COLEOPTEROUS FAUNA OF LIVERPOOL DISTRICT. 193 
Amara acuminata, Payk. Wallasey Pool (C.S.G.); 
West Derby (R. W., J. W.E.). 
Amara trivialis, Gyll. Abundant. 
Amara curta, Dej. “A pair taken at West Kirby” 
USeter CaF | 
Amara lunicollis, Schiodte. Generally distributed but 
not common. 
Amara continua, Thoms. Among my communis I have 
for a long time had a specimen of this species, captured 
most probably in this neighbourhood. 
Amara communis, Panz. Abundant in spring. 
Amara ovata, F. Generally distributed, but not common. 
Amara similata, Gyll. Generally distributed. 
Amara plebeia, Gyll. Common and generally distributed. 
Badister bipustulatus, F. Occurs occasionally under 
stones on dry hedge-banks, &c. 
Sphodrus leucophthalmus, Li. Mr. Gregson records the 
occurrence of two specimens of this rather scarce species 
in the neighbourhood of St. John’s Market; and Mr. 
Smedley captured three specimens in a cellar-kitchen in 
Price Street, Birkenhead, some few years ago, one of which 
he most kindly added to my collection. 
Pristonychus subcyaneus, Ill., = P. terricola, Herbst. 
Common in cellars. I have taken the species under dead 
animals on the Aigburth shore. 
Calathus cisteloides, Ill. Abundant on the sandhills and 
on waste grounds. 
Calathus flavipes, Fourc. Abundant on the sandhills on 
both sides of the river. 
Calathus fuscus, F. Mr. Gregson records the capture of 
two specimens of this species in Patrick Wood, Brom- 
borough. 
Calathus mollis, Marsh. Abundant on the sandhills. 
Calathus melanocephalus L. Abundant everywhere. 
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