INSECTS 



CARABiDiE {continued) 



Stenolophus vespertinus, Panz. Southport 



district 

 Acupalpus dorsalis, F. One specimen re- 

 corded from Crosby shore 

 — meridianus, L. Occasional ; Chat and 



Carrington Mosses 

 Bradjrcellus cognatus, Gyll. 

 verbasci, Duft. 



— similis, Dej 



— distinctis, Dej. 



— harpalinus, Dej 



— coUaris, Payk, 



Common on 

 j- the moors 

 J and mosses 

 "j Not uncommon in 

 J damp places 

 Also probably occurs in 

 the north, as it is taken on the West- 

 morland mountains 

 Harpalus. Of this genus, besides the 

 universally common species, the fol- 

 lowing-have been noted : — 



— rupicola, Sturm. Hightown 



— latus, L. Manchester, Southport, etc. 



— neglectus, Dej. Birkdale sandhills, not 



common 



— tardus, Panz. Southport, scarce 



— anxius, Duft. Common on coast sand- 



hills 

 Dichirotrichus pubescens, Payk. Common 



on the shore 

 Anisodactylus binotatus, F. Hightown, 



Chat and Hoole Mosses, Birkdale, 



Bolton 

 Stomis pumicatus, Panz. Occasional on 



the mosses, but not common 

 Pterostichus. Besides the quite common 



species — 



— cupreus, L. Crosby, Lostock, Withington, 



etc. 



— versicolor, Sturm. Hoole and Lostock 



Mosses, Southport district 



— picimanus, Duft. One specimen, mar- 



gin of pond, Rainhill 



— aethiops, Panz. Moors near Stoneyhurst 



— minor, Gyll. Southport district 



— vernalis, Gyll. Northenden, Birkdale 

 Amara fiilva, De G. Mersey shore, Crosby, 



Birkdale, etc. 



— apriciaria, Payk. JVithington, Kearsley, 



and Kersal Moors, Southport 



— consularis, Duft. Banks of Douglas 



near Preston 



— aulica, Panz. Generally distributed 



— rufocincta, Dej. Lydiate near Liver- 



pool, Crosby 



— livida, F. Crosby, Birkdale 



— ovata, F. Southport and Bolton districts 



— similata, Gyll. Southport, not common 



— tibialis, Payk. Generally common on 



the sandhills 



— lunicollis, Schiod. Generally distri- 



buted, but not common 



— trivialis, Gyll. Abundant everyw^here 



CarabidjE {continued) 



Amara familiaris, Duft. Abundant every- 

 where 



— lucida, Duft. Not rare on the sand- 



hills 



— plebeia, Gyll. Southport district, Lan- 



caster ; scarce 



Calathus. All our species except C. fuscus, 

 F., and C. micropterus, Duft., have 

 been recorded as common, and C. 

 micropterus almost certainly occurs 

 on the high moors of the north and 

 north-east 



Taphria nivalis, Panz. TVest Derby, Kearsley 

 Moor, Southport 



Pristonychus terricola, Herbst. Occurs 

 generally in cellars and outhouses, 

 and occasionally in the open, through- 

 out the county 



Lemosthenus complanatus, Dej. One 

 specimen taken in warehouse in 

 Liverpool. This species has only re- 

 cently been added to the British list, 

 but doubtless occurs frequently, and 

 is probably mixed with the previous 

 species in most collections 



Sphodrus leucopthalamus, L. In cellars ; 

 seems to live in drains, and is but 

 rarely seen, but occurs in most large 

 towns of the county 



Anchomcnus dorsalis, Mull. Abundant 



— albipes, F. „ 



— marginatus, L. „ 



— parumpunctatus, F. „ 



— fuliginosus, Panz. „ 



— angusticollis, F. Generally distributed 



under loose bark and in damp places 



— ericeti, Panz. Simonswood, Chat Moss 



— viduus, Panz. Southport, occasional 



var. masstus, Leuft. „ „ 



— gracilis, Gyll. Hightown, Rivington, 



near Manchester 



— puellus, Deg. Almost certainly occurs 



among reeds, although it has not been 

 recorded, and is difficult to dis- 

 tinguish from A. fuliginosus 



Olisthopus rotundatus, Payk. Frequent on 

 the high moors among heather 



Tachys parvulus, Deg. The first British 

 specimen of this insect was taken in 

 September 1884 by Mr. J. H. 

 Smedley of Liverpool on the Wal- 

 lasey sandhills. This locality is of 

 course not within the county, but it 

 is probable that the insect may also 

 occur on the sandhills to the north 

 of the Mersey estuary. The dis- 

 covery of the species since that date 

 near Plymouth and in the New Forest 

 rather discredits the suggestion, 



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