INSECTS 



OxYTELiN^ {continued) 



Birkdak sandhills, May 1902, by 



Dr, Chaster 

 Syntomium aeneum, Mull. Near Southport 

 Coprophilus striatulus, F. Fazacierly near 



Liverpool, Manchester- district 

 Deleaster dichrous var. Leachii, Curt. 



Taken by Reston on the wing near 



the Mersey at Stretford 



HoMALIINjE 



Anthophagus testaceus, Grav. ' Southport ' 



{Fowler's Col. ii. 399) 

 Geodromicus nigrita, Mull. This subalpine 



species is recorded by Morley from 



Clifton near Manchester 

 Lesteva longelytrata, Goeze.'j Generally 



— sicula, Er. J common 



— sharpi, Rye. Probably occurs, as it is 



recorded from Delamere in Cheshire 



Acidota cruentata, Man. Near Manchester 

 (Broadbent) 



Olophrum picium, Gyll. Generally com- 

 mon 



Deliphrum tectum, Payk. 

 near Manchester 



Lathrimaeum. Both our species occur not 

 uncommonly 



Homalium rugulipenne. Rye. Very local ; 

 common under seaweed, carrion, 

 etc., on the shore from the Mersey 

 to Southport 



— rivulare, Payk. Abundant 



— laeviusculum, Gyll."! Occasional on the 



— riparium. Thorns. J shore 



— allardi, Fairn. Drinkwater 



(Broadbent) 



— oxycanthae, Grav. 



Rudd Heath — 



Park 



excavatum, Steph. 

 caesum, Grav. 

 concinnum, Marsh, 

 deplanatum, Gyll. 

 vile, Er. 

 rufipes, Fourc. 

 striatum, Grav. 



All occur more or 

 less frequently 



Anthobium minutum, F. Banks of Bollin 



— ophthalmicum, Payk."| Generally dis- 



— torquatum. Marsh. J tributed 

 Proteininje 



Proteinus ovalis, Steph. Abundant 



— macropterus, Gyll.") Rare on the South- 



— brachypterus, F. J port sandhills 

 Megarthus denticoUis, Beck. Recorded 



— depressus, Payk. „ 



— affinis, Mttll. „ 

 Phlceobiin^ 



Phloeobium clypeatum, Mull. Hesketh 

 near Southport 

 Phlceocharin^ 



Pseudopsis sulcata, Newn. In garden 

 refuse, Southport 



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LAMELLICORNIA 



LUCANID/E 



Sinodendron cylindricum, L. Childwall 

 near Liverpool 



ScARABjEID^ 



Onthophagus fracticornis, Preys. Is the 



only species recorded ; coast sandhills 



The genus Aphodius is well represented : — 



Aphodius fossor, R. More or less common 



— hxmorrhoidalis, L. „ „ 



— scybalarius, F. „ „ 



— fcetens, F. „ „ 



— fimitarius, L. „ ,, 



— ater, De G. „ „ 



var. terrenus, Kirby. „ „ 



— granarius, L. „ „ 



— rufescens, F. ,, „ 



— nitidulus, F. „ „ 



— plagiatus, L. „ „ 



— inquinatus, F. „ ,, 



— conspurcatus, L. „ „ 



— pusillus, Herbst. „ „ 

 merdarius, F. „ „ 

 prodromus, Brahm. ,, „ 



— punctato-sulcatus, Sturm. „ „ 



— contaminatus, Herbst. „ „ 



— rufipes, L. „ „ 



— luridus, F. „ „ 



— depressus, Kug. „ „ 



— foetidus, F. Staleybrushes 



— scrofa, F. Very rare ; recorded from 

 Southport {E.M.M. v. 44) 



— lapponum, Gyll. Probably occurs on 

 the mountains of the north 



[ — melanosticticus, Schm. Had a place in 

 the British list introduced hy Rye 

 from specimens from the Manchester 

 district. These appear however to 

 have been merely forms of A. in- 

 quinatus, and the species probably 

 does not occur in Britain] 



Heptalaucus villosus, Gyll. Three speci- 

 mens taken by Dr. Chaster at Birk- 

 dale 



Oxyomus porcatus, F. Crosby, Southport 



Ammcecius brevis, Er. First taken in 

 Britain by Mr. Haward in May 

 1859 at Southport, and occurs there 

 more or less abundantly every year 



Psammobius sulcicoUis, 111. Didshury, Man- 

 chester, Southport 



iEgialia sabuleti, Payk. Banks of Mersey, 

 Irwell and Bollin 



— rufa, F. So far has only been taken in 

 Britain on the coast sandhills, be- 

 tween the mouths of the Dee and 

 the Ribble. Here it occasionally 

 appears in abundance as in June 

 1862, 1885, 1886 and 1902 (see 

 Ent. Record, xiv. 243) 



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