Ji The Irish Naturalist. [March, 



Blcdius lo7ig7il2is, Er., is, as far as I know, a new record for 

 Ireland, and is by no means a common insect in Great 

 Britain. 



Perhaps the most interesting of all Mr. Buckle's captures is 

 Otiorrhyiichus auroptmctatiis, Gjdl. This fine weevil has been 

 taken on the east coast (/. Nat., vol. iv., p. 213) by Messrs. 

 Cuthbert and Halbert. That a Pyrenean species should occur 

 on our east coast was remarkable enough, but to find it on our 

 northern coast is more remarkable still, and proves the correct- 

 ness of Mr. Carpenter's remark {I.e., p. 215) " that its presence 

 here cannot be ascribed to recent introduction," and points to 

 the probability of its occurrence at intermediate stations. 

 Here is an opportunity for some of our friends of the Belfast 

 Naturalists' Field Club. The insect has been found in Dublin, 

 Meath, Louth, and Londonderry ; let them complete the 

 chain by finding it in Down and Antrim. 



I see that Mr. Buckle took Philopedo7i geminatzis, F. It 

 would be interesting to know if he met with the large white 

 form which has been met with in some localities. 



I must congratulate Mr. Buckle most heartily on the success 

 of his efforts, and I hope we shall soon hear of more good 

 captures, meanwhile macte virtute. 



In the report of the Dublin Naturalists' Field Club («7z/^, p. 19) 

 the following remark occurs — '* Mr. Cuthbert goiRhopalomesites 

 Tardyi in Alder, an unusual home for this weevil." 



I have taken it in Alder, and the following quotation will 

 show that it is not averse to that tree ; in fact, I don't think it 

 cares so long as the tree is in a suitable condition for attack 

 what kind it is ; — 



"As another example of the same kind may be mentioned, the un- 

 expected recognition, at Cranmore, of Cossonus Tardii^ by my friend and 

 fellow-member, Robert Templeton, Esq., R.A. It was found by him in 

 June, 1829, on the under side of an alder which lay in the farm-yard and 

 had been stripped of its bark. This insect is one of the Cttrailionidce or 

 weevil tribe. It was first discovered in July, 1822, under the bark of 

 decayed hollies near Powerscourt Waterfall, County of Wicklow, by the 

 late James Tardy, Esq., of Dublin, in company with N. A. Vigors, Esq., 

 who conferred its specific name in honour of his friend. Mr. Curtis 

 remarks — It appears, like all wood-feeding insects, to be extremely 

 local ; for Mr. Tardy, in a letter, says—' I have in vain sought for it in 

 places abounding as much in holly, and in similar situations, in the same 

 county.* 



