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J. W. ELLIS : LIVERPOOL COLEOPTERA. 



Fam. CERAMBYCID^. 

 AROMIA, Serv. 



Aromia moschata, L. The Musk Beetle, a species which has 

 received this cognomen from the powerful odour, of roses rather 

 than of musk, which is diffused from the living insect, occurs 

 sparingly in our neighbourhood. In its larval state it lives in 

 the timber of old willows, upon or about which trees the perfect 

 beetle may be found in the summer. The late Thomas West 

 used to take it freely in old willows near Crosby, and though these 

 trees have now been destroyed, it still occurs both in the Crosby 

 and Formby districts, and also, as I have been informed by 

 Mr. Gregson, in similar situations in the lanes about Wallasey. 



CLYTUS, Fab. 



Clytus arietis, L. Several of the more conspicuous ' long-horn ' 

 beetles have received popular names, and this, from its yellow- 

 banded black body, is frequently know^n as the ' Wasp Beetle.' 

 The perfect insect may occasionally be observed sunning itself 

 on railings and gate-posts, in which it has fed during the larval 

 state. I have met with it several times about Bromborough, 

 and I once captured a (possibly imported) specimen in Stanley 

 Street, Liverpool. 



Fam. LAMIAD^E. 

 LEIOPUS, Serv. 



Leiopus nebulosus, L. Mr. Wilding and myself have each met 

 with single specimens of this species in Eastham Wood. 



POGONOCHERUS, Serv. 



PogoDOcherus pilosus, Fab. ( = hispidus, Thorns.). I have a single 

 specimen of this species, captured in Eastham Wood in May 

 1883. 



Fam. LEPTURIDjE. 

 RHAGIUM, Fab. 



Rhagiuitt inquisitor, L. 

 Bhagium bifasciatum, F. 



Both these species are occasionally met with in Eastham 

 Wood and in the fir-plantations about Bidston and Storeton. 



GRAMMOPTERA, Serv. 



Grammoptera ruficornis, F. A small species recorded from Rock 

 Ferry and Eastham (obtained from hawthorn blossom in June 

 1862) by Mr. F. Archer. 



Naturalist, 



