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HELOPS, Fab. 



Helops pallidus, Curt. Taken at New Brighton, September 26th, 



1858, by the late Mr. Benjamin Cooke. 

 Helops striatus, Fourc. Abundant under loose bark during the 



winter months, especially around Bidston. 



CISTELA, Fab. 



Cistela murina, L. Common on the sandhills, especially in the 

 flowers of Rosa spinosissi?na. 



SALPINGUS, Gyll. 



Salpingus ater, Payk. I took about half-a-dozen specimens of this 

 species by sweeping near Bromborough, in July 1882. 



RHINOSIMUS, Latr. 



Rhino simus viridipennis, Steph. Under bark at West Derby 



(R. Wilding); under bark at Aigburth (J.W.E.). 

 Rhinosinms planirostris, F. Frequent under bark. 



MELANDRYA, Fab. 



Melandrya caraboides, L. Taken at Crosby by Mr. Archer, in 

 June 1862. 



LAGRIA, Fab. 



Lagria hirta, L. Sometimes common among the dwarf sallows on 

 the sandhills at Crosby and Wallasey, but very uncertain in 

 its appearance. 



NOTOXUS, Geoff. 

 I? otoxus monoceros, L. Common on the coast sandhills. 



ANTHICUS, Payk. 



Anthicns bimaculatus, 111. A very scarce British species which has 

 occurred occasionally in our district. Single specimens have 

 occurred to Mr. Kinder, Mr. R. Wilding, and to myself at 

 Crosby ; it has also been recorded from near Southport in June 

 1867, by Mr. Broadhurst (Ent. Mo. Mag., iv, 232), and from 

 New Brighton in 1878, by Mr. J. T. Harris, of Burton-on-Trent 

 (lb. xiv, 238). 



Anthicus floralis, L. Frequent upon flowers. 



June 1886. 



