
COLEOPTEROUS FAUNA OF LIVERPOOL DISTRICT. 65 
Cassida sanguinolenta, F. On the clay banks of the 
Mersey at Aigburth, and on the Wallasey sandhills 
(J.W.E.). 
Cassida obsoleta, Ill. Taken at Southport, in September, 
1864, by Benjamin Cooke. 
HETEROMERA. 
TENEBRIONIDA. 
Blaps mucronata, Latr. Abundant in cellars. 
Blaps mortisaga, Li. I have a specimen that was 
captured in Liverpool, and taken to Mr. Gregson as a 
“‘ Colorado beetle.”’ 
Heliopathes gibbus, KF. Abundant on the coast sandhills. 
Opatrum sabulosum lL. Recorded from New Brighton 
by Mr. Archer. 
Microzoum tibiale, F. Common on the coast sandhills. 
Tribolium ferrugineum, F. Occurs occasionally among 
provisions. Probably imported. 
Gnathocerus cornutus, F. Mr. Kinder used to take this 
species freely in warehouses at the north end of Liverpool. 
Palorus (Hypophleus) depressus, F. Taken freely by 
Mr. Kinder. 
Alphitobius piceus, Ol. Frequent in bakehouses and 
cellars. 
Tenebrio obscurus, F. Frequent, but not so common as 
the following. 
Tenebrio moliter, L. This, the common meal-worm 
beetle, is abundant in bakehouses, &c. 
Helops pallidus, Curt. Taken at New Brighton, in 
September, 1858, by Benjamin Cooke. 
Helops striatus, Fourc. Abundant under loose bark 
during the winter, especially about Bidston, 
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