184 The Irhh Naturalist. vSeptember, 



Tory Island only produced 5 species, though, doubtless, 

 this is onl}' a small proportion of the total number. Of the 

 29 specimens which were collected there, 14 were A. bipustu- 

 latus and 10 H. piibescens, two species which are, I think, 

 alwaj^s dominant in the western islands. 



With regard to Helophorus g7'amdaris, L-? I first found the 

 species at Dunfanaghy, where I took five specimens, each in 

 a different collection. Since that time I have taken the 

 species commonly in Antrim, Down, Uerr}^ and Mayo W., 

 usually in flooded grassy ground. There is a specimen in 

 the Dublin Museum collection from Kerry vS., and the 

 species has been recorded from Kerry N., so that in Ireland 

 its distribution as at present known is distinctl}' marginal.^ 



There are great difficulties as to sj-nonomy with these small 

 Helophori, and how far the records for ^' graniilafis L." really 

 apply to this species it is difficult to say. There is only one 

 Scottish record — Edinburgh ; but in England there are re* 

 cords from many counties. I have taken the species in 

 Surre}^ and have seen a specimen from Sussex E. So far as 

 my experience goes, it is onh' common in the spring. 



Until a more complete list is forthcoming it is useless to 

 discuss the fauna in relation to that of other parts of the 

 countr\^ so the bare list with these few^ remarks must suffice 

 for the present. 



BiBUOGRAPHY. 



Johnson, W. F. — Coleoptera at Ardara, Co. Douegal. — Irish Nat., ii., 54, 



1893, and E. M. M., Ser. 2, iii., 311, 1892 (24 species 



meutioiied). 

 Johnson, W. F. — Additional Records of Irish Coleoptera.— /m-^ A'^?/., ix., 



182, 1900 (i species). 

 Johnson, W. F., and HaIvBERT, J. N.— " A List of the Beetles of Ireland." 



Proc. R.I. A.., vSer. 3, vol. vi., 1901 {3 species). 



SoMKRVii,i,E, J. E — Dytiscus lapponicus in Ireland.— ^. yj/. i1/., v., 141^ 



1868-9 (5 species mentioned. May be E or W 

 Donegal!). 



Queen's University, Belfast. 



* Vide Praeger, Proc. RJ.A,, 1902. 



