COLEOPTEROUS FAUNA OF LIVERPOOL DISTRICT. 197 
Harpalus anxius, Dufts. Frequent on the coast sandhills. 
Stenolophus elegans, Dej. Two specimens of this species 
on the banks of the Alt, at Hightown, in June, 1859 
(Geo. G.) 
Acupalpus dorsalis, F. Mr. Wilding has quite recently 
taken a specimen of this species on the shore at Hightown. 
Acupalpus meridianus, L. Occasional. 
Bradycellus cognatus, Gyll. Bidston and Flaybrick Hills. 
Bradycellus distinctus, Dej. Taken by Mr. Smedley at 
the edge of a pit between Liscard and Wallasey, in May, 
1882; and by myself, about the same time, at Bromborough. 
Bradycellus verbasci, Dufts., = B. fulvus, Marsh. Com- 
mon, and generally distributed. 
Bradycellus harpalinus, Dej. Abundant on Bidston and 
Flaybrick Hills, and on Oxton Common, among dead leaves 
of heath. 
Bradycellus similis, Dej. Abundant, along with the 
preceding species, in autumn and spring. 
Dichirotrichus pubescens, Payk. Abundant under rejecta- 
menta on the shores of the Mersey and Dee. 
Amsodactylus binotatus, F. ‘Wallasey Pool, under 
stones” (C.S.G.). Mr. Smedley took specimens flying in 
the sunshine at Hightown, near the mouth of the Alt. July. 
HYDRADEPHAGA. 
HALIPLIDZ. 
Haliplus obliquus, F. Local, but common where it does 
occur, as in the Fender, Bidston Marsh; and in pits at 
the north end of the town (F. K.). 
Haliplus confinis, Steph. I took a specimen, some years 
ago, in a clay-pit behind Wavertree Park, and Mr. Kinder 
took it freely with the preceding species. 
