Ellis : Coleoptera of Liverpool District. 



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HoTERUS. 



N. sparsus, Marsh, (semipunctatus, F.) " Seacomb Clougli, taken 

 there by T. Townley, Esq. in 1841," C. S. G., New Ferry, one 

 specimen, J. H. S. 

 Laccophilus 



L. minutus, L. Ponds and ditches, generally distributed. 



L. hyalinus, De, G. Bidston marsh and Bromborough," C. S. G. 



COLYMBETES. 



C. fuscus. L. Generally distributed, but very abundant in the 



" flashes " of water on the sand hills. 

 C. Grapei, Gyll. A single specimen taken in Moss Lake fields, 



C. S. G. 



C. pulverosus, Steph. " Ponds and ditches around Old Swan, 



Knotty Ash, &c., C. S. G. 

 C. bistriatus, Berg. " Formerly common where Crown St. now is, 



and may still be found in the Parliament fields," C. S. G. 



Ilybius. 



I. fenestratus, F. Club Moor and Childwall, C. S. G., behind 



Wavertree Park, J. W. E. 

 I. fuliginosus, F. Common everywhere. 

 I. ater, De, G. Generally distributed. 



I. obscurus, Marsh. One specimen from River Birket, J.W.E. 



Mr. F. Archer records (Nat. Scrap book;, a specimen of the variety 

 sexdentatus Schiod, captured in a brook at Little Brighton. 



1. angustior, Gyll. " Formerly plentiful in Moss Lake fields," 

 C. S. G. 



LlOPTERUS. 



L. ruficollis, Schal. (^agilis, F.) Pits and ditches near Pigue Lane, 

 and Wavertree. C. S. G. 

 Agabus. 



A. bipustulatus, L. Very abundant everywhere. 



A. Sturmi, Schon. Two specimens from the Crosby, and three from 



the Wallasey sand hills, J. W. E. 

 A. guttatus, Pk, " Fish ponds near Hale, C. S. G., abundant in a 



rill of water on the Aigburth shore, J. W. E., Bidston Hill, 



Wm. Dixon. 



A. nebulosus, Forst. (bipunctatus, F.) Abundant in most places, 

 especially in the flashes of water on the sand hills, 



A. conspersus. " Plentiful in most ponds and ditches," C. S. G., 

 Hightown, F. A. 



A. femoralis, Pk. " Parliament fields," C. S. G. 



A. maculatus, L. " Abundant in all stagnant pits," C, S G. 



