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 INSECTS LiMEXYLONiD^ {continued) suppose that both species may have been imported to that locality in timber Ptinid^ Niptus hololeucus, Fald. Generally distri- buted — crenatus, F. Near Manchester Trigonogenius globulum. This species has been recently introduced to the British list by Mr. Tomlin on speci- mens occurring in a granary at Old- ham Anobiid^ Anobium domesticum,Fourc. Generally — paniceum, L. J distributed Ptilinus pectinicornis, L. Southport, Stock- ton Heath, Warrington Dorcatomachrysomelina, Sturm. ) In rotten Anitys rubens, HoiF. J oak, Traffbrd Park, Manchester ClSSID^ Cis boleti, Scop. Is the only member of the genus at all abundant, but the following have also been recorded : — — villosulus. Marsh. Childwall near Liverpool — bidentatus, Ol. Bolton — festivus, Panz. Near Manchester — vestitus, Mell. „ „ Octotemnus glabriculus, Gyll. Generally distributed LONGICORNIA Cerambycid^ Aromia moschata, L. Not uncommon on willows about Southport and near Warrington Clytus arietis, L. Generally distributed but not common Rhagium inquisitor, F. Not uncommon — bifasciatum, F. „ „ Strangalia armata, Herbst. Frequent Grammoptera ruficornis, F. Common Lamiid^ Acanthocinus asdilis, L. Has often been taken in South Lancashire ; probably imported from Scandinavia in pit props Leiopus nebulosus, L. Not uncommon in oak woods Saperda scalaris, L. Formerly taken in some abundance by the old collectors in the ' doughs ' round Manchester Stenostola ferrea, Schrank. Manchester dis- trict Owing to the presence in South Lan- cashire of large quantities of foreign timber, principally pine and larch im- ported in the bark, and used extensively LAMUDiE {continued) in the colliery districts for pit props — the occurrence of many rare British and European wood feeding Coleop- tera is not unusual. Such records are of course difficult to dissociate from those of the indigenous fauna, and the possibility of such involun- tary immigrants becoming tempor- arily established in the natural timber of the district adds to the ambiguity of many of these recorded occurrences PHYTOPHAGA BRUCHIDi^: Bruchus pisi, L. ] — rufimanus. Boh. > — villosus, F. J EuPODA Donacia crassipes, F rington — versicolorea, Brahm. Bolton, Southport, Clifton near Manchester sparganii, Ahr. Bolton Canal at Clifton Have all occurred in warehouses Windermere, War- dentipes, F. limbata, Panz. ] bicolora, Zsch.J obscura, Gyll. Recorded from Manchester Recorded by Chappell from ' Castle Mill,' Bollin Valley — simplex, F. Bolton, Clifton — vulgaris, Zsch. Ince Blundell and near Manchester — sericea, L. Generally distributed Zeugophora subspinosa, F. Ormskirk, on white poplar Lema lichenis, Vcet. Generally distributed — melanopa, L. „ „ Camptosomata Cryptocephalus labiatus, L. Common on birch on all the mosses — fulvus, Goez. Generally distributed — biguttatus, Scop. Recorded by Chappell from Chat Moss, August 1865 {E.M.M. ii. 85). Other species probably occur in the county, but they do not appear to have been re- corded. Cyclica Chrysomela staphylea, L. Generally com- — polita J mon — orichalcea, Mull. . "1 Recorded from var. hobsoni, Steph. j near Manchester Timarcha tenebricosa, F. Bolton Phytodecta olivacea, Forst, and its varieties not uncommon on broom Gastroidea. Both our species occur not uncommonly Phasdon tumidulus. Germ."! ^ „ ,. T Generally dis- tributed armoraciae, cochleariae, F. 123