A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



Staphylinin.« {continued) 



Philonthus debilis, Grav. BlrkdaU 



— vernalis, Grav. Hightown 



— micans, Grav. Sandhills 



— puella, Nord. Traffbrd Park, Man- 



chester 

 Cafius fucicola, Curt. "1 Both occur on the 



— xantholema, Grav. J shore 

 Actobius signaticornis, B^cjABirkdalessniA- 



— procerulus, Grav. J hills 

 Xantholinus. All our species except X.- 



glaber, Nord., X. distans, Kr., and 



X. fiilgidus, F., occur 

 Leptacinus. AU except L. formicetorum, 



Maerk., are recorded 

 Baptolinus alternans, Grav. Traffbrd Park, 



Manchester 

 Othius fulvipennis, F. Common 



— melanocephalus, Grav. „ 



— laviusculus, Steph. Occasional on the 



sandhills 



POEDERINJE 



Lathrobium. Besides the common species, 

 L. multipunctatum, Grav., L. 

 quadratum, Payk., and L. longu- 

 lum, Grav., occur rarely on the 

 Southport sandhills, where also Cryp- 

 tobium glaberrimum, Herbst, has 

 been taken 



Stilicus rufipes, Germ. Southport ; not 

 common 



— aflinis, Er. Generally distributed 

 - — orbiculatus, Er. „ „ 

 Medon obsoletus, Nord. Southport 



— melanocephalus, F. Litherland 

 Lithocharis ochracea, Grav. Common 

 Poederus riparius, L. Southport 



Ev.«;STHETIN,T 



Evaesthethus ruficapillus, Lac. Barton 

 Moss near Manchester 

 Stenin^ 



Stenus. Of this extensive genus, the fol- 

 lowing are generally distributed : — 



— biguttatus, L. 



— bimaculatus, Gyll. 



— guttula, Mull. 



— juno, F. 



— bupthalmus, Grav. 



— canaliculatus, Gyll. 



— speculator, Lac. 



— dedaratus, Er. 



— crassus, Steph. 



— bninnipes, Steph. 



— impressus. Germ. 



— bifoveolatus, Gyll. 



— picipes, Steph. 



— nitidiusculus, Steph. 



— cicindeloides, Grav. 



— similis, Herbst 



— tarsalis, Ljungh. 





SrENiNit (continued) 

 Stenus paganus, Er. 



— latifrons, Er. 



Rarer species are — 



— ater, Man. Southport district 



— binotatus, Ljungh. „ ,, 



— melanopus, Marsh. 



— pusillus, Er. 



— exiguus, Er. „ „ 



— ossium, Steph. „ „ 



— suboeneus, Er., Crosby, Aigburth ; and 



probably other members of the 

 genus occur, although so far un- 

 recorded 



OXYPORIN^ 



Oxyporus rufus, L. Mossley Hill near 

 Liverpool 



OxYTELINjT 



Bledius. Of this genus, the following 

 occur in wet places among the sand- 

 hills :— 



— spectabilis, Kr. 



— fuscipes. Rye 



— fracticornis, Payk. 



— opacus. Block. 



— longulus, Er. 



— arenarius, Payk. On the shore ; very 



abundant 



— subterraneus, Er. Bollin Valley 



— longulus, Er. „ „ 



— pallipes, Grav. „ „ 

 Platystethus arenarius, Fourc. Abundant 



— cornutus, Gyll. Hightown 

 Oxytelus insecatus, Grav. Liverpool district 



— inustus, Grav. Birkdale ; rare 



— maritimus, Thorns. Not uncommon 



under seaweed, etc., on the shore 



— rugosus, F. Generally abundant 



— sculptus, Grav. 



— laqueatus. Marsh. 



— sculpturatus, Grav. 



— nitidulus, Grav. „ „ 



— tetracarinatus. Block. „ „ 

 Ancyrophorus omalinus, Er. Recorded 



from Clifton near Manchester by 

 Morley 

 Trogophloeus spinicollis, Rye. The only 

 specimen of this insect ever taken in 

 this country was captured by Mr. 

 Kidson Taylor under refuse banks 

 of River Mersey, 9 August 1868 



— bilineatus, Steph. Southport district 



— rivularis, Mots. 



— corticinus, Grav. 



— pusillus, Grav. 



— tenellus, Grav. „ „ 

 Thinobius brevipennis, Kies. Two speci- 

 mens of this rare beetle, hitherto 

 only taken in the fens of Cambridge- 

 shire, are recorded from flood refuse, 



» 



» 

 » 



» 



120 



