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J. W. ELLIS! LIVERPOOL COLEOPTERA. 



known to be luminous, viz., the very scarce Phosphanus hemipterus, 

 recently re-discovered at Lewes by Mr. C. H. Morris, and the com- 

 mon Glow-worm (Lampyris noctilucd), which, however, so far as my 

 observation goes, is not an inhabitant of our district, though one of 

 the luminous centipedes is sometimes mistaken for it. 



HELODES, Latr. 



Helodes minuta, I,. Common in places where reeds grow, and 

 obtained chiefly by sweeping. 



CYPHON, Payk. 



Cyphon coarctatus, Pk. Recorded from Rock Ferry in May 1862, 

 by Mr. Archer. 



Cyphon variabilis, Thunb. A single specimen obtained by beating, 

 at Simmonswood, in June 1885. 



TELEPliORUS, Schaff. 



Telephorus fuscus, L. Occurs occasionally. 



Telephorus rusticus, Fall. Common. 



Telephorus lividus, L. Abundant. 



Telephorus lituratus, Fall. Tolerably common. 



Telephorus pellucidus, F. Mr. Wilding has taken this species 



commonly about West Derby. 

 Telephorus nigricans, Mull. I have only seen this species at 



Wallasey, and then not commonly. 

 Telephorus bicolor, Fab. Common. 



Telephorus iUvilabris, Fall. I have occasionally seen this species 

 inland, but have taken it most abundantly by sweeping herbage 

 on the banks of the river Alt, near Hightown. 



Telephorus fulvus, Scop, (melanurus, 01.). Very abundant. 



Telephorus testaceus, L. Common. 



Telephorus lixnbatus, Thunb. Common. 



Telephorus pallidus, F. Common. 



MALTHODES, Kies. 



Malthodes marginatus, Latr. I have taken a single specimen in 

 Eastham Wood (June 1885), and Mr. Wilding has also once 

 taken what he believes to be this species in the same locality. 



MALACHIUS, Fabr. 



Malachius bipustulatus, L. Taken commonly -in the flowers of 

 Cardamine pratensis at Bromborough, in May, by Mr. Wilding. 



Naturalist, 



