A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



SiLPHIDi?: [continued) 



Hydnobius punctatissimus, Steph. Not un- 

 common by evening sweeping on the 

 sandhills 



Necrophorus humator, F. 1 Generally com- 



— ruspator, Er. J mon 



— vespillo, L. So on the sandhills only 



— mortuonun, F. Scarce 



Necrodes littoralis, L. Shore at Aigburth, 



Birkdale 

 Silpha rugosa, L. Generally common 



— sinuata, F. „ „ 



— opaca, L. Single specimens, Birkdale, 



Bolton 



— tristis, 111. Bolton 



— obscura, L. Blackpool 



— atrata, L. Crosby 

 Choleva morio, F. ^ 



— nigrita, Er. I Are the commonest 



— tristis, Payk. | species 



— watsoni, Spence J 



— spadicea, Sturm. Recorded by Broad- 



bent from Drinkwater Park near 

 Manchester 



— fusca, Panz. Southport 



— grandicollis, Er., and C. kirbyi, Spence 



(if these forms are really of specific 

 value), have both been recorded 



— chrysomeloides,^ 



Panz. \ Generally distributed 



— velox, Spence J 



— colonoides, Kraatz. Recorded by 



Chappell from * near Manchester ' 

 {E.M.M. xii. 62) 



— nigricans, Spence. Bolton 

 Ptomophagus sericeus, F. Generally com- 

 mon 



ScyDMvi:NID/E 



Eumicrus tarsatus, Mull., and Scydmaenus 

 collaris, MqII., are the only species 

 recorded as common 



— exilis, Er. Southport ; very rare 



PsELAPHID^ 



The only species of the genera 

 Pselaphus, Tychus, Bythinus, Ry- 

 baxis, or Bryaxis recorded is Tychus 

 niger, Payk., from Southport, although 

 undoubtedly many more occur within 

 the county. The genus Euplectus 

 has been specially studied by Dr. 

 Chaster, who records E. signatus, 

 Reich., E. sanguineus, Denny, E. 

 karsteni, Reich., and E. piceus. Mots., 

 all from the Southport district 

 Trichopterygid^ 



The small size, the difficulty of set- 

 ting, and the still greater difficulty of 

 naming the members of this family 

 have occasioned the general neglect 

 of this group by collectors, and the 



Common 



Not 



rare on 



Trichopterygid.« {continued ) 



few records, in some cases of doubt- 

 ful authenticity, which exist afford 

 no criterion of the distribution of 

 the family in Lancashire 



CORYLOPHID^ 



No records have been found 

 Sphjerudje 



No records have been found 

 Phalacrid^ 



Olibrus aeneus, F. Southport 



CoCCINELIIDi^ 



Hippodamia variegata, Goeze. 



on the sandhills 

 Coccinella hieroglyphica, L. 



the mosses 

 Halyzia 18-guttata, L. 



— 14-guttata, L. 

 Myria oblongoguttata, L. 

 Anatis ocellata, L. 

 Scymnus frontalis, F. 



sandhills 



— suturalis, Thunb. Among fir trees 



— redtenbacheri, Muls. Birkdale, sandhills 



— nigrinus, Kug. Recorded by Kidson 



Taylor from ' near Manchester ' 

 Chilocorus bipustulatus, L. Common on 

 the sandhills 

 Endomychid^ 



Mycetaea hirta. Marsh. Generally dis- 

 tributed 



COLYDIID^ 



Orthocerus muticus, L. Sometimes com- 

 mon on the sandhills 

 Cerylon ferrugineum, Steph. Parbold 



HiSTERIDjE 



Hister unicolor, L. 



— cadaverinus, Hoff. 



— bissexstriatus, F. 



Abundant in all 

 pine woods in 

 the county 



Common on the 



purpurascens, 



Herbst. 

 bimaculatus, L. 

 i2-striatus, Sch. 

 carbonari us,"\ Also 



111. 



All occur princip- 

 ally on the sand- 

 hills 



— succicola, 



Thoms. 

 Gnathoncus nannetensis, Mars, 



sandhills ; rare 

 Saprinus nitidulus, Payk. Abundant 



almost certainly 

 occur more inland, as 

 they are common in 

 Cheshire 



Birkdale 



aeneus, F. 



More rarely on 



the coast 

 Southport district, 



— quadristriatus, Hoff.) 



— maritimus, Steph. J 

 Acritus minutus, Herbst. 



common 

 Onthophilus striatus, F, Generally dis- 

 tributed 



MlCROPEPLID^ 



Micropeplus porcatus, Payk. Hightown, 

 Southport 



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