1Y2 The Irish Naturalist. December, 



(the variety marginatum with only faint traces of spots), 

 Cercyon unipustulatus, C. pygmaeus, C. analis, Oligota 

 punctulata, Quedius maurortifus, Q. attenuatus, Ocypus 

 compressMS, Philonthus longicornis, P. ebeninus, Stenus 

 guttula, S. flavipes, S. pubescens, S. cicindelloides, S. nitidi- 

 usculus S. paganus, S. latifrons, Homalium excavatum 

 (common), Micropeplus margaritae, Corylophus cassidioides, 

 Hister carbonarius, H. xii.-striatus, Grathoncus nannetensis 

 (the correct name for the insect under this name in British 

 collections is uncertain, it should possibly be G. rotundatus 

 Kug. (Fowler, Brit. Col., vol. vi.)), Corticaria pubescens 

 (common), C elongata, Antherophagiis pallens (one), Param- 

 ecosoma melanocephalum (common, the variety infuscatum 

 only, which replaces the typical form in Ireland), Aphodius 

 foetens, A. porcus (two specimens) Chrysomela Banksi, 

 Sitones hispidulus, Barynotus elevatus, and Ceuthorrhyn- 

 chus quadridens. 



On the following day I went to Leixlip and searched the 

 right bank of the River Liffey below the Salmon Leap ; 

 the flood had run down very rapidly there and insects were 

 not common. The most interesting capture is a weevil 

 of the genus Barypeithes, of narrow elongate shape and 

 sparsely punctured thorax, which seems to be a species 

 new to these islands. Only one specimen occurred in the 

 refuse, but I hope to find more and definitely record the 

 species another time. Two unexpected captures are Bembi- 

 diitm Clarki and Tropiphorus obtusus, both new records for 

 the Dublin district ; and the following are also worth mention- 

 ing : — Lesteva longelytrata, Trogophloens arcuatus, T. elonga- 

 iulus, Aphodius foetens and Barynotus Schonherri. 



In an old and very productive mound of decaying leaves, 

 cut grass, and other vegetable refuse in the Glasnevin 

 Botanic Gardens, I found, during last October, a few 

 examples of the rove-beetle Quedius cruentus, variety virens, 

 recorded from Antrim and Armagh in the " Irish List." 

 The typical form of this insect, with bright red wing cases, 

 has not been found in Ireland. This dark variety, virens, 

 might easily be mistaken for Q. xanthopus, but the former 

 differs in the shorter antennae, impressed side margins of 

 the thorax and the first body segments have little or no 



