A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



CYCLICA (continued) 



Phyllodecta vulgatissima, L. Scarisbrick 



vitellinae, L. Generally abundant 

 Hydrothassa marginella, L. 1 Occur com- 

 Prasocuris phellandrii, L. J monly 



junci, Brahm. Chat Moss, Southport 

 Luperus rufipes, Scop. Commonly 



flavipes, L. Less frequently on birch 



on the mosses 

 Lochmaea capreas, L. Ainsdale 



suturalis, Thorns. Abundant on hea- 



ther 

 Galereucella nymphasa, L. Common 



calmariensis, L. 

 Sermyla halensis, L. Abundant on Galium 



on the sandhills 

 HALTIOE 



Longitarsus. Of this large genus, difficult 

 as its members are to determine, 

 probably many more occur than have 

 been recorded, viz. : 



luridus, Scop. Chat Moss ; frequent 



suturellus, Duft. 



melanocephalus, De G. 



suturalis, Marsh. 



pusillus, Gyll. 



jacobaeae, Wat. 



ochroleucus, Marsh. 



lasvis, Duft. 

 Haltica ereceti, All. 

 Phyllotreta atra, F. Birkdale 



exclamationis, Thunb. 



undulata, Kuts. Common 



nemorum, L. 



Apthona nonstriata, Goeze. Common on 

 iris 



Sphaeroderma. Both species common 



Apteropeda orbiculata, Marsh. Bollin 

 Valley 



Mantura rustica, L. Generally distri- 

 buted 



obtusata, Gyll. Chat Moss 



chrysanthemum, Koch. Near Southport, 



Chat Moss 



Crepidodera transversa, Marsh. Generally 

 abundant 



ferruginea, Scop. Generally abundant 



aurata, Marsh. 



helxines, L. Churchtown, Southport 



chloris, Foud. One specimen, South- 



port 



Hippuriphila modeeri, L. Generally dis- 

 tributed 



Chaetocnema hortensis, Fourc. Southport 

 Psylliodes chrysocephala, L. Not uncom- 

 mon 



affinis, Payk. Generally distributed 



picina, Marsh. Southport district 



marcida, 111. 



cuprea, Koch. 



CRYPTOSOMATA 



Cassida viridis, F. Common 



flaveola, Thunb. Occasional 



vibex, F. Hightown 



sanguinolenta, F. One specimen taken 



near Birkdale 



HETEROMERA 



TENEBRIONID^ 



Blaps mucronata, Latr. Generally abun- 

 dant in cellars 



mortisaga, L. Recorded from Liver- 



pool 



Heliopathes gibbus, F. \Abundant on the 

 Microzoum tibiale, Redt.J coast sandhills 

 Phaleria cadaverina, Latr. Not uncommon 

 under refuse on the shore 



Most of the ' grain warehouse ' 

 species of the genera Tenebrio, Alphi- 

 tobius, Gnathocerus, Palorus, Tribol- 

 ium and Latheticus occur frequently 

 in the towns of South Lancashire, but 

 as such species as have become estab- 

 lished here, as well as others which 

 appear incapable of the adaptation 

 necessary to ensure permanent resi- 

 dence, must be constantly recruited 

 by immigration through such ports 

 as Liverpool and Manchester, it be- 

 comes impossible to decide whether 

 any particular record of such species 

 refers to indigenous or imported 

 specimens 

 Helops striatus, Fourc. Abundant 



pallidus, Curt. Probably occurs on 



the sandhills, as it has been taken at 

 New Brighton on the Cheshire side 

 of the Mersey estuary 

 CISTELID;E 



Cistela marina, L. Common in flowers of 

 the dwarf rose which flourishes on 

 the sandhills 

 LAGRHDJE 



Lagria hirta. Also frequent on the sand- 

 hills 

 MELANDRYID^E 



Tetratoma. The rare species T. desma- 

 resti, Latr., and T. ancora, F., have 

 both been recorded from near Man- 

 chester by Chappell 



Abdera quadrifasciata, Steph. Recorded 

 by Edleston from Dunham Park 



Melandrya caraboides, L. Crosby near 

 Liverpool 



Phloeotrya rufipes, Gyll. Simonsivood Moss 

 PVTHIDJE 



Salpingus castaneus, Gyll. Simonswood Moss 



Lissodema cursor, Gyll. Reported from 

 near Manchester by Chappell and 

 Reston 



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