INSECTS 



PYTHiDiE {continued) 



Rhinosimus. All the British species occur 

 not uncommonly 

 CEdemerid^ 



Oncomera femorata, F. Silverdale, N. 



Lane. 

 Nacerdes melanura, Schm. Common in 

 Liverpool and other towns 



MoRDELLIDjE 



Anaspis. Only the universally distributed 

 species have been recorded 

 Rhipidophorid^ 



Metaecus paradoxus, L. Not uncommon 

 in wasps' nests 

 Anthicid^ 



Notoxus monocerus, L. Common on the 



coast 

 Anthicus floralis, L. Abundant 



— bimaculatus, 111. Occurs not uncom- 



monly in carrion on the coast. Until 

 Mr. Tomlin discovered this species 

 in Glamorganshire in 1898 it had 

 only been recorded in Great Britain 

 from Wallasea in Cheshire and the 

 Formby coast in Lancashire 

 MeloId/e 



Melofi proscarabasus, L. The only species 

 recorded 



RHYNCOPHORA 



Platyrrhinid^ 



Choragus sheppardi, Kirby. ' Near Man- 

 chester,' Chappell {E.M.M.xi. 15) 



CURCULIONID^ 



Rhynchites minutus, Herbst. Generally 

 distributed 



— nanus, Payk. Abundant on birch on 



the mosses 



— uncinatus, Thoms. Birkdale ; very 



common 

 Deporatis megalacephalus,"| Occur not un- 

 Germ. J- commonly on 



— betulae, L. J birch 

 Apion. Besides the universally distributed 



members of this large genus the 

 following have been recorded in the 

 cotmty : — 



» 



CuRCULiONlDiE (continued) 



Otiorrhynchus rugifrons. Agecrofi, Man- 

 chester 



— muscorum, Bris. Hightown near Crosby 



— scabrosus, Marsh. Generally common 



— ligneus, Ol. „ „ 



— picipes, F. 



— sulcatus, F. 



— ovatus, L. 

 Strophosomus. All our 



fulvicornis, Walt., 

 corded 

 Brachysomus echinatus, Bonsd. One speci- 

 men, Aigburth 

 Sciaphilus muricatus, F. Common 

 Tropiphorus tomentosus. Marsh. Anfield 

 Liverpool, Northenden, Agecroft 



Recorded from 

 Manchester by Mr. 



11 

 n 

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species 

 have 



except S. 

 been re- 



Generally dis- 

 Boh. Bollin 



maurus, Gyll. Recorded from near 



Staleybridge by Chappell 



— carinatus, Mall. 

 Chorlton near 

 Kidson Taylor 



Liophloeus nubilus, F. 



tributed 

 Polydrusus pterygomalis, 



Valley 



— confluens, Steph. Occasional 



— cervinus, L. Abundant 

 Phyllobius. All the British species have 



been recorded more or less com- 

 monly 



Philopedon geminatus, F. Abundant on 

 sandhills and occasionally inland 



Barynotus obscurus, F.~l Occur not infre- 



— schonherri, Zett. J quently 

 Alophus triguttatus, F. Generally dis- 

 tributed 



Sitones griseus, F. Common on the sand- 

 hills 



— flavescens, Marsh. 



— suturalis, Steph. 



— cambricus, Steph. 



— humeralis, Steph. 



— sulcifrons. Thumb. 



— tibialis, Herbst. 



— regensteinensis, Herbst. 



— lineatus, L. 



— puncticollis, Steph. 



— hispidulus, F. 

 Hypera punctata, F, 



— rumicis, L. 



— plantaginis, De G. 



— polygoni, L. 



— variabilis, Herbst, 



— nigrirostris, F. 



— trilineata. Marsh. 



— suspiciosa, Herbst. Represented on 



the sandhills by a very elongate 

 varietal form which has been (in 

 other localities) erroneously referred 

 to H. elongata, Payk. The type 

 form occurs near Manchester 



Are all recorded 

 from the Southport 

 district, but are 

 not common 



Abundant 

 everywhere 



All occur more or 

 less frequently, 

 principally on the 

 coast 



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