INSECTS OxYTELiN^ {continued) Birkdak sandhills, May 1902, by Dr, Chaster Syntomium aeneum, Mull. Near Southport Coprophilus striatulus, F. Fazacierly near Liverpool, Manchester- district Deleaster dichrous var. Leachii, Curt. Taken by Reston on the wing near the Mersey at Stretford HoMALIINjE Anthophagus testaceus, Grav. ' Southport ' {Fowler's Col. ii. 399) Geodromicus nigrita, Mull. This subalpine species is recorded by Morley from Clifton near Manchester Lesteva longelytrata, Goeze.'j Generally — sicula, Er. J common — sharpi, Rye. Probably occurs, as it is recorded from Delamere in Cheshire Acidota cruentata, Man. Near Manchester (Broadbent) Olophrum picium, Gyll. Generally com- mon Deliphrum tectum, Payk. near Manchester Lathrimaeum. Both our species occur not uncommonly Homalium rugulipenne. Rye. Very local ; common under seaweed, carrion, etc., on the shore from the Mersey to Southport — rivulare, Payk. Abundant — laeviusculum, Gyll."! Occasional on the — riparium. Thorns. J shore — allardi, Fairn. Drinkwater (Broadbent) — oxycanthae, Grav. Rudd Heath — Park excavatum, Steph. caesum, Grav. concinnum, Marsh, deplanatum, Gyll. vile, Er. rufipes, Fourc. striatum, Grav. All occur more or less frequently Anthobium minutum, F. Banks of Bollin — ophthalmicum, Payk."| Generally dis- — torquatum. Marsh. J tributed Proteininje Proteinus ovalis, Steph. Abundant — macropterus, Gyll.") Rare on the South- — brachypterus, F. J port sandhills Megarthus denticoUis, Beck. Recorded — depressus, Payk. „ — affinis, Mttll. „ Phlceobiin^ Phloeobium clypeatum, Mull. Hesketh near Southport Phlceocharin^ Pseudopsis sulcata, Newn. In garden refuse, Southport 121 LAMELLICORNIA LUCANID/E Sinodendron cylindricum, L. Childwall near Liverpool ScARABjEID^ Onthophagus fracticornis, Preys. Is the only species recorded ; coast sandhills The genus Aphodius is well represented : — Aphodius fossor, R. More or less common — hxmorrhoidalis, L. „ „ — scybalarius, F. „ „ — fcetens, F. „ „ — fimitarius, L. „ ,, — ater, De G. „ „ var. terrenus, Kirby. „ „ — granarius, L. „ „ — rufescens, F. ,, „ — nitidulus, F. „ „ — plagiatus, L. „ „ — inquinatus, F. „ ,, — conspurcatus, L. „ „ — pusillus, Herbst. „ „ merdarius, F. „ „ prodromus, Brahm. ,, „ — punctato-sulcatus, Sturm. „ „ — contaminatus, Herbst. „ „ — rufipes, L. „ „ — luridus, F. „ „ — depressus, Kug. „ „ — foetidus, F. Staleybrushes — scrofa, F. Very rare ; recorded from Southport {E.M.M. v. 44) — lapponum, Gyll. Probably occurs on the mountains of the north [ — melanosticticus, Schm. Had a place in the British list introduced hy Rye from specimens from the Manchester district. These appear however to have been merely forms of A. in- quinatus, and the species probably does not occur in Britain] Heptalaucus villosus, Gyll. Three speci- mens taken by Dr. Chaster at Birk- dale Oxyomus porcatus, F. Crosby, Southport Ammcecius brevis, Er. First taken in Britain by Mr. Haward in May 1859 at Southport, and occurs there more or less abundantly every year Psammobius sulcicoUis, 111. Didshury, Man- chester, Southport iEgialia sabuleti, Payk. Banks of Mersey, Irwell and Bollin — rufa, F. So far has only been taken in Britain on the coast sandhills, be- tween the mouths of the Dee and the Ribble. Here it occasionally appears in abundance as in June 1862, 1885, 1886 and 1902 (see Ent. Record, xiv. 243) 16
