28 The Irisli Xaiaralisf. February, 



ADDITIONAL COLEOPTERA EROM MEATH AND 



CAVAN. 



BY G. W. NICHOLSON, M.A., M.D. 



Tempted b}^ the fine weather of the latter part of May, 

 I went to Ireland in June, 1916, hoping to do some summer 

 collecting. I could hardly have chosen a worse month, 

 and very soon gave up sweeping and similar summer amuse- 

 ments, and had to content myself with grubbing. In spite 

 of this I did well enough to justify the belief that there 

 are still many surprises in store for the collector in the less 

 well explored parts of Ireland. 



I.^COLEOPTERA FROM BaLRATH, Co. MeATH. 



The following are additions to the Irish list : 



1. Omalium planum, Pk. One specimen at the sap of a 

 recentty injured oak in the deer-park on June 5. 



2. Conosoma immaculahim, Steph. One in moss on the 

 bog on June 10. 



3. Neuraphes SparshaUi, Den. One under the bark of a 

 dead log on the bog on June 10. The other side of this log 

 was occupied by a nest of Lasius fuscus. There were, 

 however, no specimens of the ant in the company of the 

 beetle, nor was I able to find any more of it by sifting the 

 nest. 



4. Scymnus nigrimis, Kug. Two specimens by beating 

 a fir in the bog wood on June 3. 



5. Crepidodera smaragdina, Eoud. This is a doubtful 

 species, and is, in my opinion, merely a variety of 

 C. helxines, L. I took numerous specimens, which agree 

 with such British examples of C. smaragdina as I have 

 compared them with. No other form of Crepidodera was 

 found with them. They were taken off sallows on the bog 

 on several days. 



