1 6 The Irish Naturalist. 



The specimens have all been captured b}^ myself, with Mrs. 

 Johnson's assistance, except a few that were picked up by 

 some of ni}^ pupils, and brought to me. Notices of most of 

 those mentioned will be found in the Entomologisf s Monthly 

 Magazine from 1884 to the present time. No full list has, 

 however, y^X. been published of the Coleoptera of the district, 

 and, so far as I know, this is the largest list of Irish Coleoptera 

 yet published. That of the Dublin district, published in 1878, 

 for the British Association, contains 623 species, and Mr. 

 Haliday's list, published in the Proceedings of the Belfast Natu- 

 ralists' Field Club for 1885, contains 528 species. Both these 

 lists cover much more extensive districts, yet mine is larger, 

 and for the reason I have mentioned above — that my work has 

 been continuous, at one spot, all the year round. 



I hope that this list, as showing what a little earnest work 

 can produce, may stir up others to investigate the Coleoptera 

 of their districts. I have been for some time trying to com- 

 pile a complete list of the Coleoptera of Ireland, but have found 

 great difficulty from lack of materials. I shall, therefore, be 

 ver}^ glad to hear of anyone taking up the study of this order, 

 and I shall be only too happ}- to give any help I can to any 

 such intending coleopterist. In the present list I have followed 

 the nomenclature and arrangement adopted by Canon Fowler 

 in his work on the Coleoptera of the British islands. 



CARABID^. 



Cyclirus rostratus, L. — Beech Hill in moss — not common. 

 Carabus nemoralis, Miill. 1 ^ ,, i, ^ ^- 4^ ;«^ 



C. granulatus, L. } C^^i^^^i throughout district. 



Notiophiliis bigiittatus, Fab. — Common throughout district. 



N. substriatus, Wat. — Lowry's Lough, INIulUnure, Palace Demesne. 



N. quadrigiittatus, Dej. — Palace Demesne — rare. 



N. aquaticus, L. — MuUinure in moss — not common. 



N. palustris, Duft, — MuUinure, Kdenmore, in moss — fairly common. 



Leistus fulvibarbis, Dej. — Drumbee, Beech Hill, in moss — not common. 



L. rufescens, V. — MuUinure, Kdenmore, Dean's Hill, sweeping and in 

 moss — not common. 



Nebria brevicollis, F. — Common throughout district. 



N. gfyllenhalii, Sch. — MuUinure, Killooney — not common. 



Pelophila borealis, Payk, — Lowry's Lough, under stones and among 

 plants on edge of lake from April to October. I took a single spe- 

 cimen in flood rubbish at MuUinure in April, 1891. It is most 

 plentiful in June and July. 



Blethisa multipunctata, L. — Lo\vrj''s Lough, under stones and plants on 

 muddy parts of lake shore— not common. 



Elaphrus riparius, L. \ Lowry's Lough, and on muddy margins of 



Z:. cupreus, Duft. ) various ponds — common. 



Loricera pilicornis, F. — Common throughout district. 



Clivina fossor, L. — Common throughout district. 



DyscMrius globosus, Herbst. — Very plentiful in flood rubbish in Mul- 

 linure. 



Badister bipustulatus, F. — Pretty common in moss, under stones, etc. 

 CMaeuius nigricornis, F.— Lowry's Lough, under stones on edge of lake 

 — not plentiful. 



