70 The Irish Nakiralist. July, 



many made their appearance, running over the sand, and 

 in the course of a week of strenuous work I had the 

 extreme satisfaction of securing quite a good series of 

 all the four local rarities, the chief object of my visit, viz. : 

 Dyschirius obscurus, Bembidium argenteolum, Stenus palposiis 

 and Crypto phagus bimaculatus. The Dyschirius was found 

 later in considerable numbers in the burrowings of Bledius 

 siibterraneiis, both the brassy and the black forms occurring 

 in about equal proportions. Other captures on this ground, 

 mainly of interest as Irish records, include Pelophila borealis, 

 a few under dried scum ; Chlaenius vestitus : Anchomenus 

 scitulus, an addition to the Irish List, four specimens ; 

 A. micans, of which the authors of the Irish List state 

 they had never seen an Irish example, four specimens : 

 Bembidium assimile, in plenty ; B. clarki ; B. atrocoeruleiim, 

 a black variety ; B. pallidipenne ; B. punctidatum, including 

 a large bluish black variety (v. liitzi, Reitt.) ; Cercyon 

 minutiis ; Oligota apicata, an addition to the Irish List, 

 two specimens sifted from debris ; Conosoma pediculariiim, 

 in plent}^ ; Philonthus nigrita, a curious aberration with 

 only five punctures in each of the dorsal thoracic series ; 

 Lathrobiimi piuictatuni, only recorded from Waterford in 

 the Irish List, one specimen ; Stenus crassits and v. littoralis ; 

 S. carbonarius ; Homalium allardi ; Atomaria gutta ; 



Cryptohypnus iv.-guttatus ; Bagoiis daudicans ; B. glahri- 

 rostris v. nigritarsis ; Phytobius comari ; P. iv.-tuberculatus ; 

 P. canaliculatus. 



With the advent of finer weather and several entire 

 days of warm sunshine net work became more productive, 

 and by sweeping on the lough shore I had much pleasure 

 in securing two specimens of the scarce and pretty 

 Ceuthorhynchus arcuatus ; Grypidius equiseti, Thryogenes 

 neries and Limnobaris pilistriata also occurring here in 

 some plent}^ On turning my attention to the inner parts 

 of the demesne Cionus hortulanus and C. pulchellus were 

 found in some numbers on Verbascum, the latter being 

 only recorded from Kerry in the Irish List ; and Chrysomela 

 hyperici was plentiful on Hypericum. By general sweeping 

 a specimen of Ochrosis salicariae, an addition to the Irish 

 List, Anaitis ocellata, Campylus linearis, Telephorus nigricans 



