COLEOPTEROUS FAUNA OF LIVERPOOL DISTRICT. 185 
Carabus mitens, L. Formerly abundant in damp hollows 
in the sandhills between Crosby and Southport. A 
Manchester collector took about seventy specimens in one 
day, many years since. It still, I believe, occurs on the 
mosses, in May. 
Carabus granulatus, Li. Generally distributed, but not 
usually common. Mr. Smedley once took it freely, hiber- 
nating, at the foot of a wall at Bidston. 
Carabus monilis, F. I have heard of no recent capture 
of this beautiful species in our neighbourhood, but it has 
been recorded from ‘‘Edge Lane, West Derby, Liscard 
and New Brighton,” by Mr. C. 8. Gregson. 
[Carabus arvensis, F. Mr. Gregson records this species 
with some doubt from Prenton. I have never taken it 
nearer than Llangollen, and there never at a less elevation 
than about 1500 feet; but since it occurs on Wimbledon 
Common and in the New Forest, the species must not be 
considered invariably a mountain one. | 
Carabus catenulatus, Scop. Tolerably common in 
elevated situations, such as Bidston Hull; less common 
about West Derby and Crosby. 
Carabus nemoralis, Mull. Common and generally distri- 
buted. 
Carabus violaceus, L. Common. 
Elaphrus riparius, lu, Very abundant in damp places 
among the Wallasey sandhills. Crosby sandhills (C.8.G.).* 
Elaphrus cupreus, Dufts. Common at Wallasey and 
Crosby, in damp places. Recorded also from the. margin 
of a pond between Thurstaston and Caldy, by Mr. A. H. 
May. 
Blethisa multipunctata, Li. ‘One specimen from Crosby 
* The initials C.S.G., R.W., F.K., J-H.S., and J.W.E. refer to Messrs. 
Gregson, Wilding, Kinder, and Smedley, and myself, respectively. 
