l6 ' The Irish Naturalist. February^ 



two of which are new to Ireland, and more' than fifty are 

 now recorded for the first time from Co. Waterford. The 

 two new Irish species are : — -Amara curta, Dej. — A specimen 

 of this ground-beetle occurred under a stone on the Tramore 

 sea-shore 27. vi. '22r. (L.H.B.W.) This species is scarce 

 and very local in Britain ; most of the specimens in collec- 

 tions are from Deal, where it has occurred commonly on 

 the sand dunes ; it has also been recorded from Yorkshire 

 and the Forth district of Scotland. 



;. Tychius squamulatus, Gyll. — Six specimens of this weevil 

 were obtained on the Tramore sandhills on flowers of 

 Lotus cor niculatus, 2y,- ^o.V'i. '22. (O.E.J.) In- Britain 

 this species is mostly found in the southern chalky districts 

 and has also been recorded from Suffolk, Oxford, Barmouth 

 and Southport. 



The species new to Co. Waterford number fifty-five-. 



•\Ve have initialed those species in which only one of us 

 succeeded in taking examples, and have followed, for the 

 sake of reference, the nomenclature of the Irish List."" 



Cychrus rostratus, L, — Two specimens, one on Knockmealdown, and 

 - . the other in the Glen near Lismore. (L.H.B.W.) 

 Carabus catenulatuSj Scop. — Two specimens, Knockmealdown and banks 



of Owennashad River. (L.H.B.W.) 

 Notiophilus substrlatus, Wat. — Two specimens on Tramore strand, 



27. vi. '22. (L.H.B.W.) 

 Leistus mpntanus, Staph. — Seven specimens on Knockmealdown, 4. vii. '22. 

 i-JL' rufescens, F. — Common on Knockmealdown. 



Nebria gyllenhali, Sch. — On the higher slopes of Knockmealdown, a few. 

 Chlaenius nigricornis, var. melanocornis, Dej.^ — One specimen with pale 

 femora and tibiae would seem to be referable to this rare variety, 

 2. vii. '22. (L.H.B.W.) 

 Harpalus rubripes, Duft.- — One example 9 on Tramore strand. 30. vi. '22. 

 \.,. '. (L.H.B.W). 

 Pterostichus vitreus, Dej.' — Two specimens on Knockmealdown, 4. vii. '22. 

 Amara plebeia, Gyll.' — Tramore, 29. vi. '22. (O.E.J). 

 * A. similata, Gyll.-^Several specimens on Tramore strand, 27. vi. '22. 

 (L.H.B.W.) . . 



Galathus piceus, Marsh. — Lismore, a few. 

 Ancliomenus angusticollis^ F. — Lismore. 

 A. vidUUS, Panz.— Waterford, 26. vi. '22. 

 piisthoptis rotundatus, Payk. — Common on Knockmealdown. 

 Bembidium aeneum, Germ.' — Waterford, Kilbarry marshes, 26, vi. '22. 



' A List of the Beetles of Ireland. By Rev. W. F. Johnson and J. 

 <-lf^." Halbert. (1902). 



