48 The Irish Naturalist. [February, 



ZOOLOGY. 



INSECTS. 



The Male of Vespa austrlaca. 



I very much regret that Rev. O. P. Cambridge's record of the capture 

 of the male of Vespa austriaca iu Dorsetshire escaped my notice before my 

 communication on that species was printed. My paper was originally 

 written at the end of the summer of 1896, before the discovery recorded 

 in the Ent. Monthly Mag., and my attention was not called to this until 

 too late for the correction. 



I may remark, however, that it must be admitted that there is a strong 

 contrast between the chance capture of a single male and the occurrence 

 of scores, if not hundreds, of females. 



In a recent letter Mr. Saunders points out that the principal diflference 

 between the male of this species and of V. rufa is in the pubescence of 

 the tibia or shank. "The tibiae are haired much as in V. sylvestris, 

 otherwise it resembles rufa without the red or brown marks — both sexes 

 seem to be very rare in England." 



H. G. CuTHBERT. 



Blackrock, Co. Dublin. 



Coleoptera of Upper Lougrh Erne, Co. Fermanag^h. 



The following is a list of the less common beetles, selected from over 

 300 species, captured by me during part of the summer, autumn, and 

 winter of 1896, and the first three months of 1S97. Many are decidedly 

 rare or local in their occurrence in Ireland, as Blethisa miiltipiuictata^ 

 Megacromis cingiilatiis, Fhilonthus lucens and Erirrhinus cethiops, while Cercyon 

 nigriccps var. centrimaculatus is here recorded as an Irish species for the 

 first time. I am indebted to the Rev. W. V. Johnson and Mr. J. N. 

 Halbert for the naming or verification of all my captures : — 



Carabid^. — Carabiis cIathra{lls{■^rQ>h2^A■y Q.om\no\\.,2L^ though I captured 

 few living specimens, its remains were abundant) ; Blethisa niultipunctata 

 (common on the lake shore) ; Chhcniits nigricorjiis ; Stoinis puiiiicatus ; 

 A mam hinicollis ; A. spinipcs ; Calathiis piceus ; Anchouicmis oblongus ; A. 

 vidutis (and var. viocstus) ; Bcmbidiiun ccnciim ; B. v.-striatuni ; B. bruxcllensc ; 

 B. rufescens. 



DyTISCID^. — Ccdambus v.-lineatus; Dcronectes depressus ; Hydroporus lineatus ^ 

 Ilybiiis ater ; I. obscurus. Marsh (one example, a rare species) ; Rhanttis 

 exoletus; Acilins stilcatus and Gyrinus i/iinutus (both of these were taken on 

 bog land) ; Onctochtlus villosus (lake shores under stones). 



IlYDROPHYlviDy^. — Cercyon nigrueps var. ccntriniaculatus, Sturm, (not 

 previously recorded as an Irish species) ; C. quisqtiilius. 



StaphYI^INID^. — Aleochara bjxvipcnnis (rare) ; Myrrnedonia collaris , 

 Tachyiisa atra ; Alitalia inipressa ; Gyrophcna lo^vipennis ; Bolitochara obhqiia; 

 Cilca silphoides ; Tachinns subterraneiis : AIegac7'onns analis ; M. cingulatus 

 (commoner than the preceding in this distjict) ; Qucdius mesoinclinus (and 

 a variety doubtfully referred to var. fagdi. Thorns, by Dr. Sharp) ; 



