NEUR0PTER0US FAUNA OF IRELAND. 



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A Comparative Summary op the Genera and Species of 

 Neuroptera recorded as occurring in Ireland, Great 

 Britain, and Belgium. 



In compiling the foregoing list, 1 have availed 

 myself of any records published in works of refer- 

 ence, magazines, &c, so far as I have been able to 

 discover the existence of such information. 



In conclusion, I would appeal to the generous 

 forbearance of brother workers, in view of the many 

 imperfections which I am conscious have arisen from 

 the incompleteness of the information at my com- 

 mand ; and I would ask them to remember that this 

 list, so far from being in any sense intended as an 

 exhaustive catalogue of the Irish Neuroptera, is 

 designed rather as a first attempt to supply an 

 outline of the local distribution of an order of insects 

 which, in Ireland at least, has hitherto been almost 

 entirely neglected. If it should awaken fresh interest 

 in the Neuroptera, and stimulate further investigation 

 by affording a basis from which much more extended 

 work may yet be accomplished, the objects designed 

 by its publication will have been fully attained. 



As most of the foregoing information has been 

 derived from individual work in the various localities 

 mentioned, I should be very glad to have an oppor- 

 tunity of examining specimens which may be collected 



