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and some species taken at Dingle itself, or on our way to and from Ventry 

 Tinea fuscipunctella, Otiorhynchus monticola, Ste., Cionus scrophularise ; Drapetis 

 lunata, not rare under stones, on a rushy bank, at the entrance to the Causeway 

 leading to Burnham, before the dew was off the grass, for in the afternoon it was 

 scarcely to be found. Near the summit of the pass at Conner Hill (about 1,000 feet 

 elevation) occurred Leistus spinilabris, Pterostiohus melanarius, nigrita, Harpalus 

 fulvipes, Olisthopus rotundatus, Patrobus excavatus, Trechus aquaticus, Quedius 

 variabilis, &c. ; Tipula excisa, Sch., Diamesa ammon, Wlk., waltlii, Bibio pomonae, 

 Leptis scolopacea, Tachypeza nervosa, Dolichopus atripes, Porphyrops cirripes, 

 &c. 



As an appendix to what I have now detailed, I think it right to add some 

 species found after Mr. Haliday and I had parted company, and while we were 

 each yet within the limits of the county Kerry. An endeavour on my part to find 

 Pelophila borealis at Killarney, in the locality indicated by Mr. Furlong namely, 

 under stones, on the margin of the Lower Lake, close to the Lake Hotel pro- 

 duced a few specimens of Argutor erythropus, Anchomenus albipes, kevis, 

 Agabus bipustulatus, and Orectochilus villosus. 



Mr. Haliday has furnished the following notes of proceedings along the southern 

 shore of Dingle Bay, &c. : 



A. H. H. crossed in a small boat from Ventry to Coolnanna Creek, near Cahir- 

 civeen ; the favour of the wind quickly failing, and the current setting fast down 

 the bay, caused a rather tedious pull across, under a heavy drizzle, which nearly 

 hid the coasts. This left time only for a walk to Valentia ferry about sunset; the 

 evening wet and blustery ; neither time nor tide favouring entomological researches. 

 The only beetle seen on the shore was Anchomenus lavis. The shingle swarmed 

 with the usual Diptera, Coelopa, Orygma, Halithea, Limosina. On some tufts of 

 sea-pink, yet spared by the fretting tide, a few Aphrosylus ferox ; and among the 

 wet gravel a single specimen of Clunio marinus* was observed, which, however, 

 eluded capture in its slippery habitat. The only locality where this species had 

 been found previously having been since cut off and altered by a railway embank- 

 ment, its occurrence in another and very remote part of the coast, was not without 

 interest. Proceeding next morning to Rossbegh, a few days were spent in renew- 

 ing acquaintance with the varied and lovely scenery around that sequestered spot. 

 Some entomological notes were made, though several species found on a former 

 visit, at a later season of the year, were missed on this occasion. On the shore 

 at Carragh Creek, Cillenus lateralis occurred the first recorded instance of its 

 western range in this island ; Diglossa mersa and larva, Cercyon littorale and 

 depressum.f Diptera were numerous ; Campsicnemus loripes in profusion ; 

 C. alpinus occurred on the wet rocks, with Hydrophorus nebulosus ; Porphyrops 

 cirripes along with pulicarius, Aphrosylus ferox, Coelopa sciomyzina, Medeterus 

 jaculus, truncorum, muralis, Glenanthe ripicola.f In the bed of little runlets of 

 the ebbing tide, Scatella asstuans in myriads, rising with an audible buzz ; with 

 these, in smaller numbers, Canace nasica* and Anthophilina gracilis. Nanodes 

 lythri was in abundance on Lythrum, and Haltica lutescens on Labiate. At the 

 mouth of Glanbegh river, Bembidium tibiale; Sericostoma collare, rather common 

 among the bushes ; and Hilara flavipes in clouds over the stream. Rossbegh. sands 

 produced Tetanops myopina fl), Chersodromia incana; Anthrocera tilipendulae, 

 Leucania impura, Agrotis tritici (in several instances dead, adhering to the heads 

 of the sea-reed), A. fumosa, Gelechia marmorea, with its parasite Bracon marmo- 

 reus, n. sp. (of the same division as B. stabilis, Wsm.) ; Colletes fodiens, 

 Crabro dimidiatus; Onthophagus fracticornis, and nuchicornis, Saprinus asneus, 

 nitidulus, with other coprophagous beetles, especially Cercyones and Aphodii, 

 among which the small yellowish var. of A. fimetarius, which is proper 

 to the downs, merdarius and sordidus; Dromius foveolus, and Corticaria 



cylindrica, Mnhm. (?), at the roots of the sea-reed ; Apion (?) on the 



stems. At the extreme point of the sands, connected by an isthmus of gravel, 

 overflowed by the tide, the hollows are deeper, and the reeds more luxu- 

 riant, intermixed with Serratula arvensis, Pteris aquilina, and tangled, in parts, 



* Figured. t Described and figured. 



