60 LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
Malthinus punctatus, Fourc. Spital, in July, 1886 
CRD) a 3 
Malthodes marginatus, Latr. Taken in Hastham Wood 
by Mr. Wilding and myself. 
MELYRIDZ. 
Malachius bipustulatus, LL. Bromborough, in flowers of 
Cardamine pratensis (R.W.). . 
CLERIDZ. 
Necrobia violacea, Li. I once took several specimens of 
this infrequent species in a dead bird on the Aigburth shore. 
Necrobia rufipes, F. Common in decaying animal matter. 
CISSIDZ. 
Cis bolett, Scop. Abundant. . 2 
Cis villosulus, Marsh. Near Childwall, in November, 
1862 (Ff. Archer). 
Octotemnus glabriculus, Gyll. Abundant in fungi in the 
neighbourhood of Prenton. 
PTINIDA. 
Rhizopertha pusilla, F. Mr. Kinder used to take this 
species commonly in warehouses at the north end of 
Liverpool. 
Priobium castaneum, F. Eastham Wood, in a dead tree, 
on a single occasion (R.W.). 
Anobium domesticum, Fourc. Common in the wood- 
work of old houses and in old furniture. 
Anobium paniceum, 1. Common in druggists’ shops, 
where it sometimes does much damage by feeding on dried 
roots, &c. No matter how poisonous—aconite, belladonna, 
hellebore, for instance—no root comes amiss to this 
marauder. ; 
Niptus hololeucus, Fald. Common in cupboards, generally - 

