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SCARAB^ID.t — Aphodiusfossor. A. fimetarhis. A. ater. A. lappomim, taken 

 on Mucksna ; new to the south-west. A, frodromus. A. rufipes. A. de- 

 pressus, black variety. Geotrupes stercorarius. G. sylvaticiis. Serica brunnea- 

 Phylopertha hordeola. Cctonia aiirata, a single example only on flowers. 



KLATERIDiE. — Laconmurima. Cryptohypyiiisriparius. C.iv.-guttatus. Athous 

 hcemorrhoidalis. Adrastus limbatiis. Agriotes lineatus. A. obscurus. Corymbites 

 cupreus. C. ivneus, an imperfect specimen taken by Mr. Standen below 

 the Tunnel, Glengariff-road. 



DASCliylylDiT:. — Dascilliis cervinus, frequent. Helodes mitiuta. Cyphon vari- 

 abilis. C. padi. Hydrocyphon dcjiexicollis ^ abundant in damp places- 



MALACODERMiDie. — Pyropttrus affims, rediscovered by Mr. Hardy and 

 Dr. Chaster in the only known Irish locality near Killarney, a small 

 series of specimens, taken in decaying Birch, and by sweeping. Telephorus 

 nigricans, taken by Mr. Standen in the valley below Turner's Rock. 

 T. bicolor. T. paludosus. T. flavilabris. T. thoracicus, locally common on 

 willows. Rhagonycha unicolor, Killarney, beaten out of Oak trees by Mr. 

 Hardy. R- fulva. Malthodes maroittatiis. M. Jlavoguttatus, Kies. ; I took 

 one specimen of a Malthodes near the Cloonee Lakes, that seems to be 

 referable to this species. Malachius biptistiilaius, two specimens taken by 

 Mr. Hardy near the Cloonee Lakes. Dasyies arosus, off Oaks at Cloonee, 

 Mr. Hardy. 



ClERID^. — Psilothrix nobilis. Necrobia ruficollis, taken by Mr. Cuthbert 

 in the hotel. 



PTiNlD.t. — Hedobia imperialis. Mr. Hardy got this local species out of an 

 old thorn fence at Carrigacappeen. 



LyCTid^. — Lyctus canaliculatusy three specimens swept from amongst 

 herbage near Kenmare by Mr. Hardy. 



Crambycid.^. — Clytus arietis, two specimens taken near Kenmare. and 

 another on the GlengarifF-road, by Mr. Hard}'. Strangalia armata., Ken- 

 mare ; Mr. F. Neale got a specimen near the Upper Lake. 



Bruchid.e. — Bruchns villosus, one specimen swept off Broom near 

 Drumanassig Bridge by myself, the second known locality in Ireland. 



Chrysomelid.^. — Donacia deniaia, taken by Mr. Cuthbert on Nymphora 

 alba in Lough Crincaum on Cromaglaun Mountain. D. semicuprea, two 

 specimens found in the same locality as the preceding ; seems to be rare 

 in Ireland, these are the first that I have seen. D. discolor, abundant on 

 heaths, often at a distance from water. D. braccata, first taken in 

 Ireland by Mr. Birchall at Lough Crincaum, nearly forty years ago ; 

 Mr. Hardy tells me that Mr. Standen and himself got a specimen 

 each, in the Sheen River, and he also met with it on Dinish Island, 

 Killarney ; the species is local in south-eastern England. Lema 

 lichenis. Lamprosoma concolor. Chrysomela Banksi. C. staphylea. C. varians, 

 Mr. Hardy took a specimen at Killarney, and I got one by sweeping on 

 Mucksna ; this is evidently a western species with us, as it extends into 

 Galway and Donegal, but it has not been found, so far, in our eastern 

 counties. Mclasovia aneum, three specimens on willow in St. Finan's 

 Graveyard, by Mr. Hardy. Phytodecta olivacea, several on Gorse and 



