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ELLIS : LIVERPOOL COLEOPTERA. 



Ocalea castanea Er. 



One specimen from Eastham, November 1882 (J.W.E.). 

 Ischnoglossa rufopicea Kr. 



One from Eastham in February last (J.W.E.). 

 Leptusa fumida Er. 



Common under bark, Eastham and Spital (J.W.E.). 

 Aleochara ruficornis Grav. 



I took a single specimen of this fine and scarce species at 

 Eastham in May 188 [. 

 Aleochara fuscipes Grav. 



Common in dung. 

 Aleochara lanuginosa Grav. 



Very abundant in dung. 

 Aleochara nitida Grav. 



Common in dung. 

 Aleochara morion Grav. 



A single specimen from Wallasey (J.W.E.). 

 Myrmedonia limbata Pk. 



I have taken a few of this species at Crosby, along with 

 Myrmedonia canaliculata F., which is very common on the sandhills 



there and at Hightown ; also occasionally elsewhere. 

 Callicerus obscurns Grav. 



A single specimen taken at Wallasey, May 1883 (J.W.E.). 

 Callicerus rigidicornis Er. 



I have been fortunate in capturing two specimens of this rare 

 species (kindly determined for me by the Rev. W. W. Fowler), 

 one at Eastham, one at Aigburth, both in May 1883. 

 Chilopora longitarsis Er. 



One specimen from Hightown, July 1883 (J.W.E.). 

 Oxypoda lividipennis Mann. 



Common on walls around Bootle (F.K.) ; Eastham and 

 Wallasey (J.W.E.). 

 Oxypoda opaca Grav. 



Crosby (F. Archer) ; Wallasey, in dung (J.W.E.). 

 Oxypoda longiuscula Giav. 



Prenton and Eastham, sparingly (J.W.E. ). 

 Oxypoda nigrina Wat. 



I have taken several specimens of this uncommon species at 

 Wallasey and Leasowe, in spring. 

 Oxypoda alternans Grav. 



I have a single specimen of this pretty species which I took 

 at Eastham, 



Naturalist, 



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