A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



Cyclica {continued) 



Phyllodecta vulgatissima, L. Scarisbrick 



— vitellinae, L. Generally abundant 

 Hydrothassa marginella, L. 1 Occur com- 

 Prasocuris phellandrii, L. J monly 



— junci, Brahm. Chat Moss, Southport 

 Luperus rufipes, Scop. Commonly 



— flavipes, L. Less frequently on birch 



on the mosses 

 Lochmaea capre^, L. Ainsdale 



— suturalis, Thoms. Abundant on hea- 



ther 

 Galereucella nymphasa, L. Common 



— calmariensis, L. „ 

 Sermyk halensis, L. Abimdant on Galium 



on the sandhills 

 Haltic^ 



Longitarsus. Of this large genus, difficult 

 as its members are to determine, 

 probably many more occur than have 

 been recorded, viz. : — 



— lurid us, Scop. Chat Moss ; frequent 



— suturellus, Duft. „ 



— melanocephalus, Dc G. „ 



— suturalis. Marsh. „ 



— pusillus, Gyll. „ 



— jacobxx, Wat. „ 



— ochroleucus, Marsh. „ 



— Isvis, Duft. „ 

 Haltica ereceti. All. „ 

 Ph)-llotreta atra, F. Birkdah 



— exclamationis, Thunb. „ 



— undulata, Kuts. Common 



— nemorum, L. „ 



Apthona nonstriata, Goeze. Common on 

 iris 



Sphaeroderma. Both species common 



Apteropeda orbiculata, Marsh. Bollin 

 Valley 



Mantura rustica, L. Generally distri- 

 buted 



— obtusata, Gyll. Chat Moss 



— chrysanthemum, Koch. Near Southport, 



Chat Moss 

 Crepidodera transversa, Marsh. Generally 

 abundant 



— ferruginea. Scop. Generally abundant 



— aurata. Marsh. „ „ 



— helxines, L. Churchtown, Southport 



— chloris, Foud. One specimen, South- 



port 

 Hippuriphila modeeri, L. Generally dis- 

 tributed 

 Chstocnema hortensis, Fourc. Southport 

 Psylliodes chrysocephala, L. Not uncom- 

 mon 



— affinis, Payk. Generally distributed 



— picina, Marsh. Southport district 



— marcida. 111. „ 



— cuprea, Koch. „ 



» 



Cryptosomata 



Cassida viridis, F. Common 



— flaveola, Thunb. Occasional 

 ■ — vibex, F. Hightown 



— sanguinolenta, F. One specimen taken 



near Birkdale 



HETEROMERA 



Tenebrionidjs: 



Blaps mucronata, Latr. Generally abun- 

 dant in cellars 



— mortisaga, L. Recorded from Liver- 



pool 

 Heliopathes gibbus, F. "{Abundant on the 

 Microzoum tibiale, Redt.j coast sandhills 

 Phaleria cadaverina, Latr. Not uncommon 

 under refuse on the shore 



Most of the ' grain warehouse ' 

 species of the genera Tenebrio,Alphi- 

 tobius, Gnathocerus, Palorus, Tribol- 

 ium and Latheticus occur frequently 

 in the towns of South Lancashire, but 

 as such species as have become estab- 

 lished here, as well as others which 

 appear incapable of the adaptation 

 necessary to ensure permanent resi- 

 dence, must be constantly recruited 

 by immigration through such ports 

 as Liverpool and Manchester, it be- 

 comes impossible to decide whether 

 any particular record of such species 

 refers to indigenous or imported 

 specimens 

 Helops striatus, Fourc. Abundant 



— pallidus, Curt. Probably occurs on 



the sandhills, as it has been taken at 

 New Brighton on the Cheshire side 

 of the Mersey estuary 



ClSTELID^ 



Cistela marina, L. Common in flowers of 

 the dwarf rose which flourishes on 

 the sandhills 

 Lagrhd^ 



Lagria hirta. Also frequent on the sand- 

 hills 

 Melandryid^ 



Tetratoma. The rare species T. desma- 

 resti, Latr., and T. ancora, F., have 

 both been recorded from near Man- 

 chester by Chappell 



Abdera quadrifasciata, Steph. Recorded 

 by Edleston from Dunham Park 



Melandrya caraboides, L. Crosby near 

 Liverpool 



Phlceotrya rufipes, Gyll. Simonswood Moss 

 Pythid^ 



Salpingus castaneus, Gyll. Simonswood Moss 



Lissodema cursor, Gyll. Reported from 

 near Manchester by Chappell and 

 Reston 



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