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The Irish NaUcralist. 



[March, 



Coicoptcra. 



One hundred and ten species, chiefly terrestria^ were collected. For 

 the determination of the great bulk of these the writer is indebted to the 

 kindness of INIr. J. N. Halbert. In the following list only the less com- 

 monly distributed species are noted : — 



Notiophilus palustris. 



Dyschirius crneus. 



Bradycelliis cognatus. 



B. distinctus. 



B. harpalimis. 



Ainara apricaria. 



Calalhiis melanocephaltis var. 



nubigena. 

 Taphria nivalis. 

 Bembidiuni saxatile. 

 Dromius nigriveittris. 

 Me tab let us foveola. 

 Haliplus obliguus. 

 Conosoma ptibescens. 

 Othius laeviuscuhis. 

 Tachyporus 7iitidicollis. 

 Alegacronus analis. 

 MycetopOTtis splendidus. 

 Philonthiis proximtis. 

 P. vernalis. 

 Cafitis fucicola. 

 Lathrobiuni quadrat urn. 

 Stemis guttula. 



Lesteva longelytrata. 

 Choleva cisteloides. 

 C. grandicollis. 

 C. fusca. 

 C. Watsoni. 

 Ptomaphagiis sericeiis. 

 Apion cracc(B. 

 Otiorrhynchus blandus. 

 0. lignetis, 

 0. rugifrons, 

 Ccsnopsis Waltoni. 

 Barypeithes siilcifrons. 

 Brachysomtis echinatus. 

 Sit ones lineelhis. 

 S. hispidulus. 

 Hypera polygoni. 

 Curculio abietis. 

 Grypidiiis equiseti. 

 Ty chins tomentosus. 

 Gymnetron pascuoriim. 

 Anoplus plantaris. 

 Pal or us melinns. 



Of these, Ty chins tomentosus, Herbst., Gymnetron pasctiornm, Gyll., and 

 Palorus melimis, Herbst., are new to the Irish list. The two former were 

 taken under stones at the mouth of the Cashen river, and the latter 

 under the bark of a paling on the golf-links. 



Ccenopsis Waltoni, Sclion., and Sitones lineellus, Gyll., are rare or very local 

 species in Ireland. 



Metabletus foveola-, Gyll., which the writer had but once previously taken 

 in Ireland, was very abundant both on the sand-hills and on Knocka- 

 nore. A notable feature of the coleopterous fauna was the great abun- 

 dance of the large rove-beetle, Staphylinus ca sarins, Cederheilm. 



Blackrock, Co. Dublin. 



