2 12 J. W. ELLIS: LIVERPOOL COLEOPTERA. 



LEMA, Fab. 



Lema cyanella, Fab. Frequently taken by road-side sweeping 



among mixed herbage. 

 Lema melanopa, L. Occurs sparingly with L. cyanella ; rather more 



frequently about Dibbinsdale and Bromborough. 



Fam. CLYT^RW.E. 



CRYPTOCEPHALUS, Geoff. 



Cryptocephalus aureolus, Suffr. Recorded by Mr. F. Archer as 

 ' Common on the New Brighton sand-hills (on sunny days only) 

 in the flowers of Hieracium pilosella and dandehon, May and 

 June' (Liverpool Nat. Scrap-book, p. 169). Also captured at 

 Wallasey by Mr. Wilding. 



Earn. CHRYSOMELIDJE. 

 CHRYSOMELA, L. 



Chrysomela staphylsea, L. Frequent among flood-refuse on the 

 Hightown and Aigburth shores ; also at Eastham (J.W.E., 

 R.W.). 



Chrysomela haemoptera, L. I captured a pair of this species 

 under a stone behind the Leasowe embankment in October 

 1885. 



Chrysomela polita, L. Occasionally about Eastham, frequently 

 found hiding under clods of earth in the fields through which 

 the path from Bromborough to Eastham Ferry runs. 



Chrysomela hyperici, Forst. I have taken a single specimen in 

 Eastham Wood, where it was hibernating at the foot of a tree. 



GASTROPHYSA, Redt. 



Gastrophysa polygoni, L. Common and generally distributed. 

 Gastrophysa raphani, Fab. I once met with this pretty species 

 among flood-refuse on Bidston Marsh. 



PH/EDON, Latr. 



Phsedon tumidulum, Germ. Frequently obtained by road-side 



sweeping. 



Phsedon coohleariae, Fab. (^betulse, W.C.). Plentiful beneath 

 moss on the bridges over the Fender on Bidston Marsh, in late 

 autumn, and also elsewhere occasionally by sweeping. 



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