hiseds Collected in the Fernioy and Blackwater District. 49 



common T./lavilabris, as that name is a synonym for both. 

 I find, however, that he did possess T. thoracicus, easily 

 recognised from its allies by the clear red scutellum. Three 

 species of the curious genus Cassida are represented in the 

 district, i.e., Cassida viridis, F., C. equestris, F., and C. flaveola^ 

 Thunb. Other captures were Anthobiiun ophthalmicuni, Payk., 

 Adalia obliterata, L., Halyzia xiv. -guttata, ly., Athous niger, ly., 

 PhcEdo7i ttimidulus, Germ., Lagria hirtay I^., Apion cruentatum^ 

 Walt., Ceuthorrhy7icJnis litzira, F., etc., and a single Ceuthor- 

 rynchus a?igulosus, Boh., one of our rarest British beetles ; only 

 a few specimens appear to have been taken in Britain, in the 

 Solway district and North of Kngland. Canon Fowler remarks 

 that it is probably attached to some Cruciferous plant ; my 

 specimen captured by geneial sweeping rendered it impos- 

 sible to tell off what plant it came. The insect both on 

 account of its rarity and distribution, forms an interesting 

 addition to our Irish records. 



Some good Hemiptera were taken at I^ismore, in the Black- 

 water. I noticed what looked like a minute and active water- 

 beetle darting about amongst the stones, in the shallow water 

 at edge, but which proved on capture to be the seldom-taken 

 Sigara rnimitissima, L,in. Specimens of Pentatovia prasina, I<in., 

 also occurred, and two additions to my list of Irish Hemiptera 

 in Orthotylus viridinerius, Kb., and Labops viutabilis, Fall. 



There only remain to mention two notable insects belonging 

 to the Neuroptera. Calopteryx virgo, L,., was noticed, especially 

 about the wooded portions of the bank. This is a very brilliant 

 dragon-fly of a beautiful green or blue with dusky wings, which 

 in the male are suffused with a darker metallic colour. It bears 

 a strong resemblance to the species taken at Fermoy, 

 C. spleyidens, Harr. Curiously enough, although so closely 

 allied, they apparently never inhabit the same locality. 

 When searching for ground beetles in the bed of the stream 

 above mentioned, I succeeded in taking, not however without 

 some agility on my part, the large Stone-fly Pada maxima^ 

 Scop. Although this fine insect is probably common, there 

 would seem to be a scarcity of records from Ireland, and the 

 genus Perla is unrepresented in the valuable list of Irish 

 Neuroptera published by Mr. J. J. F, X. King^ P. maxima 

 occurs in the river Dodder, Co. Dublin. 



^ Trans. Nat. His. Soc, Glasgow, vol. ii., 1888. 



