Galway Excu>sio7i,—Coleoptera. 261 



Astilbus canallculatus, F.— Common. 



Homalota volans, Scrib.— Common on lake shores, etc. 



H, vcstlta, Grav. ) Abundant under seaweed, etc., near Gentian 

 H. trinotata, Kr. \ Hill. 



Tachyporus obtusus, I^., van nitidicollis, Steph.— Locally com- 

 mon, by sweeping. 



Quedius fullgrlnosus, Grav. \ Gentian Hill, common on sea 



Q. tristis, Grav. / . shore under stones, etc. ; the var. 



Q. tnolochinus, Grav. i of molochimcs w^ith dark elytrse 



Q- ruflpes, Grav. / was fairly numerous. 



Creophilus maxlllosus, L. — Aranmore. 



Staphyllnus csesarius, Cider. — Recess, etc., frequent. 



Ocypus olens, Mull. ) ^ 



O. cupreus, Rossi. \ Common. 



O. atcr, Grav.— Abundant along shore near Gentian Hill. 



O. morlo, Grav. — Frequent; also on Aranmore, 



Phllonthus aeneus, Rossi. — Sea shore at Gentian Hill. 



P. sordidus, Grav. — Ballyvaughan, under stones on sea shore. 



P. Qulsquillarlus, Gyll. — River Corrib bank between Galway and 

 Menlough. A southern species in Britain, not recorded from north of 

 Cambridgeshire. 



Caflus fuclcola. Curt.— This local species occurred abundantly 

 under sea weed on the shore near Gentian Hill. Previously recorded 

 from Greenore. 



C. xantholoma, Grav. — Common in same situation as former. A 

 larva which appears to belong to this beetle was found at the same place. 



Xanthollnus punctulatus, Payk. — Recess, etc., common. 



X. tricolor, F. — Frequent both inland and on the coast ; also on 

 Aranmore. 



Lath rob I um longulum, Grav. — lyougli Corrib shore, near 

 Oughterard. 



Stenusbuphthalmus, Grav. ] RiverCorribbank,near Galwaj'. The 



\ latter has not been previously re- 



S. melanopus. Marsh. ) corded as Irish. 



S. declaratus, Er. — Recess, &c., sweeping. 



S. brunnlpes, Steph. ] 



S. Impressus, Germ. [Common, by sweeping. 

 S. simills, Herbst. J 



S. pubescens, Steph.— River Corrib, several off sedges. 

 S. tarsal Is, Lynn. — Recess, sweeping herbage. 



Sllpha atrata, L., var. s u b rot un data, Steph.— Common in most 

 places. 

 Cocclnella hieroglyphica, L.— Recess, sweeping amongst Heath. 



Halyzla xvl -guttata, L. \ ^^^^ Qughterard, beaten from Alder. 

 H. conglobata, L. i t> ' 



Chllocorls bipustulatus, 111.— Near Oughterard, off Birch. Does 

 not seem to have been previously recorded from Ireland. 



Rhizoblus litura, F.— Found on the shore near Ballyvaughan. The 

 occurrence of certain species (usually taken by sweeping their food plants) 

 under stones on the coast, seems to be pretty frequent in the west, 

 amongst others I have taken Gastroidca polygoni^ L. , in this way. 



Meligethes ruflpes, Gyll.— Aranmore, one specimen by sweeping. 

 Does not seem to have been previously recorded from Ireland. 



