192 ^he Irish Naturalist. 



The next group is the CoccijielidcB or Lad3^-Birds, and three 

 at least are added to the number of recorded species. These 

 are Coccinella oblongoguttata, taken in 1889 by me, lying crushed 

 on the footpath in Upper lyceson-street. The next is C. XXII — 

 punctata, a pretty little j^ellow species with black spots on it, 

 first found by Dr. Will when over here in 1888, at Lucan, and 

 since then I have received a number from Mr. Frank Neale, 

 who took it largely at Portmarnock. The third species is C. 

 ocellata, which was first taken by my brother at Glen Dhu, in 

 1888. 



The next species is Pogonochcerus bidentatus, a member of 

 the Longico7nia, and the genus to which it belongs is already 

 represented in the district. The above specimen was found 

 by me in Mr. I^atouche's demesne, in the Glen of the Downs, 

 having been dug out of a dead branch which snapped off in my 

 hand, and the point of breakage showed the beetle projecting. 

 It is incomplete, the head and thorax being destroyed, but one 

 of the distinguishing points is seen in the shape of the ends of 

 the elj^tra or wing-cases, so that there is no difficulty in 

 determining the species. This specimen was taken in June, 

 1888. 



The Dublin list of Eynchophora or Weevils, completed some 

 years ago by the late Professor MacNab, contains 41 genera 

 and 103 species. Mr. Cuthbert made several additions to it 

 during last summer, notohXy Dory tomzis maculatus, Anthonomus 

 pcdic2ilarius, Nanophycs lythri, and Barypeithes sulcifro7is. 



A number of species in my collection yet await fuller inves- 

 tigation than hitherto I have been able to give them, and it is 

 probable something new ma}^ be amongst them. Several of 

 the most t^^pical British beetles are entirely unknown in 

 Ireland, and it yet remains to be proved whether an}^ of these 

 species are to be added to our catalogue. It is to be hoped 

 that much in the way of investigation ma}^ be done, and 

 many interesting additions made to the roll of the Dublin 

 Coleoptera. 



PLANORBIS RIPARIUS, WEST. ; AN ADDITION TO 



THE BRITISH FAUNA 



BY J. N. MII,NE. 



With some other shells, I recently sent to Dr. R. F. Scharff 

 specimens of a small Planorbis, which I got living at Inch, 

 near the shore of Lough Swilly. He pronounces it to be 

 Planorbis ripainus of Westerlund — a species new to the British 

 Isles, but recorded from Northern German}^ Sweden, and 

 Siberia. 



