A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE Carabid^ [continued] which had been made, that Mr. Smedley's specimen had been im- ported in ballast. Tachys bistriatus, Duf. Recorded from Loitock near Bolton, on daffodils Cillenus lateralis, Sam. Banks of Alt and Mersey at Aighurth Bembidium. Of this large genus the fol- lowing are abundant and widely dis- tributed : — — obtusum, Sturm. Generally common — guttula, F. „ „ — lampros, Herbst. „ — littorale, Ol. „ — biguttatum, F. l Generally but — concinnum, Steph. I sparingly distri- — minimum, F. J buted — rufescens, Gu^r. The following appear to be more local and rare : — — quinquestriatum, Gyll. IFest Derby, Southport, near Preston — clarki, Daws. In moss, Birkdale sand- hills ; rare — quadrimaculatum, L. Northenden, Cros- sens — quadriguttatum, F. IVavertree, High- town — bipunctatum, L. Banks of Alt, Birk- dale — nitidulum. Marsh. Banks of Douglas, Hoole, near Manchester — femoratum, Sturm. West Derby, Aig- burth, near Manchester — saxatile, Gyll. Shore near Garston — bruxellense, Wesm. Moors near Bol- ton — lunatum, Duft. Aighurth shore, Alt- mouth, Crossens, Withington — stomoides, Deg. Banks of Alt and Kibble — pallidipenne, 111. Abundant on the shore between Crosb and Southport — flammulatum, Clair. Banks of Alt — obliquum, Sturm. ' Clifton near Man- chester ' (T. Morley), quoted in Fow- ler's Coleoptera, i. 1 21 — paludosum, Panz. Banks of Bollin, abundant — tibiale, Duft. Clitheroe — atrocoeruleum, Steph. „ — decorum, Panz. „ Tachypus flavipes, L. Birkdale, banks of Mersey and Irwell, Bolton Perileptus areolatus, Crantz. Duddon sands (Fowler's Coleoptera, i. 124) Trechus discus, F. Banks of Alt, Liver- pool, Xorthenaen — - micros, Herbst. Banks of Mersey Hoole, Preston, Frequent on but dis- CarabiDj€ [continued) Trechus secalis, Payk. Bolton — longicornis, Sturm. First British speci- mens were taken on the Duddon sands near Broughton, Lancashire (Fowler's Coleoptera, i. 127) — minutus, F. Abundant everywhere Patrobus excavatus, Payk. Manchester district Pogonus chalceus, Marsh, the foreshore Cymindis vaporariorum, L. Undoubtedly occurs on the moors, as it has been taken both in Cheshire and Yorkshire, although it does not appear to have been noticed in Lancashire Demetrias linearis, Ol. Abundant — quadrimaculatus, L. „ — melanocephalus, Deg. „ — meridionalis, Deg. 1 Less common — quadrinotatus, Panz. Metabletus foveola, Gyll. mon Haliplid^ Brychius elevatus, Panz. ton, Bolton Haliplus flavicollis, Sturm. — ruficollis, De G. — lineatocollis, Marsh. — obliquus, F. Birkdale — confinis, Steph. „ — fiilvus, F. Hightown, Ormskirk — fluviatilis. Near Liverpool, Southport DyxisciDiB Noterus sparsus, Marsh. Southport Laccophilus interruptus, Panz. Clifton near Manchester — obscurus, Panz. Southport Hyphydrus ovatus, L. Generally abundant Coelambus versicolor, Sch. Common — inasqualis, F. „ Deronectes assimilis, Payk. l Generally dis- — depressus, F. l tributed if — duodecim-pustulatus, F.J not common Hydroporus. Besides the universally abun- dant species of this large genus the following have been recorded : — — lepidus, 01. Bolton and generally in ditches near the coast — rivalis, Gyll. Bolton — halensis, F. „ — tristis, Payk. Simonswood Moss generally tributed Generally com Near Warring- Generally abundant umbrosus, Gyll. Birkdale gyllenhalii, SchiO. Southport Near Warrington, Simonswood Moss, — morio, Deg. — memnonius. Simonswood, Bolton Nic. Birkdale — obscurus, Sturm. Probably occurs on 114
