ELLIS : LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE COLEOPTERA. 



241 



S. simiata, Fab. 



Abundant near the sea. 

 S. tristis, 111. 



Crosby, May 1862 (F.A.). 

 S. atrata, L. 



Crosby, a single specimen (R.W.). 



HISTERID^. 

 HISTER, L. 



H. cadaverinus, E.H. 



Abundant. 

 H. unicolor, L. 



Wallasey (R.W., J.W.p:.) ; Eastham (R.W.). 

 H. carbonarius, E.H. 



Two specimens at Bromborough in June 1879 (J.W.E.). 

 H. purpurascens, Herbst. 



A single specimen from Wallasey (R.W.). 

 H. stercorarius, E.IL 



I have a specimen taken by Mr. E. R. Curzon in the district, 

 but I am not aware of the exact locality. 

 H. 12-striatas, Schr. 

 , A specimen at Hightown in April 1882 (J.H.S.) and one 



from Wallasey (R.W.). 

 H bimaculatus, L. 



Wallasey (J.H.S., R.W.). I believe the late F. Kinder used 

 to take this species frequently, in dung, about Kirkdale. 



SAPRINUS, Er. 



S. nitidulus, Pk. 



Common on the sandhills. 

 S. aeneus. Fab. 



Abundant on the sandhills. 

 S. immundus, Gyll. 



Southport, May 1882 (B. Cooke). 

 S. qnadristriatus, E.H. 



Common on the sandhills. 

 S S. maritimus, Steph. 



I took several specimens of this species on the shore at 

 Crosby, in a dead rabbit, in the spring of 1875, but have failed 

 to find any since. 



ONTHOPHILUS, Leach. 



! 0. striatus, Fab. 



Abundant in dung on the Wallasey sandhills, but difficult to 

 distinguish from small seeds. 



i June 1885. M 



