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 INSECTS CARABiDiE {continued) Stenolophus vespertinus, Panz. Southport district Acupalpus dorsalis, F. One specimen re- corded from Crosby shore — meridianus, L. Occasional ; Chat and Carrington Mosses Bradjrcellus cognatus, Gyll. verbasci, Duft. — similis, Dej — distinctis, Dej. — harpalinus, Dej — coUaris, Payk, Common on j- the moors J and mosses "j Not uncommon in J damp places Also probably occurs in the north, as it is taken on the West- morland mountains Harpalus. Of this genus, besides the universally common species, the fol- lowing-have been noted : — — rupicola, Sturm. Hightown — latus, L. Manchester, Southport, etc. — neglectus, Dej. Birkdale sandhills, not common — tardus, Panz. Southport, scarce — anxius, Duft. Common on coast sand- hills Dichirotrichus pubescens, Payk. Common on the shore Anisodactylus binotatus, F. Hightown, Chat and Hoole Mosses, Birkdale, Bolton Stomis pumicatus, Panz. Occasional on the mosses, but not common Pterostichus. Besides the quite common species — — cupreus, L. Crosby, Lostock, Withington, etc. — versicolor, Sturm. Hoole and Lostock Mosses, Southport district — picimanus, Duft. One specimen, mar- gin of pond, Rainhill — aethiops, Panz. Moors near Stoneyhurst — minor, Gyll. Southport district — vernalis, Gyll. Northenden, Birkdale Amara fiilva, De G. Mersey shore, Crosby, Birkdale, etc. — apriciaria, Payk. JVithington, Kearsley, and Kersal Moors, Southport — consularis, Duft. Banks of Douglas near Preston — aulica, Panz. Generally distributed — rufocincta, Dej. Lydiate near Liver- pool, Crosby — livida, F. Crosby, Birkdale — ovata, F. Southport and Bolton districts — similata, Gyll. Southport, not common — tibialis, Payk. Generally common on the sandhills — lunicollis, Schiod. Generally distri- buted, but not common — trivialis, Gyll. Abundant everyw^here CarabidjE {continued) Amara familiaris, Duft. Abundant every- where — lucida, Duft. Not rare on the sand- hills — plebeia, Gyll. Southport district, Lan- caster ; scarce Calathus. All our species except C. fuscus, F., and C. micropterus, Duft., have been recorded as common, and C. micropterus almost certainly occurs on the high moors of the north and north-east Taphria nivalis, Panz. TVest Derby, Kearsley Moor, Southport Pristonychus terricola, Herbst. Occurs generally in cellars and outhouses, and occasionally in the open, through- out the county Lemosthenus complanatus, Dej. One specimen taken in warehouse in Liverpool. This species has only re- cently been added to the British list, but doubtless occurs frequently, and is probably mixed with the previous species in most collections Sphodrus leucopthalamus, L. In cellars ; seems to live in drains, and is but rarely seen, but occurs in most large towns of the county Anchomcnus dorsalis, Mull. Abundant — albipes, F. „ — marginatus, L. „ — parumpunctatus, F. „ — fuliginosus, Panz. „ — angusticollis, F. Generally distributed under loose bark and in damp places — ericeti, Panz. Simonswood, Chat Moss — viduus, Panz. Southport, occasional var. masstus, Leuft. „ „ — gracilis, Gyll. Hightown, Rivington, near Manchester — puellus, Deg. Almost certainly occurs among reeds, although it has not been recorded, and is difficult to dis- tinguish from A. fuliginosus Olisthopus rotundatus, Payk. Frequent on the high moors among heather Tachys parvulus, Deg. The first British specimen of this insect was taken in September 1884 by Mr. J. H. Smedley of Liverpool on the Wal- lasey sandhills. This locality is of course not within the county, but it is probable that the insect may also occur on the sandhills to the north of the Mersey estuary. The dis- covery of the species since that date near Plymouth and in the New Forest rather discredits the suggestion, 13 15