
COLEOPTEROUS FAUNA OF LIVERPOOL DISTRICT. 57 
_ Aigialia arenaria, F. Abundant on the sandhills in 
spring. 
Geotrupes typheus, L. Taken by Mr. Willoughby 
Gardner at Caldy and Storeton. 
Geotrupes stercorarius, L. Abundant. 
Geotrupes spiniger, Marsh., = mesolevus, Thoms. Abun- 
dant. 
Geotrupes sylvaticus, Panz. Common about Kastham 
and Spital. 
Serica brunnea, LL. Common in woods at the roots of 
bracken; and frequently seen flying round gas-lamps at 
Mossley Hill, &c., when they may be easily mistaken for 
Noctue. 
Melolontha vulgaris, F. Generally distributed through- 
out the district, but not very common. 
Phyllopertha horticola, L. Common about Eastham, 
on mountain ash. In June, 1883, it was exceedingly 
abundant in flowers of Rosa spinosissima on the Wallasey 
sandhills, and Mr. Smedley was fortunate in capturing a 
perfectly black specimen. Mr. Archer took a similar 
specimen at Rock Ferry, in June, 1862. 
Anomala Frischi, F. Common on the sandhills on hot 
days in July and August. 
(Oxytherea stictica, previously recorded as captured by 
Messrs. Edleston and Sidebotham on the Lancashire 
coast, was not taken in our district, but at Grange.) 
Cetonia aurata, Li. The Rev. H. H. Higgins informs 
me that he has seen this species in the garden of the 
-Rainhill Asylum, but not within very recent years. 
SERRICORNIA. 
_ELATERIDA. 
Lacon murimus, L. Not uncommon on the Wallasey 
sandhills. 
