INSECTS MlCROPEPLiD^ {continued) Micropeplus margaritae, Duv. Generally distributed — tesserula, Curt. One specimen re- ported from Grange, 1863, by R. S. Edleston [E.M.M. i. 259) NiTIDULIDiB Brachypterus gravidus, 111. On Linaria vul- garis, Southport — pubescens, Er. Generally abundant — urticae, Kug. „ „ Carpophilus hemipterus, L. In a Liverpool warehouse ; perhaps imported — mutilatus, Er. This species owes its position on the British list to Mr. T. Ray Hardy of Manchester, who re- corded it from Manchester (Fowler's Coleoptera, iii. 224), and it has not been since taken by any one in this country Cercus. All our three species have been recorded Epurea decemguttata, F.' — diffusa, Bris. — melina, Er. — oblonga, Herbst. — florea, Er. — parvula, Sturm. — angustula, Er. Nitidula bipustula, L. recorded, and that is not uncommon Soronia grisea, L. Trafford Park near Manchester, Southport — punctatissima, 111. Southport Omosita colon, L. Generally common — discoidea, F. „ „ Meligethes. Besides the generally com- mon species the following have been recorded by Chappell : — — symphyti, Heer. Bowden — ovatus, Sturm. [All recorded from the Manchester district by the old collectors Is the only species "lOn J 01 viduatus, Sturm, flavipes, Sturm, memnonius, Er. By Ellis :— brunnicornis, Sturm, flowers of Gali- opsis. Chat Moss On broom, Lancaster Chat Moss ' Occasional ' — lugubris, Sturm. * Two on Mentha, Hightown ' — viridescens, F. Southport Rhizophagus depressus, F. Chat Moss — cribratus, Gyll. Manchester — parellelocollis, Er. Southport — perforatus, Er. Liverpool — dispar, Gyll. Generally distributed — bipustulatus, F. „ „ — politus, Hellw, Manchester district — coeruleipennis, Sahl. One specimen taken from a decayed log at the Crosby sandhills ' many years ago ' by Mr. Kidson Taylor of Manchester Trogositidj^ Tenebrioides mauritanica, L. Under matting on the shore, and in shops and warehouses MoNOTOMIDjE Monotoma picipes, Herbst. Generally common Southport >5 Not infrequent in haystack debris generally — quadricollis, Aub6, — rufa. Red. — longicollis, Gyll. LATHRIDIIDiE Of the genera Lathridius, Coninomus and Enicmus only the quite common species have been recorded Cartodere ruficollis. Marsh. Abundant in haystack refuse at Birkdale Corticiariapubescens," Gyll. — crenulata, Gyll. — denticulata, Gyll — elongata, Gyll. Melanophthalma gibosa, Herbst. Abundant everywhere — fuscula, Man. Abundant everywhere CuCUJIDiE Silvanus surinamensis, L. Common in grain warehouses — bidentatus, Steph. Near Manchester Lemophlceus ferrugineus, Steph. In grain warehouses — pusillus, Schon. In grain warehouses Byturid^ Byturus tomentosus, F. Common through- out the district Crvptophagid^ Telmatophilus caricis, Ol. Generally com- mon Antherophagus nigricornis, F. Southport, not common — silaceus, Herbst. Southport, not common — pallens, Gyll. Ringley Wood, Man- chester Cryptophagus pubescens, Sturm. Generally distributed — lycoperdi, Herbst. Generally distributed — setulosus, Sturm. „ „ — saginatus, Sturm. „ „ — scanicus, L. — cellaris. Scop. — acutangulus, Gyll. — distinguendus, Sturm. — bicolor, Sturm. — punctipennis, Bris. — umbratus, Er. — ruficornis, Steph. Rare ; has been re- corded by Chappell and recently taken by Mr. Kidson Taylor in fungus on Chat Moss Micrambe vini, Panz. Generally distri- buted » » Southport » » 117
