INSECTS 



COLEOPTERA 



(Beetles) 



The materials from which the subsequent list has been compiled are mainly as follows : 

 (i) R. Garner's Natural History cf the County of Stafford, 1844, with a supplement dated 1860, 

 containing a list of 171 species in all ; most of these are species of ubiquitous occurrence, and 

 the identifications in some cases are almost certainly wrong. Garner had the assistance 

 of Messrs. Finder and J. B. Davis in drawing up his list of Coleoptera, and says (p. 241) 

 that to Mr. Davis he is indebted to a considerable extent for the list. (2) A list in Fauna of 

 the Neighbourhood of Burton on Trent by Edwin Brown (J. Van Voorst), 1863. This contains 

 623 species, mostly collected in Staffordshire, but a few are from Derbyshire only, the district 

 round Burton embracing portions of both counties. (3) A list of ' Coleoptera collected in the 

 Neighbourhood of Burton,' by H. W. 'Bates, in the Zoologist for 1848, p. 1997, noting 77 

 species. (4) A list of 491 species by Mr. L. H. Jahn in the Report of the N. Staffs. Field 

 Club, 1904-5, pp. 73-90, and a supplementary list of 93 species, i.e., 1906-7, p. 81-5. 

 Nearly all Mr. Jahn's material has been through my hands. It includes several purely northern 

 forms introduced in timber for the pits, but as several of these seem to be establishing them- 

 selves in the Hanley neighbourhood, it is better to include them. 



I have been able to supplement these lists considerably from scattered records in Fowler's 

 British Coleoptera and in the Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, as well as from a small list 

 of captures at Cheadle by Mr. Johnston. It is hoped that the county list thus compiled, 

 though very imperfect, especially in the Staphylinidae and Curculionidae, will act as a useful 

 basis and stimulus for further collecting. Where no authority for the record is given, it is to be 

 understood that it stands on the authority of Mr. Brown (Burton), Canon Fowler, or myself 

 (Cannock Chase and Needwood Forest) ; Mr. Jahn (Hanley and Swynnerton) or Mr. Johnston 

 (Cheadle). Otherwise the author's name is invariably given. Species whose occurrence in the 

 county seems, for various reasons, to need confirmation, are inclosed in square brackets [ ]. 

 Absence of locality points to general distribution, inferred at present rather than ascertained. 



ClCINDELlDAE 



Cicindela campestris, L. 



CARABIDAE 



Cychrus rostratus, L. 

 Carabus granulatus, L. 



monilis, F. 



catenulatus, Scop. 



nemoralis, Mull. 



violaceus, L. 



nitens, L. Cannock Chase 



(Brown) ; Wetley Moor 

 (Jahn) 

 Notiophilus biguttatus, F. 



aquaticus, L. 

 Leistus spinibarbis, F. 



fulvibarbis, Dej. 



ferruginous, L. 



rufescens, F. 

 Ncbria brevicollis, F. 



gyllenhali, Sch. Cheadle 



livida, F. Cannock Chase 



(Garneys and Harris) 

 Elaphrus riparius, L. 



cupreus, Duft. 

 Loricera pilicornis, F. 

 Clivina fossor, L. 



collar. s, Hbst. Hanley ; Bur- 



ton, occasional 



Dyschirius aeneus, Dej. Burton 

 and CannockChase(ovt\er) 



CARABIDAE (cont.) 



Miscodcra arctica, Payk. Cannock 

 Chase; cf. Ent. 1898, 

 p. 271 



Brojcus cephalotes, L. Stvynner- 

 ton 



Badister bipustulatus, F. 



Licinus depressus, Payk. Dove- 

 dale (Brown and Jahn) 



Chlaenius vestitus, Payk. Can- 

 nock Chase 



nigricornis, F. Dovcstde 



(Brown) 



Oodes helopioides, F. Burton 

 Acupalpus meridianus, L. Hen- 

 hurst (Brown) 

 Bradycellus cognatus, Gyll. 



verbasci, Duft. 



harpalinus, Dej. 



Harpalus rupicola, St. Burton 

 (Fowler) 



ruficornis, F. 



aeneus, F. 



latus, L. 



Anisodactylus binotatus, F. Bur- 

 ton 



Stomis pumicatus, Panz. Burton ; 

 Cheadle; Hanley 



Platyderus ruficollis, Marsh. 

 Lichfield and Burton 

 (Fowler) 



Pterostichus cupreus, L. 



87 



CARABIDAE (com.) 



Pterostichus vcrsicolor, St. 



- madidus, F. 



lepidus, F. Cannock Chase 



in some number, vide also 

 Ent. 1895, p. 236 



niger, Sch. 



- vulgaris, L. 



- nigrita, F. 



- gracilis, Dej. Burton (Fow- 

 ler) 



strenuus, Panz. 



- diligens, St. 



picimanus, Duft. Cannock 



Chase 



- vernalis, Gyll. Burton 



striola, F. 

 Amara apricaria, Payk. 



consularis, Duft. Cannock 



Chate 



- aulica, Panz. 



- patricia, Duft. Cannock Chase 



bifrons, Gyll. Manifold 



Valley (Jahn) 

 ovata, F. Cheadle 



similata, Gyll. Burton ; 



Cheadle 



acuminata, Payk. Burton 



tibialis, Payk. 



lunicollis, Sch. Burton ; 



Cannock Chase 



sprcta, Dej. Cannock Chase 



