242 ELLIS : LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE COLEOPTERA. 



NITIDULID^, 

 BRACHYPTERUS, Kug. 



B. pubescens, Er. 

 B. urticse, Fab. 



Both species are very abundant on nettles during the summer. 



EPUR^A, Er. 



E. sestiva, L. 



Very abundant on hawthorn blossom. 

 E. angustula, Er. 



A very scarce species, of which I possess a specimen which 

 I took under bark at Eastham, in February 1883. 

 E. fiorea, Er. 



I have a specimen I took among E. sestiva, but the locality 

 was not noted. 



NITIDULA, Fab. 



N. bipustulata, L. 



One specimen taken in a dead gull on the shore at Aigburth 

 (J.W.E.). 



SORONIA, Er. 



S. punctatissima, 111. 



A specimen taken on the Aigburth shore, in June 1875 

 (J.W.E.). 



OMOSITA, Erich. 



0. colon, L. 



0. discoidea, Fab. 



Both species common in dead animals. 



MELIGETHES, Steph. 



M. rufipes, Gyll. 



Abundant on hawthorn blossom. 

 M. aeneus, Fab. 



Abundant on hawthorn blossom. 

 M. viridescens, Fab. 



Rock Ferry (F.A.) ; common at Wallasey, on hawthorn 

 bloom (J.W.E.). 

 M. brunnicornis, Sturm. 



Taken occasionally by sweeping. 

 M. picipes, Sturm. 



Commonly taken by sweeping. 



Naturalist, 



