INSECTS 



LIMEXYLONID/E (continued) 



suppose that both species may have 

 been imported to that locality in 

 timber 

 PTINIDJE 



Niptus hololeucus, Fald. Generally distri- 

 buted 



crenatus, F. Near Manchester 

 Trigonogenius globulum. This species 

 has been recently introduced to the 

 British list by Mr. Tomlin on speci- 

 mens occurring in a granary at Old- 



Anobium domesticum, Fourc. ) Generally 



paniceum, L. j distributed 

 Ptilinus pectinicornis, L. Southport, Stock- 

 ton Heath, IParrington 



Dorcatomachrysomelina, Sturm. ) In rotten 

 Anitys rubens, HofF. j oak, 



Tra/ord Park, Manchester 



ClSSID.ffi 



Cis boleti, Scop. Is the only member of 

 the genus at all abundant, but the 

 following have also been recorded : 



villosulus, Marsh. Childwall near 



Liverpool 



bidentatus, Ol. Bolton 



festivus, Panz. Near Manchester 



vestitus, Mell. 

 Octotemnus glabriculus, Gyll. Generally 



distributed 



LONGICORNIA 



CERAMBYCID^ 



Aromia moschata, L. Not uncommon on 



willows about Southport and near 



Harrington 

 Clytus arietis, L. Generally distributed 



but not common 

 Rhagium inquisitor, F. Not uncommon 



bifasciatum, F. 

 Strangalia armata, Herbst. Frequent 

 Grammoptera ruficornis, F. Common 



LAMIIDJE 



Acanthocinus aedilis, L. Has often been 

 taken in South Lancashire ; probably 

 imported from Scandinavia in pit 

 props 



Leiopus nebulosus, L. Not uncommon in 

 oak woods 



Saperda scalaris, L. Formerly taken in 

 some abundance by the old collectors 

 in the ' cloughs ' round Manchester 



Stenostola ferrea, Schrank. Manchester dis- 

 trict 



Owing to the presence in South Lan- 

 cashire of large quantities of foreign 

 timber, principally pine and larch im- 

 ported in the bark, and used extensively 

 I 



L.AMUDJE (continued) 



in the colliery districts for pit props 

 the occurrence of many rare British 

 and European wood feeding Coleop- 

 tera is not unusual. Such records 

 are of course difficult to dissociate 

 from those of the indigenous fauna, 

 and the possibility of such involun- 

 tary immigrants becoming tempor- 

 arily established in the natural timber 

 of the district adds to the ambiguity 

 of many of these recorded occurrences 



PHYTOPHAGA 



BRUCHIDJE 



Bruchus pisi, L. ) , 



- runmanus,Boh. Have a11 occurred 



. ,-,' ( in warehouses 



villosus, F. ) 



EuPODA 



Donacia crassipes, F. Windermere, War- 

 rington 



versicolorea, Brahm. Ballon, Southport, 



Clifton near Manchester 



sparganii, Ahr. Bolton Canal at Clifton 



- dentipes,_F. } Recorded from near 



limbata, Panz 



Manchester 



bicolora, Zsch. 



obscura, Gyll. Recorded by Chappell 



from ' Castle Mill,' Bollin Valley 



simplex, F. Bolton, Clifton 



vulgaris, Zsch. Ince Blundell and near 



Manchester 



sericea, L. Generally distributed 

 Zeugophora subspinosa, F. Ormskirk, on 



white poplar 

 Lema lichenis, Voet. Generally distributed 



melanopa, L. 

 CAMPTOSOMATA 



Cryptocephalus labiatus, L. Common on 

 birch on all the mosses 



fulvus, Goez. Generally distributed 



biguttatus, Scop. Recorded by Chappell 



from Chat Moss, August 1865 

 (E.M.M. ii. 85). Other species 

 probably occur in the county, but 

 they do not appear to have been re- 

 corded. 

 CYCLICA 



Chrysomela staphylea, L.\ Generally com- 



polita J mon 



orichalcea, Mall. \ Recorded from 



var. hobsoni, Steph. /near Manchester 

 Timarcha tenebricosa, F. Bolton 

 Phytodecta olivacea, Forst, and its varieties 



not uncommon on broom 

 Gastroidea. Both our species occur not 



uncommonly 

 Phasdon tumidulus, Germ.] 



armoraciae, L. 



cochleariae, F. 



(Generally dis 

 tributed 



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