1900.] Notes. 2T 



The Beetles of the Foyle District. 



Mr. Buckle's captures from the Foyle district (p 2-1 1) form uumerically 

 the largest local list that has hitherto been published on Irish beetles. 

 Besides the many new records, he has been fortunate enough to re- 

 discover several species, which have not been found in Ireland since 

 their original discovery, many years ago, by Mr. Haliday. The following 

 ma^' be mentioned: — Coiypfiim/i angiisf icol/e, Cholcna chrysoimlotda, Actidium 

 coarchilteni, Micropeplns fcsscru/a, Anlherophagns uigricornis. Parmis aun'cu/atus, 

 &c. Three of Mr. Buckle's most noteworthy finds are—J/omaria 

 Wollersfoni, Sharp; Tclep/ioni s dariviiiianits, ^h.^iV^ \ and Tropiphonts obtusus^ 

 Bonsd., species which for a number of 3-ears have been recorded only 

 from certain vScotch localities. The Telcphorus, however, occurs under 

 sea-weed on the Dublin coast near Clontarf, so that in all probability it 

 will be foimd widely distributed round the Irish coast. Tropiphorus 

 obtusiis, also, has been taken by the Rev. W. F. Johnson near Armagh, and 

 by myself under moss, in spring, on the banks of the River Barrow, Co. 

 Carlow. Dr. David Sharp. F.R.S., and Mr. G. C. Champion, F.Z.S.,have 

 very kindly nani6d or verified a number of the species especiall)' ainong.st 



the more critical Stap/iylnndiv. 



J. X. Hai^brrt. 

 Science and Art Museum, Dublin. 



.}POLLUSCS. 



Reversed Helix ericetorum, at Bundoran. 



A friend in Ballyshannon lately sent me some abnormal land shells, 

 collected on the dunes between that town and Bundoran, by the old 

 women who make the shell necklaces for sale at the latter place. Among 

 them I find two sinistral specimens of the above, and some friend.s, who 

 have passed some hundreds of reversed specimens ofi^. ncmoralis from 

 the same locality through their hands, tell me they have never seen such 

 '* sports " of .^. encefonifn before. 



Belfa.st. R. \Vei,ch. 



BIRDS. 



Montagu's Harrier in Wlcklow. 



An immature male Montague Harrier (^Circus Montagni) was shot near 



Kylebeg, Blessington, Co. Wicklow, on the 7th of September, probably 



belonging to the same brood as those obtained in Co. Wexford in the 



month of August. 



Edward Wii.i,iams. 



Bewick's Swans In the Moy Estuary. 



On the 12th of December, 1899, a herd of twenty Bewick's Swans {Cygnus 



Bewicki) visited the estuary, and rested for some hours on the Bartragh 



sands, opposite Moyne Abbey. One fine bird was obtained, it measured 



3 feet 9 inches from point of bill to end of tail feathers, and weighed 



14 lbs. The entire herd appeared to be adult birds, for there were no 



grey ones amongst them. 



Robert Warre;n, 



Moyview, Ballina, 



