1909. ^9 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES DURING 1908. 



BY KKV. \V. F. JOHNSON, M.A., V.H-S. 



My earliest note for 1908 is on Februar\' 3rd, when I took a 

 specimen of the early moth Hibe^iiia mpicapraiia, Schiff., in 

 my house. In a storm at the end of the month a large branch 

 was blown off a fine Phucs sylvestris which stands in front 

 of the house ; under the bark I took Dromms qtiadriyiotahis, 

 Panz., with some commoner things, I took no insects of any 

 interest till May, when I captured Hister carbonan^cs^ 111., on 

 the road between i\cton and Poyntzpass. 



I spent the month of June at Coolmore, Co. Donegal, but 

 not with the success from an entomological point of view that 

 I had looked forward to when going there. The earl}' part of 

 the month was cold and damp with a consequent lack of insect 

 life, and when it did become warm and fine m}' time was 

 drawing to a close. I did not see a single Dyschirius, though 

 on former visits I had met with three species. Carabidse, in 

 fact, were not very plentiful, and the only capture among 

 them that needs mention is Amara apiicaria, Pa^^k. The onl}' 

 w^ater-beetle that I met with was a single specimen of Hydro- 

 poms iiigrita, F. I had no opportunity^, however, of working 

 at them. Staphylinidse were fairly numerous. I took several 

 species of Bledii, among them being B. pallipes, Grav., B. 

 lo7igtilics^ Er., and B. erraticus. Er. ; this last was in fair 

 numbers on the golf links. I was fortunate enough to turn 

 up a couple of examples of Xantholimcs cribripennis, Fauvel. 

 I was very pleased to meet with it again. I also took Creo- 

 pliiius viaxillosus^'ax. ciliaris, Steph., Philoiithtis venialis, Grav., 

 and Ste7ius a-assus^ Steph. A dead gull supplied me with a 

 number of Choleva ch?ysomeloides, Panz., a single specimen of 

 A^iisotoma diibia, Kug., for the determination of which I am 

 indebted to the kindness of Mr. G. C Champion, F.Z.S., 

 Saprbuis nitidiiliis^ Payk., and S. csne7is, F. 



As soon as the fine weather came in swarms of Phyllopertha 

 horticola, L., appeared on the sandhills, attracting numbers of 

 gulls. Other captures of coleoptera comprised Afeligethes 

 viduatns, Sturm., Eniamis inhniiiisi^ L., Limnius tubcrailatus^ 

 Miill., Aphodins scybala?'ms, F., A. pimcfato-sulcatiis, Sturm., 

 Coryinbites tesselatus^ F., C. querais, V. ocJuvptcrus^ Steph., 



