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ELLIS : LIVERPOOL COLEOPTERA. 



QUEDIID^. 



Heterothops binotata Steph. 



Hightown, September 1863 (F. Archer). 

 Quedius falgidus F. 



Generally distributed but apparently not common. All my 

 specimens are of the form temporalis Thoms. 

 ftnedius impressus Pz. 



Common. 

 Quedius molochmus Grav. 



Tolerably common, 

 duedius tristis Grav. 



Common. 

 Quedins fuli^inosus Grav. 



Abundant, 

 duedius nigriceps Kr. 



One specimen, Eastham (F.K.). 

 Quedius peltatus Er. 



One specimen from Eastham Wood (R.W.). 

 duedius mauro-rufus Grav. 



Common on the bank of the Alt, Hightown (J.W.E.). 

 duedius umbrinns Er. 



Two specimens from Aigburth (J.W.E.). 

 duedius rufipes Grav. 



Wallasey, several specimens (J.W.E.). 

 duedius semiseneus Steph. 



A few specimens from the fields around Westminster Road 

 (F.K.); one specimen, Bidston Marsh (J.W.E.). 

 duedius boops Grav. 



Tolerably common and distributed, 

 duedius scintillans Grav. 



A single specimen from Eastham Wood (J.W.E.). 



5 TA PHYLINID^. 



CreopMlus maxillosus L. 



Very common about carrion. 

 Leistotropbus murinus L. 



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

 Stapbylinus pubescens De G. 



Common under dry dung on the Wallasey Sandhills. 

 Stapbylinus stercorarius 01. 



A single specimen from the Crosby Sandhills (R.W.). 

 Stapbylinus caesareus Ceder. 



One specimen from Simmonswood Moss (J.W.E.). 



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