A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



ScARAB,'ElDi€ {continued) 



jCgialia arenaria, F. Abundant 

 Geotrupes stercorarius, L. Recorded 



— spiniger, Marsh. „ 



— sylvaticus, Panz. „ 

 Hoplia philanthus, FUss. Chat Moss, Boll'in 



Valley 



Serica brimnea, L. Generally distributed 

 but not common 



Rhizotrogus solstitialis, L. Bolton 



Melolontha vulgaris, F. Occurs generally, 

 but not commonly anywhere 



Phylopertha horticola, L. Occasional and 

 very uncertain in appearance 



Anmola frischii, F. Common on the sand- 

 hills 



Oxythera stictica, L. This very doubtfully 

 British species has been recorded by 

 Sidebotham from the '■Lancashire 

 coast,' June 1862 {E.M.M. i. 235), 

 and also by Rcston from a garden at 

 JVhalley Range near Manchester 



SERRICORNIA 



Throscid>« 



Throscus dermestoides, L. Rixton Moss 

 near Warrington 



— carinifrons,Bouv. One specimen CAarc^- 



town near Southport 



ELATERIDii: 



Lacon murinus, L. Coast sandhilk ; not 

 uncommon 



Cryptohypnus riparius, F. Generally dis- 

 tributed 



— quadripustulatus, F. Near IVarrington 

 Elater balteatus, L. Abundant on the 



mosses and also at Southport under 



peat 

 Melanotus rufipes, Herbst. 



Liverpool 

 Athous hasmorrhoidalis, F. 



— niger, L. 



— vittatus, F. 

 Limonius cylindricus, Payk. 



the sandhills 

 Sericosomus brunneus, L. 



Simonswood 

 Adrastus limbatus, F, 

 Agriotes sputator, L. 

 - — lineatus, L. 



— obscurus, L. 



— pallidulus, 111. 

 Dolopius marginatus, L 

 Corymbites pectinicornis, L 



dow^s near the Bollin 



— cupreus, F. Bolton 



Mossley Hill, 



IMore or less 

 common 



Common on 

 Chat Moss, 



Common 



Abundant 



Damp mea- 



F. Bolton 



— quercus, Gyll. "I Agecroft, 



var. ochropterus, Ittc^h.) Ringley Wood 



— aeneus, L. Almost certainly occurs on 



Elaterid^ (continued) 



the moors, although it does not ap- 

 pear to have been recorded 

 Campylus linaris, L. Frequent on the 

 mosses 

 Dasclllid^ 



Helodes minuta, L. Common 



— marginata, F. Ringley Wood 

 Microcara livida, F. Abundant 

 Cyphon coarctatus, Payk. ^ p, .. 



— variabilis. Thumb. >■ ■^ 



i 



common 



— pallidulus, Boh. 



— padi, L. In fir woods ; abundant 

 Lampyrid/e 



Lampyris noctiluca, L. Does not appear 

 to have been recorded from the 

 county, although it certainly must 

 occur 

 Telephorid^ 



Podabrus alpinus, Payk. Bollin Valley 



Ancistronycha abdominalis, F. On moors 

 near Bolton 



Telephorus. All our species have been re- 

 corded except T. oralis, Geim., T. 

 figuratus, Man., and T. obscurus, L. 

 The latter however probably occurs 

 in the northern part of the county. 

 The most interesting record is that 

 of T. darwinianus. Sharp., from the 

 Southport shore 



— paludosus. Fall. Is recorded from Ring- 



ley Wood, Mere Clough, Bolton 

 Rhagonycha unicolor, Curt. Ringley Wood, 



one specimen 



All our other species except R. 



elongata. Fall., occur commonly 

 Malthinus punctatus, Fourc. Generally 



common 

 Malthodes marginatus, Lat. Southport 



— dispar. Germ. Bollin Valley 



— minimus, L. Abundant 



— misellus, Kies. ' Clifton near Manchester ' 



— atomus. Thorns. ' Barton Moss ' (see 



E.M.M. vii. 107) 

 Melyrid^ 



Malachius bipustulatus, L. Very occasional, 

 but generally distributed 



Haplocnemus nigricornis. Fab. Recorded 

 by Chappell near Manchester 

 CvEKiom 



Thanasimiis formlcarius, L. One speci- 

 men Mossley Hill, Liverpool 



Necrobia ruficollis, F. Not uncommon 



— violacea, L. „ „ 

 -— rufipes, De G. „ „ 



LiMEXYLONIDjE 



Hylecaetus dermestoides, L."j Recorded by 

 Limexylon navale, L. J Reston from 



Stretford near Manchester ' many 



reason to 



years ago,' and there 



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