ELLIS : LIVERPOOL COLEOPTERA. 



A. foetens, Fab. 



Usually common on the sandhills in July. 

 A. fimetarius, L. 



Abundant everywhere. 

 A. ater, De G. 



Both the ordinary (black) and the dark red forms are abundant 

 in sheep dung at Wallasey in summer. ' 

 A. granarius, L. 



Frequent at Crosby and Wallasey. 

 A. sordidus, Fab. 



Occasionally abounds at Wallasey. 

 A. rufescens, Fab. 



Unusually abundant at Wallasey in July. 

 A, nitidulus. Fab. 



Mr. Wilding has taken this species abundantly at Wallasey on 

 several occasions. 

 A. plagiatus, L. 



Common at Wallasey, rarely found in dung but usually buried 

 in the sand under rejectamenta. The type form (with the bright 

 red streak) occurs very rarely, probably only one per cent. 

 A. inquinatus, Fab. 



One of the most abundant of the genus at Wallasey and 

 Crosby in spring. 

 A. melanostictus, Schaum. 



Of this very scarce species, first taken in Britain by Mr. 

 Chappell, I have taken three specimens at Wallasey and Crosby. 

 It much resembles a very suffused specimen of inquinatus^ and 

 for some time I had them in my collection as such. 

 A. conspurcatus, L. 



Very abundant at Wallasey, and the first of the genus to appear 

 in spring. 

 A. scrofa, Fab. 



A very rare species, of which for many years the only veritable 

 British specimen was one taken by Mr. Sidebotham, at Southport, 

 about 1865 or 1866 (Ent. Monthly Mag., v. 100). 

 A. pusillus, Hbst. 



Common on the Wallasey sandhills, and occasionally at Crosby^ 

 A. merdarius, Fab. 



A pretty and abundant species in June and July at Wallasey. 

 A. prodromus, Brahm. 



Generally distributed, but more abundant away from the sea, 

 as at Spital. 



Sept, 1885. 



