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Dytiscus« 



A. marginalis, Ij. Common everywhere- 



D. pimctulatus, F. Mr. Smedley and myself iiave each captured a 

 single specimen on the Wallasey sand hills. 



ACILIUS. 



A. snlcatus, L. Plentiful in the flashes of water on Simiaonswood 

 Moss C. G., Prenton, J. H. S., Crosby, F„ A. 

 Gyrinus. 



0. natator, Scop. Everywhere. 



€r. bicolor, Pk. " Between Bromborongh and Baby,'" C. S. G. 



Ditches on Altcar rifle ground, F. A. 

 G. marinus, Gyll. " Wallasey pool, before it was converted into 



Docks," C. S. G., with bicolor at Altcar, F. A. 



Of the 134 species of Hydradephaga given in Dr. Sharp's catalogue 

 of British Coleoptera, I have enumerated 54 |nearly one-half), as 

 occurring, or having occurred in our district. 



CONTRIBUTION TO A LIST OF THE NEUROPTERA, 



(in THP LINNEAN SRNSe), 



OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE (THE NORTH OF LANCASTER 



EXCEPTED), 



Bt Bbnj. Cooke, 



L TRICHOPTERA.— CADDIE FLIES, 

 Fhryganea gfandis, L. Common in the disti'iet. 

 P. striata, L. Manchester. 

 Neuronia rufierus, Scop. Manchester. 

 Limnophilus pellucidus, Oliv. Manchester. 

 L. rhombicus, L. Common. 

 L. marmoratus, Curt. Common. 

 L. lunatus. Curt. Common. 



L. politus, McLach. Oakmere, Cheshire, 19tli Sept.^ 187^, 



L. stn'ola, Kol. Hale Moss, Altrincham in October. 



L. affinis, Curt. Southport. 



L. centralis, Curt. Rivington. 



L. ignavus, Hag. Hale Moss, 6th Oct., 186S. 



L. Inridus, Curt. Manchester. * 



L. sparsus. Curt. Very common. 



Anabolia nervosa, Curt. Very common. 



B^tenophylax hieroglyph icus, Steph. CommoB. 



S. stellatus, Curt. Rivington. 



