A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE SiLPHIDi?: [continued) Hydnobius punctatissimus, Steph. Not un- common by evening sweeping on the sandhills Necrophorus humator, F. 1 Generally com- — ruspator, Er. J mon — vespillo, L. So on the sandhills only — mortuonun, F. Scarce Necrodes littoralis, L. Shore at Aigburth, Birkdale Silpha rugosa, L. Generally common — sinuata, F. „ „ — opaca, L. Single specimens, Birkdale, Bolton — tristis, 111. Bolton — obscura, L. Blackpool — atrata, L. Crosby Choleva morio, F. ^ — nigrita, Er. I Are the commonest — tristis, Payk. | species — watsoni, Spence J — spadicea, Sturm. Recorded by Broad- bent from Drinkwater Park near Manchester — fusca, Panz. Southport — grandicollis, Er., and C. kirbyi, Spence (if these forms are really of specific value), have both been recorded — chrysomeloides,^ Panz. Generally distributed — velox, Spence J — colonoides, Kraatz. Recorded by Chappell from * near Manchester ' {E.M.M. xii. 62) — nigricans, Spence. Bolton Ptomophagus sericeus, F. Generally com- mon ScyDMvi:NID/E Eumicrus tarsatus, Mull., and Scydmaenus collaris, MqII., are the only species recorded as common — exilis, Er. Southport ; very rare PsELAPHID^ The only species of the genera Pselaphus, Tychus, Bythinus, Ry- baxis, or Bryaxis recorded is Tychus niger, Payk., from Southport, although undoubtedly many more occur within the county. The genus Euplectus has been specially studied by Dr. Chaster, who records E. signatus, Reich., E. sanguineus, Denny, E. karsteni, Reich., and E. piceus. Mots., all from the Southport district Trichopterygid^ The small size, the difficulty of set- ting, and the still greater difficulty of naming the members of this family have occasioned the general neglect of this group by collectors, and the Common Not rare on Trichopterygid.« {continued ) few records, in some cases of doubt- ful authenticity, which exist afford no criterion of the distribution of the family in Lancashire CORYLOPHID^ No records have been found Sphjerudje No records have been found Phalacrid^ Olibrus aeneus, F. Southport CoCCINELIIDi^ Hippodamia variegata, Goeze. on the sandhills Coccinella hieroglyphica, L. the mosses Halyzia 18-guttata, L. — 14-guttata, L. Myria oblongoguttata, L. Anatis ocellata, L. Scymnus frontalis, F. sandhills — suturalis, Thunb. Among fir trees — redtenbacheri, Muls. Birkdale, sandhills — nigrinus, Kug. Recorded by Kidson Taylor from ' near Manchester ' Chilocorus bipustulatus, L. Common on the sandhills Endomychid^ Mycetaea hirta. Marsh. Generally dis- tributed COLYDIID^ Orthocerus muticus, L. Sometimes com- mon on the sandhills Cerylon ferrugineum, Steph. Parbold HiSTERIDjE Hister unicolor, L. — cadaverinus, Hoff. — bissexstriatus, F. Abundant in all pine woods in the county Common on the purpurascens, Herbst. bimaculatus, L. i2-striatus, Sch. carbonari us," Also 111. All occur princip- ally on the sand- hills — succicola, Thoms. Gnathoncus nannetensis, Mars, sandhills ; rare Saprinus nitidulus, Payk. Abundant almost certainly occur more inland, as they are common in Cheshire Birkdale aeneus, F. More rarely on the coast Southport district, — quadristriatus, Hoff.) — maritimus, Steph. J Acritus minutus, Herbst. common Onthophilus striatus, F, Generally dis- tributed MlCROPEPLID^ Micropeplus porcatus, Payk. Hightown, Southport 16
