The Coleoptera of the Armagh Disf)icf. 15 



A large portion of the land is under cultivation, but con- 

 siderable tracts, especially close to Armagh, are used entirely 

 for grazing. 



The most distant localities mentioned are lyoughgall and the 

 Vicar's Cairn, which are each about four and a-half miles from 

 Armagh. At lyoughgall my hunting ground has been in the 

 Manor grounds, along the edge of the lake (Lough Gall) which 

 gives its name to the village. The Vicar's Cairn is the highest 

 point in the district, being 819 feet above the sea level; the 

 specimens w^ere obtained from moss taken from the summit, 

 lyowry's Lough is the source of the town water suppl}^ and 

 lies a good deal higher than Armagh, being 331 feet above the 

 sea level, while the highest point in Armagh is 239, and the 

 lowest, 134 feet above sea level. In the summer the water of 

 the lake foils considerably, and on the beach thus left swarm 

 quantities of beetles. 



MuUinure is a tract of low-lying marshy ground falling to 

 102 feet above sea level. The main portion is never cultivated, 

 a crop of indifferent hay being taken off it, and a few cattle 

 grazed. As it lies so low it is ver>^ liable to floods, and on 

 these occasions a rich harvest of beetles is to be obtained from 

 the debris washed up by the rising waters. It is about half a 

 mile from my house, and is, consequently, very frequently 

 visited, being accessible and very productive of Coleoptera. I: 

 have found that working one spot constantly is a sure way of 

 getting good species, provided, of course, that the locality is a 

 suitable one. It will be noticed that Mullinure and Lowry^'s 

 Lough have had most of my attention, and the result speaks 

 for itself. Drummanmore is practically a continuation of Mul- 

 linure, being the adjoining townland. Towards the east there 

 rises a steep hill which falls as sharply into a valley, in which 

 lie Drummanmore lake and Edenmore, or Drummanbeg lake. 

 Loughnashade is on the western side of Armagh. It is a small 

 lake close to the well-known Navan Fort. The marshy ground 

 adjoining, and the drains running into the lake, have produced 

 several good species. The Folly is a kind of public park just 

 outside the town, with a little stream running through it, 

 w^hich further down its course is called the Dean's River, 

 where it flows past what used to be the Deanery, but is now 

 called Dean's Hill. 



There are upwards of 700 species in my list, representing all 

 the great divisions of the British Coleoptera. The Longicornia 

 are, however, only represented by one species, owing to the 

 district being unsuited to them, from the absence of any large 

 tract of wood. 



Of the species in my list, 246 appear not to have been re- 

 corded from elsewhere in Ireland; this is merely because I 

 have been working here steadily all the year roimd since 1884, 

 while other districts have either not been touched, or worked 

 only for a short time. ^ 



