122 The Irish Naturalist. November 



Omosita discoidea F. — North Bull (salt marsh) and Clontarf. 

 Rhizophagus dispar Gyll. — " St. Anne's," Clontarf. Under bark. 

 Melanophthalma fuscula Humm. — Kilbarrack. (J. R. le B. T,). 

 Aphodius granarius L. — Kilbarrack. One specimen under stones. New 



to Dublin. 

 A.' lapponum Gyll. — Glenmacnass, Co. Wicklow. Taken by Mr. A. W. 



Stelfox. 

 A. pusillus Herbst. — Kilbarrack. Also new to Dublin. 

 Trigonogenius globulum Sol. — North Earl St. Taken by Mr. Jack 



O'Mahony, second Irish specimen (the first was taken in grass seed, 



also in the city. It is an introduced species). 

 Priobium castaneum F. — " Swan's nest," Raheny. In an old elm stump. 

 Ptilinus pectinicornis L. — In company with above, and also at " St. 



Anne's " (one male under pines) and Clontarf. 

 Ochina hederae Mull. — " St. Annes." By sweeping. 

 Cis bidentatus Ol. — " St. Anne's." In decaying elm. 

 Strangalia aurulenta F. — Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow. Taken by Mr. A. W. 



Stelfox. 

 S. quadrifasciata L. — " Lakepark," Co. Wicklow. Taken by Miss Mavis 



Hamilton. Taken in the vicinity of Lough Dan ; it is the first Irish 



specimen I have seen, and it is new to Leinster. 



Rhinosimus ruKcollis L. \ 



R. planirostris F. ,, ^^ Anne's." Mostly in pines. 



Salpingus castaneus Pauz. 



S. aeratus Mull. j 



Narcedes melanura Schmidt. — National Museum yard. 



Meloe violaceus Marsh. — Black banks, Raheny. (J. R. le B. T.). 



Otiorrhynchus auropunctatus Gyll. — Clontarf. In whitethorn. Mala- 



hide, under stones in wall, at Rob s wall. 

 0. maurus Gyll. — Glendoo Mountain. Taken by Mr. Stelfox, 1,200 feet 



up, and also on top of Tibradden. 

 Acalles turbatus Curt.—" St. Anne's." Under bark. (J. N. H.). 

 Hypera polygon! L. — Howth. Two or three at Drumleck point, under 



stones. 

 Rhopalomesites tardyi Curt. — Clontarf, Raheny, and Howth. 

 Hylesinus fraxini Panz. — Raheny and Clontarf. In ash poles. 

 Myelophilus piniperda L. — " St Anne's." In pines. 

 Phloeophthorus rhododactylus Marsh. — Bray Head. In whin. 

 Pityophthorus pubescens Marsh. ^" St. Anne's." Both in pines, appa- 

 Pityogenes bidentatus Herbst. j rently new to county Dublin. 



I have to thank Messrs. J. R. le B. Tomhn and J. N. 

 Halbert for identifying some of the above species, and for 

 confirming my naming in other cases . 



National Museum, Dublin. 



