1898.] H ALBERT. — Ke7imare Co7ifere7ice — Colcoptera. 213 



^T:K£U.Y\^l^\T)2^,—AleocharaJuscipes. A. lanuginosa. Astilbus canaliculatus. 

 Homalota vtstita. H. halobrectha. H. atramentaria. H. fungi. Grypeta labilis, 

 Sheen river, ruuuing on mud. Xenusa sulcata, a few under seaweed at the 

 head of Kenmare Bay, has occurred on Achill. Tachyporus nilidicollis. T. 

 solutus, T. hypnorum. T. pusillus. Tachinus rufipes. Quedius 7)iesomelinus. 

 Q.anctus. Q. fuliginosus. Q.molochimis. Q. rufipea. Q. semia-neus. Q. hoops. 

 Staphylinus erythropterus. S. ccesareus. Ocypus olcns. O. cupreus. 0. ater, 

 abundant on shore. O. morio. Philonthus ocneus. P. laminatus. P. politus. 

 P. varius. P. marginatus. P. umbratilis. P. trossulus. Cafius fticicola. C xan- 

 tkoloma. Xantholinus glabratus. X. putictulaius. X. linearis. Othius fulvipen- 

 nis. Lathrobium fulvipenne. L. brunnipes . L. quadj-atum, marshy ground 

 by Sheen river. P^derus fuscipes, Curtis ; several specimens of this pretty 

 "staph" were secured by sweeping rushes in damp places along the 

 shores of the bay; I have also taken it near Dingle. Stenus juno. S. 

 speculator. S. buphthalmus. S. brzmnipes. S. pubescens. S. pallitarsis. S. 

 nitidiusculus. S. picipes. S. similis. S. tarsalis. Haplodcrus coclatus. Alicra- 

 lymma brevipettne, common under stones in company with CilUnus, on the 

 shore near Kenmare. Philorhi7iii7n sordidurn, off Gorse. 



PSEiyAPHiD^. — Bryaxis Helferi, under stones head of Kenmare Bay, 

 not previously recorded ; Mr. C. W. Buckle has taken it in the Foyle 

 district. B. juncortcm, amongst shingle. 



Sil^PHiD^. — Liodes //z^;«^ra//j-, taken by Mr. Hardy in fungi. There is 

 a specimen in the Dublin Museum, taken by Mr. Halliday in Co. Wicklow, 

 but I know of no others. Anisoioma calcarata. Necrodes littoralis. Silpha 

 opaca. S. rugosa. S. subrotundata. Cholcva grandicollis. C Wa.soni. 



HiST^RiT)^.— Hister neglectus, under a decaying salmon by the Rough ty 

 river. H. carbofiarius, common. H. xii.-striatus, one specimen taken b}' 

 Mr. CuLhbert, first record for the south-west. Saprinus nitidulus. S. csneus, 

 S. maritimus, common. 



CocciNEiviviD^. — Anisosticta xix.-punctata. Mr. Cuthbert found a speci- 

 men of this pretty species in Kenmare wood. Coccinella x.-ptinctata. 

 C. hieroglyphu:a, on heather. C. xi.-punctata. C. vli.-pujictaia. Halyzia xvt- 

 guttata. H. conglobata, common in willows. Rhizobius litura. Coccidula rufa. 



l^\Q.^OV^Y\,\YiJ^.— Muropephis porcaius, a few specimens among dead 

 leaves, and by sweeping in the wood. 



NlTIDUIviDiE. — Brachypterus urticis. Ccrcus rufilabris. Epurcea cEstiva. 

 Meligethes ceneus. M. viridiscens. M. pixipes. M. obscurus, Br., a few by 

 sweeping ; a local, though widely distributed species in Ireland 



TroGOSITIdje;. — Thymalus limbaius, twenty specimens taken by Mr. 

 Hardy from a mass of leaves and fungi. 



Cor^YDiiD^. — Cerylon histeroidcs., Killarney, Mr. Hardy. 



LaTHRIDIID^. — Enicmus 7ni7iutus. E. transversus. Melanophthabna gibbosa. 



Q.^Y-p'ro-p-H.AQlT>J5\,.'—Telmatophilus caricis. Cryptophagus dentatus. Mi- 

 <:rambe vini. Paramecosoma melanoccphalum, rare. Atomaria airicapilla. 

 Ephistemus gyrinoides. 



Byturid^. — Byturus tommtosus, abundant on flowers 



Parnid.^. — Elmis Volkmari. Pat-nus prolifericornis. 



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