INSECTS 



PYTHIDJE (continued) 



Rhinosimus. All the British species occur 

 not uncommonly 



CEDEMERnxS 



Oncomera femorata, F. Silvenlalt, N. 

 Lane. 



Nacerdes melanura, Schm. Common in 



Liverpool and other towns 

 MORDELLID^: 



Anaspis. Only the universally distributed 



species have been recorded 

 RHIPIDOPHORID^E 



Metascus paradoxus, L. Not uncommon 



in wasps' nests 

 ANTHICIDJE 



Notoxus monocerus, L. Common on the 

 coast 



Anthicus floralis, L. Abundant 



bimaculatus, 111. Occurs not uncom- 

 monly in carrion on the coast. Until 

 Mr. Tomlin discovered this species 

 in Glamorganshire in 1898 it had 

 only been recorded in Great Britain 

 from Wallasea in Cheshire and the 

 Formby coast in Lancashire 



Meloe proscarabzus, L. The only species 

 recorded 



RHYNCOPHORA 



Pl.ATYRRHINID.ffi 



Choragus sheppardi, Kirby. ' Near Man- 

 chester,' Chappell (E.M.M.xi. 15) 



CuRCULIONID-ffi 



Rhynchites minutus, Herbst. Generally 

 distributed 



nanus, Payk. Abundant on birch on 



the mosses 



uncinatus, Thorns. Eirkdale ; very 



common 



DeporaOs megalacephalus,*| Occur not un- 

 Germ. I commonly on 



betulae, L. J birch 

 Apion. Besides the universally distributed 



members of this large genus the 

 following have been recorded in the 

 county : 



rubens, Steph. Soutbport district 



viciae, Payk. 



confluens, Kirb. 



aethiops, Herbst. 



spencei, Kirb. 



unicolor, Kirb. 



tenue, Kirb. 



pubescens, Kirb. 



marchicum, Herbst. 

 Otiorrhynchus atroapterus, De G. Very 



occasional on the coast sandhills 



maurus, Gyll. Recorded from near 



Staleybridge by Chappell 



CURCULIONIDJE (continued) 



Otiorrhynchus rugifrons. Agecroft, Man- 

 chester 



muscorum, Bris. Hightown near Crosby 



scabrosus, Marsh. Generally common 



ligneus, Ol. 



picipes, F. 



sulcatus, F. 



ovatus, L. 

 Strophosomus. All our species except S. 



fulvicornis, Walt., have been re- 

 corded 



Brachysomus echinatus, Bonsd. One speci- 

 men, Aigburth 



Sciaphilus muricatus, F. Common 

 Tropiphorus tomentosus, Marsh. Anfield 

 Liverpool, Northenden, Agecroft 



carinatus, Mull. Recorded from 



Chorlton near Manchester by Mr. 

 Kidson Taylor 



Liophloeus nubilus, F. Generally dis- 

 tributed 



Polydrusus pterygomalis, Boh. Bollin 

 Valley 



confluens, Steph. Occasional 



cervinus, L. Abundant 

 Phyllobius. All the British species have 



been recorded more or less com- 

 monly 



Philopedon geminatus, F. Abundant on 

 sandhills and occasionally inland 



Occur not infre- 

 quently 



Alophus triguttatus, F. Generally dis- 

 tributed 



Sitones griseus, F. Common on the sand- 

 hills 



flavescens, Marsh. 



suturalis, Steph. 



cambricus, Steph. 



humeralis, Steph. 



sulcifrons, Thumb. 



tibialis, Herbst. 



regensteinensis, Herbst. 



lineatus, L. 



puncticollis, Steph. 



hispidulus, F. 

 Hypera punctata, F. 



rumicis, L. 



plantaginis, De G. 



polygon), L. 



variabilis, Herbst. 



nigrirostris, F. 



trilineata, Marsh. 



suspiciosa, Herbst. Represented on 



the sandhills by a very elongate 

 varietal form which has been (in 

 other localities) erroneously referred 

 to H. elongata, Payk. The type 

 form occurs near Manchester 



suuuuiua <um uc\-asi 



Barynotus obscurus, F."| 

 sch5nherri, Zett. J" 

 Alophus triguttatus, F. 



Are all recorded 

 from the Soutbport 

 district, but are 

 not common 



Abundant 

 everywhere 



All occur more or 

 less frequently, 

 principally on the 



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