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with the creeping Eosa spinosissima. Here Cryptophagus ulicis was common in 

 the flowers of Serratula, no furze being near ; Lycaena alexis and Camptogramma 

 bilineata flitted among the reeds ; Oxybelus uniglumis nestled in the hollows, and 

 a new Dolichopus was found.* Along the inner edge of the sands, where a flat 

 grassy margin bounds the tide, two specimens of Hydrophorus praecox appeared, 

 but not H. lacustris, of which several specimens had been found in September of 

 a former year. Khaphium maritima; was abundant, and singularly variable in 

 size. 



The next halting-place was at Milltown, near the Castlemaine river, the "slob" 

 (silt; of which, banked off from the marshy meadows that skirt it, offered very 

 tempting spots ; here a waving forest of tall reeds, among which the rising tide was 

 noiselessly stealing ; again, a reach bordered with Carices and Aster tripolium, the 

 consolidated mud outlying strewed with river waifs, with here and there a gravelly 

 bank guarding a flat patch of sward ; the embankment rank with a variety of 

 herbage, and the drains fringed with tall Umbelliferae. But the produce was not 

 proportionate to the promise. The Coleoptera were few, chiefly Homalotas, 

 Steni, and Ochthebii, O. bicolor, rufomarginatus,f on the mud among the 

 stems of the reeds, O. punctatus at the confluence of the Laune and Castlemaine 

 rivers. Coccinella 7 punctata and 13 punctata in plenty on Aster ; 

 Strophosomus retusus, Apion craccae on the herbage of the embankment. Loricera 

 ccerulescens, .., Bembidium concinnum, aeneum, obtusum, assimile, Pterostichus 

 erythropus, on the slob ; Anchomenus micans by the bed of the Laune. 

 Neither Amara convexiuscula nor Paederus riparius occurred, which were 

 taken previously by Mr. Furlong in this neighbourhood. Of Lepidoptera, 

 Harpalyce populata, Crambus culmellus, and aquilellus were the most abundant ; 

 Cerapteryx graininis, Apamea didyma, and Leucania pallens, also occurring 

 among the reeds. On the spikes of Carices, &c., a Phloeothrips was common, which 

 might have passed for P. statices, did not the paler colour of the larva, occurring 

 with it, mark specific difference. A large Arytcena (sonchi, Frst ?) was common on 

 an umbelliferous plant on the shore. Diptera were abundant, but not in great variety. 

 Chrysops relictus as frequent as the Haematopotae, Empis livida, Scatophaga 

 scybalaria, Notiphila uliginosa, Myopa ferruginea, Sericomyia borealis, Helophilus 

 pendulus, Dolichopus diadema, plumipes, nubilus, Khaphium maritimaa, flavicolla, 

 pallipes, pumilum, Porphyrops spinigerellus, pulicarius, cirripes, Chrysotus spp., a 

 Geornyza,! seemingly nondescript, among the reeds on the slob. Culex detritus was 

 abundant ; Corethra plumicornis less so. Towards the bay, Glochina stigmatica was 

 not rare on the short herbage, with Sy mplecta stictica, similis (?). Between Killorglin 

 and Glen Carragh there are a number of small lakes, with peaty and gravelly bottoms. 

 Here Gyrinus marinus and minutus were in profusion, with Hydropori of common 

 kinds ; but Gyrinus bicolor, found here by Mr. Furlong, was sought for in vain ; 

 G. natator was scarce, and G. celox not observed at all ; Corynoneura minutissima, 

 Mg., abundant along the borders. The only specimen of Carabus clathratus found 

 (living) during this excursion, was here ; Anchomenus marginatus also. 



From Rossbegh, a visit to Blackstones, reached by a short and romantic ride 

 over the hills, afforded a few hours collecting among the native woods of the valley. 

 Coleoptera were singularly scarce here ; a few Cyphones, Haltica3, and Coccinellse ; 

 little beside. Phryganidas abundant, Chimarrha marginata the most striking 

 among them. Among the gnats, Aedes cinereus occurred here first. Wiedemannia 

 bistigma was hawking about the foaming edges of the " black stones" above the 

 bridge. In an open, marshy spot, among the bushes, occurred Eriocephala 

 allionella, Encyrtus scutellaris, Dolichopus notatus, &c., and Aleuodes quercus 

 and Phibalocera quercana on the oak. The best capture of this day was a specimen 

 of Melicerta ochroleuca, Steph., on an oak, another having been taken a few weeks 

 before at Blarney, which, with one found many years since at Holywood, in a like 

 situation, and the mutilated specimen in the late Mr. Stephens's collection, upon 

 which the genus was founded, are all the examples known of its occurrence 

 hitherto. 



* Described and figured, D. prsetextus. t Figured. t G. cinculata, described and figured. 

 Described and figured in the present No. (Heptamelus ochroleucus.) 



