114 The Naturalist. 



N. substriaius, Wat. Under seaweed below Leasowe embankment, in 

 April. (J. Chappell.) 



ELAPHEUS. 



U. cttpreus, Duft. Mr. Smedb y and myself took this species abund- 

 antly in March, among rejectamenta on the banks of one of the 

 " lakes" on the sandhills at Wallasey. 



DYSCHIRIUS. 



B. impunctipennis, Daws. Wallasey sandhills. (J. Chappell, m lilt.) 

 D. globosMS, Hbst, was exceedingly abundant with cup'eus in March, 

 and on the Hightown shore in May last. 



DEOMIUS. 



Z). nigrirenirls, Th. {fascia tus^ ^] ) I discovered this species on 

 Bidston Hill, under heath (among the dead leaves), in February 

 last; Mr. Smedley took it in similar situations at Thurstaston, in 

 March. 



ANCHOMENUS. 



A. vidiui8, Pz. Several specimens at Moreton. (J.H.S."^) 



A. fLdiyinosiis, Pz. A few specimens in a quarry near Ince Blundell, 



in May last. (J.W.E ) 

 A. pudlus, Dj. Mr. E,. Wilding was fortunate enough to capture a 



specimen of this species at West Derby, a few weeks since. 



PTEEOSTICHUS. 



P. (iiiujfus^ Sturm {dreniiuf^^ Daws). Thurstaston, (J.H.S., A.H. 

 May) ; Hightown shore, in May. (J.W.E.) 



AMAEA. 



A. acuminata., Pk. A single specimen on the railway bank at West 

 Derby. (R. Wilding.) 



HAEPALUS. 



11. senipcs^ Sch. A single specimen on the Wallasey Sandhills, in 

 March last. (J.W.E.) 



BEADYCELLUS. 



B. distinctus, Dj. Mr, Smedley took this species commonly among 

 rushes, at the edge of a pit near Discard, in May last. 1 took a 

 single specimen at Bromborough, about the same time. 



CILLENUS. 



C. lateralis.) Sam., was very abundant on the clayey mud at the mouth 

 of the river Alt, in May. 



BEMEIDIUM. 



B. big lilt at am, F. Common at Hightown, May. 



B. nigricorne, Gyll. Mr. May has added this species to our list, he 

 having taken several specimens on Bidston Marsh last December. 



*Tlie initial? J.H.S., F.K., and J.W.E. refer to Messrs, J. H. Smedley, 

 F. Kinder, and myself, respectively. 



