.M. i. 235), 

 and also by Reston from a garden at 

 Whalley Range near Manchester 



SERRICORNIA 

 THROSCID^E 



Throscus dermestoides, L. Rixton Moss 

 near Warrington 



carinifrons, Bouv. One specimen Church- 



town near Southport 

 ELATERIDJE 



Lacon murinus, L. Coast sandhills ; not 

 uncommon 



Cryptohypnus riparius, F. Generally dis- 

 tributed 



quadripustulatus, F. Near Warrington 

 Elater balteatus, L. Abundant on the 



mosses and also at Southport under 



peat 

 Melanotus rufipes, Herbst. Mossley Hi//, 



Liverpool 

 Athous haemorrhoidalis, F. \ More ^ ^ 



~ n !S er > L " f common 



vittatus, r . J 



Limonius cylindricus, Payk. Common on 



the sandhills 

 Sericosomus brunneus, L. Chat Moss, 



Simonswood 



Adrastus limbatus, F. Common 

 Agriotes sputator, L. 



lineatus, L. 

 obscurus, L. 



pallidulus, 111. 



Dolopius marginatus, L. Abundant 

 Corymbites pectinicornis, L. Damp mea- 

 dows near the Bollin 



cupreus, F. Bolton 



var. aeruginosus, F. Bolton 

 quercus, Gyll. \ Agecroft, 



var. ochropterus, Steph.j Ringley Wood 



aeneus, L. Almost certainly occurs on 



ELATERIDJE (continued} 



the moors, although it does not ap- 

 pear to have been recorded 

 Campylus linaris, L. Frequent on the 



mosses 

 DASCILUD^E 



Helodes minuta, L. Common 



marginata, F. Ringley Wood 

 Microcara livida, F. Abundant 

 Cyphon coarctatus, Payk. 1 Generall 



vanabilis, Thumb. } 



- pallidulus, Boh. J C0mmon 



padi, L. In fir woods ; abundant 

 LAMPYRID.S 



Lampyris noctiluca, L. Does not appear 

 to have been recorded from the 

 county, although it certainly must 

 occur 

 TELEPHORID^E 



Podabrus alpinus, Payk. Bollin Valley 



Ancistronycha abdominalis, F. On moors 

 near Bolton 



Telephorus. All our species have been re- 

 corded except T. oralis, Germ., T. 

 figuratus, Man., and T. obscurus, L. 

 The latter however probably occurs 

 in the northern part of the county. 

 The most interesting record is that 

 of T. darwinianus, Sharp., from the 

 Southport shore 



paludosus, Fall. Is recorded from Ring- 



ley Wood, Mere dough, Bolton 

 Rhagonycha unicolor, Curt. Ringley Wood, 



one specimen 



All our other species except R. 



elongata, Fall., occur commonly 

 Malthinus punctatus, Fourc. Generally 



common 

 Malthodes marginatus, Lat. Southport 



dispar, Germ. Bollin Valley 



minimus, L. Abundant 



misellus, Kies. ' Clifton near Manchester ' 



atomus, Thorns. ' Barton Moss ' (see 



E.M.M. vii. 107) 

 MELYRID^ 



Malachius bipustulatus, L. Very occasional, 

 but generally distributed 



Haplocnemus nigricornis, Fab. Recorded 



by Chappell near Manchester 

 CLERID^ 



Thanasimus formicarius, L. One speci- 

 men Mossley Hill, Liverpool 



Necrobia ruficollis, F. Not uncommon 



violacea, L. 



rufipes, De G. 



LlMEXYLONID^E 



Hylecaetus dermestoides, L.") Recorded by 



Limexylon navale, L. J Reston from 



Stretford near Manchester ' many 



years ago,' and there is reason to 



