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Pterostichus melanarius, nigrita, Anchomenus Isevis, albipes, Synuchus vivalis, 

 Calnthus mollis, Ocypus olens, Staphylinus maxillosus, Quedius molochinus, 

 Philonthus fucicola, umbratilis (?), Aleocharaobscurella, Horaalotasocialis, Tachy- 

 porns chrysomelinus, Stenus speculator, Aploderus caelatus, Silpha atrata, var. 

 subrotundata, opaca, Cercyon melanocephalum, Simplocaria scmistriata, Serica 

 brunnca, Adrastus limbatus, Otiorrhynchus monticola, rufifrons, Haltica tabida, 

 Sphajroderma testacea; Mellinus arvensis, Odynerus parietum ; Pieris brassicse; 

 Pachyrrhina histrio, Scatopse bifilata,W/A., Leptis lineola, Empis stercorea, Tachy- 

 dromia arrogans, Platypalpus flavipes, Coelopa frigida, Actora cestuum, Halithea 

 fucorum, maritima, Orygraa luctuosa, Sepsis cynipsea, Piophila atrata, Psilomyia 

 bicolor (on Tanacetum vulgare), &c. 



Among these are included two or tbree species (Bradycellus pubescens, &c.) 

 found on Beginnish, a smaller island, tenanted by sheep only. 



The following day was fixed for ascending Mount Brandon (3,130 feet in height), 

 which, according to the last survey, is the second highest mountain in Ireland, 

 yielding only to the two summits of the Reeks, Carrantuohil and Cahir. At first 

 we seemed to have obtained an auspicious morning, for it was the first on which we 

 had seen the summit clear of mist, and the sun shone pleasantly as we went up ; 

 but mountain mists are proverbially unworthy of trust, and when we had almost 

 reached the summit, at a little past noon, one of them came on, and, gradually 

 thickening into a dense rain, compelled us to descend far more speedily than was at 

 all agreeable, with but scanty trophies of our attempt. Leistus montanus, Cala- 

 thus nubigena, Arpedium brachypterum, were looked for without success on the 

 summit. Only the following were noted as occurring so high up : Cychrus ros- 

 tratus, Carabus catenulatus, Nebria nivalis (abundantly, the red-legged variety 

 scarce), Patrobus excavatus, Trechus aquaticus, Othius 6 punctatus, Xantholinus 

 punctulatus, Quedius variabilis (?), Falagria obscura, Lesteva bicolor (var. collina, 

 with short wings and elytra), Catops montivagus (?). On the ascent, Carabus 

 granulatus, Notiophilus aquaticus (the usual dark variety of the hills), Aphodius 

 rufipes (abundant), Ceutorhynchus ericae, Thrips ericae, Ulopa ericas, Tipula 

 excisa, Sch., Porphyrops cirripes, Dolichopus atripes, Campsicnemus curvipes, &c. 

 Our last day was devoted more entirely to collecting than any o the previous 

 had been ; other objects of interest connected with the people of the district hav- 

 ing divided our attention with its fauna. Starting by the Ventry road we crossed 

 the mountains to Smerwick Bay, and commencing near the rocky extremity where 

 stood an ancient Spanish castle, Fort de L'Or, we searched, for some time, along 

 the edge of the sea, where the Ogham stones lately stood, and then turning inland, 

 across the extensive sands of Gallerus, ended our investigations by the banks of a 

 rivulet which winds its way through them for a considerable distance. The list 

 beneath will show that, with the exception, perhaps, of the small spot explored on 

 the Great Blasquet, Smerwick formed decidedly the best place for collecting 

 that it was our lot to find. On the rocks left bare by the ebbing tide, among 

 multitudes of the ordinary Diptera occurring in such situations, a new species of 

 Aphrosylus* was found, along with A. ferox ; Geranomyia unicolor on the face 

 of the cliffs ; Canace nasica, Gelochia marmorea, abundant among the tufts of sea- 

 reed 5 the larva of G. atrclla on Anthyllis vulneraria | Sitones tibiellus on the same 5 

 the pupa of Agrotis fumosa in the sand ; also, Depressaria badiella (not hitherto 

 recorded as Irish), liturella, with Ephippiphora brunnicliiana. At Gallerus sands, 

 Carabus clathratus (dead, far out towards the sea), Cercyon melanocephalum, 

 haemorrhoidale, Aegialia globosa, Phylloperthahorticola(var. suturalis), Aphodius 

 fimetarius (var. autumnalis), Cytilus varius, Philopedon geminatus, Otiorrhynchus 

 atroapterus. In the streamlet, Gyrinus marinus, Orectochilus villosus, Hydroporus 

 depressus, reticulatus, &c., Ploa minutissima; on its banks, Elaphrus riparius, 

 cupreus, Anchomenus marginatus, albipes, Harpalus fulvipes, Pterostichus nigrita, 

 Hydrocampa nymphaealis, potamogalis, and Harpalyce chenopodiaria, Bembidium 

 littorale, Adrastus limbatus, Omalium rivulare, Staphylinus pubescens, Quedius 

 fuliginosus, Xantholinus punctulatus, Aleocharalanuginosa. 



To the above must be added the produce of a morning's walk to Conner Hill, 



A. celtiber, described and figured in this number. 



