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INSECTS COLLECTED BY THE ROYAL IRISH 

 ACADEMY FLORA AND FAUNA COMMITTEE, 



1893. 



BY REV. W. F. JOHNSON, M.A., F.E.S., J. N. HALBERT, AND 



GEORGE H. CARPENTER, B.SC. 

 {Contimced from page 89.) 



COLEOPTERA. 



This order of insects has yielded better results than any other. The 

 following list of captures, with some notes on distribution, contains 

 eighteen beetles (distinguished by an asterisk), which we believe to be 

 new to Ireland. It is remarkable that some of the insects now recorded 

 from Co. Donegal have in Great Britain a southern range, while several 

 northern British forms have been discovered in the south-west of Ireland. 

 We have to thank Dr. D. Sharp and Rev. Canon Fowler for identifying 

 some of the more critical species. 



CICINDELIDJE. 



Cicindela campestris, L. — Berehaven, common, especially in dry 

 sandy places near the coast. This beetle seems widely spread in the 

 south-west of Ireland, having been observed also at Slea Head, to the 

 west of Dingle (August, 1889). 



CARABIDyE. 



Carabus catenulatus, Scop. — Hungry Hill. Ballyhaise, in moss on 

 trees. Slieve Glah, under stones. 



C. glabratus, Payk. — Mountains between Adrigole and Glengariff. 



C. clathratus, L.— Slieve Mishkish, 



These three species have not been hitherto recorded from the south- 

 west of Ireland. The occurrence of the two latter is of great interest, 

 as further evidence for the northern and alpine character of a section of 

 the fauna of this mild southern region. 



C. nemoralis, Mull. — Coolmore. Ballyhaise, Oak Wood. Slieve 

 Glah, remains under stones. 



C. gran u latus, L.— Coolmore. Slieve Glah, remains under stones ; 

 no living specimen found. Dursey. Near Killarney. 



Notiophilus biguttatus, F. — Coolmore. Dundalk. Ballyhaise. 



N. substriatus, Wat— Coolmore. Cultragh Lough. Dursey; an 

 addition to the fauna of S.W. Ireland. 



N. aquaticus, L-— Coolmore. Ballyhaise. 



N. palustris, Duft.— Coolmore. 



Nebria brevicollis, F. — Cavan. Berehaven. Killarney, common. 



Pelophila borealis, Payk. — Banks of R. Erne above Ballyshannon, 

 under stones, pretty numerous. 



Blethisa mu It i punctata, L.— Coolmore, in a marsh. 



Elaphrus riparius, L-— Coolmore, and banks of R. Erne near 

 Ballyshannon. 



E. cupreus, Duft.— Coolmore, banks of R. Erne. Near Dundalk, in 

 marshy field. 



Clivina fossor, L.— Coolmore. Shores of Lough Oughter. 



Dyschirius politus, Dej.— Coolmore, on sandy beach in company 

 with Bembidium pallidipenne, both appearing to prey upon the Bledii 

 which abounded in the same spot. 



D. globosus, Herbst.— Coolmore, under stones by a small stream, 



