insects Collected at the SeagtUl Bog, Ttdlavwre. 173 



COLEOPTERA, 



Cicindela campestr'ls,Iv.— Common on the drier parts of the heath 

 near Clonad Wood. 



Hydroporus Cyllenhali, Schiod.) 



H. obscurus, Sturm. ^ ^^^zxx\\ Bog, common in the 



\ pools. 

 H. pubescens, G3II. ' 



Tachyporus obtusus, var. nitidlcollis, vSteph.— Clonad Wood, 

 common. 



Proteinus ovalis, Steph. \ 



Atomaria- fuscipes, Gyll j Seagull Bog, all fairly common. 



Epistetnus gyrinoides, Marsh. ^ 



Rhizophag-us depressus, F. — Clonad Wood, common under bark 

 of decayed fir. 



Microcara llvida, F. ) o n t> t. ^i, 



Cyphon padi, L. I ^^^^-'^^^ ^°-! ^^^^ common. 



Tclephorus lituratus, Fall. — Seagull Bog, common. This insect 

 seems to have been overlooked b}^ the early collectors. As in the case of 

 E. pomoruni^ Mr. Johnson has taken a specimen on Churchill Bog, Co, 

 Armagh. 



Elater pomorum, Herbst. — Three examples of this very local 

 species were swept off a birch tree. It is usually taken under bark, and 

 in decayed branches. 



Coryinbitcs quercus, Gyll. — Seagull Bog; the variety ochropterus, 

 Steph., occurred, but not so commonly as the type. 



Donacia discolor, Pan/.. — Seagull Bog, common. 



Lochmsea sutu rails, Thorns. — Perhaps the commonest beetle in 

 the Bog. 



CaleruceHa nyinphaeae, L.— Seagull Bog, sweeping herbage. 



C. lineola, V, — vSeagull Bog, common on willow. 



Aptcropcda globosa, Tel.— Seagull Bog, several by sweeping. 



Crepidodcra helxines, L. — Seagull Bog, common on willow. 



Anaspis frontalis, L. — Clonad Wood, common. 



Polydrusus tcrcticollis, De G.) Clonad Wood, common oil 



P. ptergomalls, Boh. j hazel, etc. 



P. cervinus, L. — Seagull Bog, common on birch, ash, etc. 



Phyllobius calcaratus, F. y Clonad Wood, common on various 

 P. pyri, L. S trees. 



Anoplus plantaris, Naez. 

 Coeliodes ri 



Ccuthorrhynchus ericae, Gyll.— Seagull Bog, abundant on 

 heath. 



Li mnobar is T-al bum, L.— Seagull Bog, sweeping herbage in dry 

 drain. 



[antaris, Naez. \ g^^^ j^^g common on birch. 



ubicundus, Herbst. j ^ ^' 



Hylastes palliatus, Gyll.— Clonad Wood, in decayed fir stump. 



HEIYIIPTERA. 



Nabis6rlcctorum,Schoetz.--vSeagUll Bog, off heath. Not previously 

 recorded from Ireland. 



