NEUROPTEROUS FAUNA OF IRELAND. 259 



XXV. 



A CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS A 

 NEUROPTEROUS FAUNA OF IRELAND. 



BY JAMES J. F. X. KING. 



[Read 24th April, 1SSS.] 



The following Catalogue of the Neuroptera of 

 Ireland is brought forward as a contribution to 

 the Fauna of the country, and must necessarily 

 be very incomplete on account of the scarcity of 

 workers and the consequent paucity of records of 

 the occurrence of the species. Indeed, it may be 

 said that only within the last few years has any 

 attempt been made to collect these insects system- 

 atically ; but during this short period at least four 

 species of Trichoptera have been taken which have 

 not yet occurred in Great Britain — a result which 

 seems to warrant the belief that much work in this 

 direction has yet to be done in Ireland, and that 

 many such interesting discoveries remain to reward 

 the entomologist who may direct his attention to 

 the investigation of this department of its Insect 

 Fauna. 



With the view of making the Catalogue more 

 useful for future workers, I have adopted the fol- 

 lowing arrangement of the various known localities 

 under the four provinces in which they are situated, 



viz. : 



(C) 



Conn aught. 



County Mayo. 



Brocka, Cushinsheen, Carrowbeg, Bleachyard, Cogaula, 



Croft, Aille, Kip, Knappabeg, Doogan, Mount Brown, 



Knappagh, Prospect, Broad, Ballin, Small and Doo Laoghs. 



Cushinsheen, Carrowbeg and Newport Rivers. 



Localities all near Westport and Newport. 



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