INSECTS 



MlCROPEPLiD^ {continued) 



Micropeplus margaritae, Duv. Generally 

 distributed 



— tesserula, Curt. One specimen re- 



ported from Grange, 1863, by R. S. 

 Edleston [E.M.M. i. 259) 



NiTIDULIDiB 



Brachypterus gravidus, 111. On Linaria vul- 

 garis, Southport 



— pubescens, Er. Generally abundant 



— urticae, Kug. „ „ 

 Carpophilus hemipterus, L. In a Liverpool 



warehouse ; perhaps imported 



— mutilatus, Er. This species owes its 



position on the British list to Mr. T. 

 Ray Hardy of Manchester, who re- 

 corded it from Manchester (Fowler's 

 Coleoptera, iii. 224), and it has not 

 been since taken by any one in this 

 country 



Cercus. All our three species have been 

 recorded 



Epurea decemguttata, F.' 



— diffusa, Bris. 



— melina, Er. 



— oblonga, Herbst. 



— florea, Er. 



— parvula, Sturm. 



— angustula, Er. 

 Nitidula bipustula, L. 



recorded, and that is not uncommon 

 Soronia grisea, L. Trafford Park near 

 Manchester, Southport 



— punctatissima, 111. Southport 

 Omosita colon, L. Generally common 



— discoidea, F. „ „ 

 Meligethes. Besides the generally com- 

 mon species the following have been 

 recorded by Chappell : — 



— symphyti, Heer. Bowden 



— ovatus, Sturm. 



[All recorded from 

 the Manchester 

 district by the 

 old collectors 



Is the only species 



"lOn 

 J 01 



viduatus, Sturm, 

 flavipes, Sturm, 

 memnonius, Er. 

 By Ellis :— 

 brunnicornis, Sturm, 



flowers of Gali- 

 opsis. Chat Moss 

 On broom, Lancaster 

 Chat Moss 



' Occasional ' 



— lugubris, Sturm. * Two on Mentha, 



Hightown ' 



— viridescens, F. Southport 

 Rhizophagus depressus, F. Chat Moss 



— cribratus, Gyll. Manchester 



— parellelocollis, Er. Southport 



— perforatus, Er. Liverpool 



— dispar, Gyll. Generally distributed 



— bipustulatus, F. „ „ 



— politus, Hellw, Manchester district 



— coeruleipennis, Sahl. One specimen 



taken from a decayed log at the 

 Crosby sandhills ' many years ago ' by 

 Mr. Kidson Taylor of Manchester 



Trogositidj^ 



Tenebrioides mauritanica, L. Under 

 matting on the shore, and in shops 

 and warehouses 



MoNOTOMIDjE 



Monotoma picipes, Herbst. Generally 



common 



Southport 



>5 



Not infrequent in 

 haystack debris 

 generally 



— quadricollis, Aub6, 



— rufa. Red. 



— longicollis, Gyll. 



LATHRIDIIDiE 



Of the genera Lathridius, Coninomus and 

 Enicmus only the quite common 

 species have been recorded 



Cartodere ruficollis. Marsh. Abundant in 

 haystack refuse at Birkdale 



Corticiariapubescens," 

 Gyll. 



— crenulata, Gyll. 



— denticulata, Gyll 



— elongata, Gyll. 

 Melanophthalma gibosa, Herbst. Abundant 



everywhere 



— fuscula, Man. Abundant everywhere 



CuCUJIDiE 



Silvanus surinamensis, L. Common in 

 grain warehouses 



— bidentatus, Steph. Near Manchester 

 Lemophlceus ferrugineus, Steph. In grain 



warehouses 



— pusillus, Schon. In grain warehouses 

 Byturid^ 



Byturus tomentosus, F. Common through- 

 out the district 

 Crvptophagid^ 



Telmatophilus caricis, Ol. Generally com- 

 mon 



Antherophagus nigricornis, F. Southport, 

 not common 



— silaceus, Herbst. Southport, not common 



— pallens, Gyll. Ringley Wood, Man- 



chester 

 Cryptophagus pubescens, Sturm. Generally 

 distributed 



— lycoperdi, Herbst. Generally distributed 



— setulosus, Sturm. „ „ 



— saginatus, Sturm. „ „ 



— scanicus, L. 



— cellaris. Scop. 



— acutangulus, Gyll. 



— distinguendus, Sturm. 



— bicolor, Sturm. 



— punctipennis, Bris. 



— umbratus, Er. 



— ruficornis, Steph. Rare ; has been re- 



corded by Chappell and recently 

 taken by Mr. Kidson Taylor in 

 fungus on Chat Moss 

 Micrambe vini, Panz. Generally distri- 

 buted 



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