290 [December, 



NOTKvS. 



ZOOLOGY. 



INSECTS. 



Entomologrical Notes from Ulster. 



Mr. W. H. Patterson, of vStrandtown, Belfast, has coutiuued liis efforts 

 to add to our knowledge of the coleopterous fauna of Ireland, and has 

 sent me a number of beetles from various localities ; the more interesting 

 of his captures I now enumerate: — 



At Ball3'castle, mostly inland — Philonthiis laminatus, Creutz. , Qucdiiis 

 niesomelimis, Marsh., Tehphonis nigricans v. discoideus, Steph., Lema e}'ichsoni, 

 Safifr., an interesting caj^ture, extending the range of this insect from 

 Cork to Antrim ; Crcpidodera helixines, L. 



At Kilroot, near Ca.vric'ki&rgxxs—Harpaliisru/ibaf'bis, F., Hydroportis vittiila^ 

 Er., Homalinni rujipes, Fourc. , Corymbites qnercus, Gyll. , Brachypterus piibescens, 

 Br., Cyphon nitidultis^ Thoms., Anaspis nijlcollis, F., Otiorrhynchus mtisconiM, 

 Bris., Doiytomiis tortrix, L. 



At Killough, Co. Down — Pterostichtis stremms, Panz., Hydroponis lepiduSi 

 01., H. pubescens, Gyll., H. lituratus, F., Laccobius bipttnctaiits, F., Sphceriaiwn 

 marginatum, F., Liosoma ovatulum, Clairv. 



At Strandtown, Co. Dovm— A maraplebeia, Gyll., Note r us spar stis, Marsh., 

 Phyllopertha horticola, L., Donacia vulgaris, Zsch. {typ/ics, Ahr.), Dorytotnus 

 tortrix, L. 



At Tollymore Park, Co. Down — Cychramus fungicola,'H.itQr, Dr. Sharp, 

 I believe, considers Cfunqicola, Heer., and C. lutcus, F., to be — the former 

 the male and the latter the female of the same species; and in 

 Fowler and Sharp's Catalogue fnngicola is given as a synonym of luteus. 

 Epurea astiva, L-, Adrastus limbatus, F., Athous niger, L., Corymbites quercus, 

 Gyll., He/odes minuta, 'L,., Grammoptera rufoornis, F. Mr, Patterson also 

 beat from trees a number of Hemipterous larvae, which I referred to Mr. 

 E. Saunders, who pronounces them to be the larval form of Podisus 

 {Asopus) luridus, Fab. ; they were present in numbers, but none of the 

 perfect insect occurred. 



At Newcastle, Co. Down, on sandhills — Harpal us tardus, Panz., Dromius 

 linearis, 01., Byrrhtis fasciatus, P\, Lacon murinus, L., Strophosomus retusus^ 



Marsh. 



At Stormount, Co. Bown-^Byturus iomentostis F., Athous niger, L-) 



Crepidodera ventralis, lib 



At Bundoran, on September 4, Mr. Patterson found swarms of 

 Coccinella yi\-puuctata, L., along with its larva on the Bent^grass and 

 crawling on the sand ; they must have been very numerous, for he 

 remarks: "where they had congregated they were so numerous that a 

 thousand might have been counted in a short time"; besides this 

 Ladybird Mr. Patterson took Broscus cephalotes, L., Adimonia tanaceti, L-, 

 Otiorrhynchus atroapterus, De G., a fortn with bright red femora, and 

 Barynotus Schonherri^ Zett. 



