©riginal Jlrticles. 



COLEOPTERA OF LIVERPOOL AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. 



(Concluded.) 



By John W. Ellis, L.R.S.C.E. 



Amara — continued. 



A. spinipes, L. Sefton, C S G. Two by nocturnal sweeping m 

 Ullet-road, J W E ; one from Club Moor, J. R. L. Dixon. Mr. 

 Kinder informs me that he has taken this species commonly in the 

 heads of thistles, about the end of Westminster-road. 



A hifrons^ Gyll. Abundant in August, 1879, in the roots of wild 

 chamomile in the Canada Dock station ; also on the flowers at 

 night, F K. 



A. lucida, Duft. Frequent on the Crosby sandhills, spring. 

 A. tibialis^ Pk. Wallasey and Crosby sandhills, common. 

 A.familiaris, Duft. Abundant. 



A. acuminata, Pk. Wallasey Pool, not common, C S G. 

 A. tnvialis, Gyll. Common. 



A. spreta, D. Two specimens, among other AmarcB, C S G. 

 A. curta, D. A pair taken at West Kirby, C S G. 

 A. communis, Pz. Abundant. 



A. ovata, F. (obsoleta, D. ; pratensis, Stev.) Wallasey Pool, plentiful, 

 C S G ; one in Wavertree-road, J H S ; a few in fields near 

 Stanley-road, F K. 



A. sim.ilata, Gyll. Wallasey Pool, C S G ; Otterspool, and the 

 Wallasey sandhills, J W E ; Seaforth, F K. 



A. plebeia, Gyll. About a dozen, near the shore at Seaforth, F K. 



DiCHIROTEICHUS. 



ID. pubescens, Pk. This very variable species is abundant among drift 

 at Bromborough Pool, also on the Aigburth shore and banks of 

 Birket. 

 Anisodactylus. 



A. binotatus, F. Wallasey Pool, under stones, C S G. 



A. pceciloides, Steph. I have had the pleasure of adding this beautiful 

 species to our list — one specimen on the shore at New Ferry, and 

 another (immature) among Rarpalas proteus at Flaybrick Hill. 

 Harp ALUS. 



JI. azureus, F. Wallasey Pool, under stones, C S G. 

 H. ruficornis, F. Abundant. 

 N. S., Vol. vi.— Mar., 1881, 



