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the top of the chffs in October (1911). On the sloping face 

 of the chffs, where there is a plentiful growth of Silene 

 maritima and other interesting plants, a number of uncommon 

 species may be found such as Metabletus foveola, Meligethes 

 ohscurus, M. erythropus, Corticaria umbilicata, C. denticulata 

 Phyllotreta nigripes, Longitarsiis memhranaceus (not recorded 

 from Ireland), Apion miniatfim and Ceuthorrhynchus rugu- 

 losus. 



There remain two interesting species to record ; these 

 are the handsome leaf -bee tie Chrysomela orichalcea and 

 Leptiniis testaceus, single specimens of both were found 

 among dead leaves under trees on the bank of the River 

 Tolka at Glasnevin. The former seems a scarce insect, and 

 this is the first time I have met with it in Ireland. The 

 Leptinus has been once found in the Dublin district, when 

 it occurred on a living field mouse, in company with numbers 

 of parasitic Gamasid mites, caught by Dr. R. F. Scharff 

 in the Rocky Valley, Co. Wicklow, in the month of January. 

 The species is known to occur on small rodents, and in other 

 peculiar habitats, such as in bird's nests, and also in the 

 nests of ants and bumble bees. 



The names used in the foregoing notes are those of 

 Messrs. Beare and Donisthorpe's " Catalogue of British 

 Coleoptera," published in 1904. 



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