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 COLEOPTERA. 



BY J. N. HAI^BKRT. 



The facilities offered on the recent Field Club trip for visiting promis- 

 ing and in most cases unworked districts were so exceptional, that I 

 gladly availed myself of the opportunity to collect on that occasion. 

 The results prove to be very satisfactory considering the time of the 

 year (not the best for beetles), and the difficulty of making the most of 

 a few hours when in a strange locality. In the spring of 1880 Mr. J. J. Walker, 

 R.N., made some valuable captures in the neighbourhood of Gal way, 

 and with this exception I cannot find that the district has been examined 

 by any coleopterist. This factwill excuse theinclusion of so many 

 common species in the following list, and it must be remembered, that 

 it is more satisfactory to have the records of such when a general list 

 comes to be compiled than the conjecture that ih.Qy probably occur there 

 as elsewhere in Ireland. 



Of the species collected at least four are new records for Ireland, and 

 some others are rare or of interest in their distribution. I must 

 acknowledge my indebtedness to those members who so kindly 

 assisted me in collecting,and may mention that Mr. G. H. 

 Carpenter was not so deeply engrossed over spider-hunting as to allow 

 the rare Leisttis montanus to escape when working Ben Lettery. Mr. 

 Frank Neale also became a coleopterist specially for the occasion, and 

 by his exertions considerably extended the list. 



Clclndela campestrls, h- — Recess, and locally common. 



Carabus catenulatus, Scop. — A few examples at inland localities. 



C. clathratus, L. — Slopes of Carn Seefin; no living specimens were 

 found, but numerous wing cases proved its existence. A northern 

 species which occurs throughout Scotland, and is widely distributed in 

 Ireland. 



C. granulatus, L. ) 



Notlophllus biguttatus, F. J Frequent. 

 N. aquatlcus, L. ) 



Leistus montanus, Steph. — Top of Ben Lettery. This northern and 

 mountain species is new to the Co. Galway, but has been recorded from 

 Croagh Patrick and Mangerton, and ther€ is an example in Mr. Haliday's 

 collection from I^ugnaquilla, it probably occurs on most of our high 

 mountains. 



Nebria brcvlcoIIIs, F.— Common. 



Pelophlla borealls, Payk.— Shore of Lough Corrib near Oughter- 

 ard. One of our most interesting beetles, an inhabitant of high conti- 

 nental latitudes, its British distribution being the Orkney Islands and 

 Ireland, where it occurs as far south as Killarney. It is perhaps the most 

 remarkable instance of the southern extension in Ireland of a character- 

 istically arctic animal. 



Elaphrus cuprcus, Daft. ) 



Lorlccra plllcornls, F. [ Lake shores, common. 



Cllvlna fossor, L. ) 



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