96 The Irish Naturalist. 



In spite, however, of these drawbacks, I obtained a goodly 

 number of Lepidoptera, among them some *' micros," most of 

 which I picked up on a patch of meadow on the verge of the 

 cliflf. 



The total number of insects collected amounted to 353 

 species, exclusive of some unidentified Diptera, &c. They 



comprise — 



Coleoptera, 220 species ; new to district, 126 species. 



Hemiptera, 22 „ „ 14 „ 



Hymenoptera, 4 „ „ 2 „ 



Lepidoptera, 87 „ „ 60 „ 



Neuroptera, 18 „ „ 13 „ 



Orthoptera, 2 ,, 



I am indebted to Dr. D. Sharp, Mr. C. G. Barrett, Mr. K. 

 Saunders, and Mr. J. Edwards for kind assistance in identifying 

 insects with which I was not acquainted. 



I subjoin a detailed list, with notes, of those insects which 

 are now recorded from the district for the first time. It will 

 be seen that several are new to Ireland. 



COLEOPTERA. 

 Carabldds. 



Nebi*Ia brevlcollls, F.— Coolmore. 



Pelophila boreal !s, Payk. — Coolmore, washed up on the beach. 



Loriccra pilicornis, F. — Coolmore. 



Clivina fossor, L. — Bruckless. 



Dyschirius impunctipennlSp Daws. — Coolmore, on the sandy 

 beach in company with D. politus. It does not appear to have been 

 previously recorded from Ireland, and is local in England and Scotland. 



Bradycellus verbasci, Duft. — Coolmore. 



Harpalus aeneus, F, — Coolmore, not at all as plentiful as on the 

 east coast. 



H. latus, L. — Coolmore. 



Ptcrostlchus versicolor, Sturm. — Coolmore, numbers washed up 

 on beach. 



Pt. vernalls, Gyll.— Coolmore, Bruckless. 



Amara plebela, Gyll. — Coolmore. 



Bembidium lam pros, Herbst.— Bruckless, Coxtown. 



B. aeneum, Germ. — Coolmore. 



Hallplldae. 

 Hallplus obllquus, F. \ 



H. fulvus, F. f J ^j^g j^^gj. ^^ Mervagh. 



H. fluvlatllls, Aube. j ^^ 



H. lineatocollis, Marsh. ) 



Dytiscidae. 



Coelatnbus inaequalls, F.— Coolmore. I was unable to find either 

 C. ix-lineatus or C vnpressopundatus in the locality in which they abounded 

 last year, probably owing to the difference of the two seasons. 



Agabus paludosus, F. — Coolmore, Templenew. 



A. unguicularls, Thorns. 



Ilybius fuliglnosus, F. [ Coolmore. 



Rhantus blstriatus, Berg. 



Dytiscus punctulatus, F. 



