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CAPTURES OF COI.EOPTKRA IN IREIvAND DURING 



THE SPRING OF 1895. 



BY JAMES J. WAI.KKR, R.N., F.EJ.S. 



Hkr Majesty's ship '' Northampton," employed on special 

 training and recruiting service, visited several Irish ports 

 during April and May of the present year, and I lost no oppor- 

 tunity of working hard for Coleoptera whenever I was able to 

 land. I was favoured with fine weather during nearly the 

 whole of the cruise, but a hard gale of wind experienced at 

 two of the most interesting places — viz., Bangor and Bun- 

 crana, interfered somewhat with collecting, and no doubt 

 reduced the number of species which would otherwise have 

 been observed. At the suggestion of the Rev. W. F.Johnson 

 of Armagh, I forward a full list of my captures to the Irish 

 Nahiralist as a small contribution to our knowledge of the 

 Coleopterous fauna of Ireland. All the species on which I had 

 any doubt have been examined and identified by my friend, 

 Mr. G. C. Champion. 



Taken at Queenstown, Co. Cork, 27th April to 8th May, 



1895:— 



Carabus nemoralls, Mull.— Scarce. 



C. granulatus, I,.— Common under stones, &;c. 



Notlophilus bigfuttatus F. 



Nebria brevicollls, P. 



Loricera pilicornis, F. 



Cllvina fossor, L.— Common. 



Badister bipustulatus, F. — Occasional under stones. 



Acupalpus dorsalis, F.— Ivocal, by sweeping in damp places and 

 under stones, 

 A. exiguus, var. luridus, Dej.— With the preceding, scarce. 



Harpalus latus, L. — Common, under stones on dry hill-sides. 

 H. proteus, Payk.— Not common. 



Dichlrotrlchus pubesccns, Payk.— Under stones on the shore. 

 PoecIIus cuprcus, Iv, ) Occasionally found running on paths, 

 P. versicolor, Sturm. JT &c, 



Ptcrostlchus madidus, F. 



P. vulgaris, L,. 



p. nigrita, F. ) . , , 



P, strcnuus, Panz. [ Not rare, in damp places. 



P, dlllgcns, Sturm. ) 



