COLEOPTEROUS FAUNA OF LIVERPOOL DISTRICT. 69 
Apion vorax, Herbst. Frequent. 
Apion livescerum, Gyll. Bidston Hill on heather, July 
(J.W.E.). 
Apion miniatum, Germ. Frequent. 
Apion cruentatum, Walt. Occasional. 
Apion frumentarium, Li. Occasional. 
Apion rubens, Steph. Taken at Lydiate in August, 1887 
(R.W.). 
Apion violaceum, Kirby. Abundant. 
Apion marchicum, Herbst. Frequent at Bidston. 
Apion humile, Germ. Abundant. 
OTIORHYNCHIDZ. 
Tropiphorus mercurialis, FE. Taken sparingly on the 
wall of Anfield Cemetery by Mr. Kinder. 
Barynotus obscurus, F. Frequent. 
Cneorhinus geminatus, F. Abundant on the coast sand- 
hills in spring. 
Strophosomus coryli, F. Common in hedges. 
Strophosomus limbatus, F. Common on heather on 
Bidston Hill and Oxton Common. 
Platytarsus echinatus, Bons. I took a specimen of this 
hedgehog-like beetle by sweeping at Aigburth, in May, 
1886. 
Sciaphilus muricatus, F. Occasional. 
Polydrosus planifrons, Gyll. I captured a_ single 
specimen of this rare species by sweeping at Lydiate, in 
August, 1887. 
Polydrosus cervinus, 4. Common on the dwarf sallows 
growing among the coast sandhills. 
Polydrosus confiwens, Steph. Occasionally swept from 
heather on Bidston Hill, in July. 
Phyllobius alneti, F. Abundant among nettles during 
the early summer. 
