I90O.] YLM,-^%^t. — -Beetles of the Diiblin District, 283 



Thanasimiis formicarius, I^. — Grand Canal Dock, several found 



in a tree trunk said to have come from central Ireland. 

 Ptilinus pectiniGornis, L. — The remains of this species were found 



in a tree stump near Artane by Mr. Farran. 

 Octotcmnus ^labriculus, GylL— Dundrum. 

 Strang-alia armata, Herbst.— Abundant at the Dargle, July. 

 Leiopus nebulosus, L.— Beaten off oak trees in the Lucan demesne. 

 Donacia versicolorea, BrahrK — Ralienj- Ponds, and in a marsh by 



the Lifife}' near Blessington. 

 D. thalasslna. Germ. — Ro3-al Canal, near Dublin. 

 D. vulgaris, Zsch. — Rare. I have taken single examples in the 

 Royal Canal, Raheny Ponds, and in the quarry holes near the village 

 ofCrumlin. 

 ChrysoiYiela hyperici, Forst.— Local ; found in the Devil's Glen by 



Mr. Carpenter. 

 Phaedon armoraciae> L. --Rare. 



Aditnonia tanacet!, L.— Templeogne; once found in a spider's web. 

 Lochmaea crataegi, Forst.— Portmarnock ; abundant on hawthorn 

 "blossoms in May. 

 G alerucclla sagittariae, Gyll.— Occurs in the Royal Canal. 

 l-ongitarsus piciceps, Steph.^j 



L. fcmoralis, Marsh. I Very local ; the two last occur on 



L, gracilis, Kuts. j ' the coast. 



L. laevis, Duft. j 



*PhyIlotrcta consolbr'ina. Curt. — Kingstown. Mr. T. Porter found 

 this species in vast numbers, destroying turnips, &c., in the summer 

 of 1898. See Mr. G. H. Carpenter's " Report on Economic Entomo- 

 logy" for that year. Mr. Champion has kindly verified this deter- 

 mination, referring the specimens, which were not quite typical, to 

 •a dark variety oi P. consoh-ma, Curt. Curiously enough the species 

 had not been previously noticed in Ireland. 

 Psylliodcs marcida, 111.— North Bull sands. 

 Tcnetorio molitor, L. — Dublin. 



Rhinosimus viridipennis, Stepli. — Dundrum, under -elm bark, 

 *Choragus Sheppardl, Kirby. — Templeogne, taken by Mr. Farran 



last September. Identified by Mr. Champion. 

 *Apion rubcns, Steph.— Woodlands, Co, Dublin. 

 *A. stolidum, Germ.— Lay town sandhills. 

 Otiorrhynchus auropunctatus, Gyll.— This most interesting 

 weevil has now occurred as far south as Co. Wicklow {/risA N'at,, vol. 

 ix., p. 108). I have taken it abundantly at Portmarnock and Santry 

 b)' beating hedges of hawthorn, ash, and privet. It seems probable 

 that the insect recorded as O. tenehricosus, Herbst., in Hogan's 

 Dublin list, may have been in reality the present species, as the two 

 insects bear a superficial resemblance to each other The locality 

 where 0. tenebricosus is said to have been found— Baldoyle — has 

 been repeatedly worked, but we have never succeeded in finding it 



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