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 INSECT A. 



(Collected for the R.I. A. Flora and Fauna Committee.) 

 COLLEMBOLA and THYSANURA. 



BY GKORGE H. CARPE;nTe:r, B.SC 



The first volume of the Trans. Ent. Sac, Lond. (1836) contains a paper 

 by Templeton on the Irish species of these lowly but most interesting 

 insects. I have, for some time, been collecting material for a revision 

 of this list, and I obtained a fair number of species around Galway. 



COLLEMBOLA, 



Smynthurus fuscus, Iv. — Oughterard. 



Tomocerus plumbeus, Iv. (Jongicomis, Mull.). — Galway; Ough- 

 terard. This species is apparently common in Ireland, though not 

 mentioned by Templeton. 



T. trldcntlferus, TuUb. (J>lumbeus, Tempi., Lubb.).— Oughterard. 



Orchesella cincta, L. — Oughterard. 



Anurlda marltlina, Guer.— Aran, at Kilronan between tide-marks. 

 Not in Templeton's list, but recorded as from Kinsale by Ivubbock, and 

 probably common all round the coast. 



THYSANURA. 



IVIachllls polypodia, L. — Everywhere, including Aranmore and 

 M'Dara's Island. According to Templeton this is a very common species 

 in Ireland, an observation which I can abundantly confirm. From 

 Lubbock's statement it seems to be quite a rarity in the south-east of 

 England. On Aranmore it occurs in myriads, every stone one overturns 

 disclosing a large colony. The insects agree closely with the stone in 

 colour and markings. 



M. marltlma, Leach. — Gentian Hill. 



Campodea staphyllnus, Westw. — Ballyvaughan. This obscure, 

 but probably common, insect was described subsequently to Templeton's 

 paper. Dr. ScharfF has taken it near Dublin. 



HYMENOPTERA, ORTHOPTERA, and 

 NEUROPTERA. 



BY GEORGE H. CARPENTER, B.SC 



The only family of Hymenoptera to which we were able to pay attention 

 were the Ants, of which the following species were taken : 



Laslus nlger, L. — Oughterard; Ballyvaughan. 



L. flavus, D.G.— Gentian Hill. 



Leptothorax accrvorum, Fb. — A small colony in a felled fir-trunk 

 in the wood above L. Corrib shore. This species has only been recorded 

 as Irish from Carlingford (Rev. W. F. Johnson). 



IVIyrnnIca rubra, L. (races ruginodis and scabrinodis)—Q\!i^\.^xQ,x^. 



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