70 The Irish Naturalist, March, 



Chrysomcla Banksi, F., Longitarsus ater^ F., Liophkvus nubilus, 

 F., Hylobius abictis^ L- 



On June 28th my friend Mr. W. A. Hamilton drove me 

 over to St. Ernans, which is about a mile from Donegal and is 

 practically an island. Here we took Lepidoptera — Lomaspilis 

 marghiata and Cabera pusaria ; Coleoptera — Scaphisoma boleii, 

 Panz., Anaspis riificollis, F., A. viaailata, Fourc, Phyllobius 

 oblongJiSi Irv Dorytoinus viaailatiis, Marsh., and Balaninus 

 pyr7iioce?'as, Marsh. ; Hemiptera, Lyons pratensis, F., var. 

 campestris. F., L. cervimis, H. S., Cixiiis pilosus, 01., Phileiius 

 spumarius L-? P- pjretista, F., and P. popiili, F. 



I went to Carlingford with the Belfast Field Naturalists' 

 Club on August 8th, but with poor results. A boggy pool on 

 the mountain yielded only Hydivponis tristis, Paj^k., and H. 

 obsairus, Sturm., and a few Coremia didvmata and Crambus 

 cuhucllics were picked up when descending. 



On Ausrust r^th Mr. F. Balfour Browne, F.Z S.. came here 

 to explore the localit}- for water-beetles. We tried the canal 

 and the adjoining drain on the Co. Armagh side first; here 

 the most interesting capture was Laccophilns interruptu^, Panz. 

 Besides this we obtained Noteriis clavicotjiis, De G., Deroiiectes 

 assimi/is, Pa^k., Ilybius at a. De G., and Scirtes heviisphceriais, L- 

 In Lough Shark and some adjoining drains on the Co. Down 

 side we took Pclophila borcalis, Paj^k., Anchomemis gracilis, 

 G)dl., Dcronectes assimilis^V^y)^.^ Hydroporus discrel2is, Fairm., 

 Sie7ius pallitarsis, Steph., and Galeruaila nymphcece, L. 



Mr. Balfour Browne being anxious to tr}- some of the 

 Armagh localities for water-beetles, we travelled there on 

 October 20th, and, taking the Loughgall road, walked out to 

 the quarries near Grange. Here we were very successful ; 

 one of Mr. Browne's first captures being Dyfisciis circumcinctiis, 

 Ahr. : another very pleasing capture was Acilins fasciatus, 

 De G.J of which he obtained several examples. In a pond by 

 the railway to Portadown was Gyjinns miiiutus^ F., the same 

 place as I first took it twenty years ago. The remarkable 

 thing is that this pond is the only place in that district where 

 it has been found. Walking on into Mullinure a number of 

 Brydmis elevatns, Panz., were met with in a stream. Other 

 captures were Haliphis obliqicns, F., H. co7ifinis, Steph., 

 Hyphydrus ovatus, L.. Hydroporus 7imbros7is, GyW., H. a7iq7istat7is, 



