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Broscus cephalotes, L. — Coolmore, very numerous. 



Badlster bipustulatus. F.— Coolmore. Near Cavan. 



Chiaenius nigricornis, F. — Coolmore, and banks of R. Erne near 

 Ballyshannon. 



Bradycellus verbascl, Duft.— Coolmore. 



Harpalus ru picola, Sturm. — On the shore at Greenore. This is 

 the only locality as yet for this beetle in Ireland. Rev. W. F. Johnson 

 took it there in 1888, vide Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. xxv., p. 140. In England it 

 seems confined to the east and south- 



H. ruficornis, F.— Coolmore. 



H. aerie us, F. — On the beach at Greenore. 



H. I at us, L-— Ballyhaise. 



Pterostlchus cupreus, L.— -Coolmore. 



P. versicolor, Sturm. — Bere Island, a very dark form. 



P. madid us, F. — Coolmore. Near Cavan, common. 



P. nlger, Schall.— Fathom. Dundalk. 



P. vulgaris, L. — Coolmore. Slieve Gullion. Fathom. 



P. anthracinus, 111. — Common under stones on Lough Oughter 

 shore. The only other Irish record is " near Belfast" by Haliday. 



P. nlgrita, F. — Coolmore. Berehaven. Shores of Lough Oughter. 



P. gracilis, Dej. — Shores of Lough Oughter. 



P. minor, Gyll.— Shores of Lough Oughter. 



P. strenuus, Panz. — Coolmore. 



P. dillgens, Sturm. — Shores of Lough Oughter. 



P. striola, F. — Coolmore. Slieve Gullion. Berehaven ; this seems the 

 commonest Pterostlchus in the south-west, being found by everyone who 

 collects in the district. 



Amara spinlpes, Duft.— Coolmore. 



A. Plfrons, Gyll. — Coolmore. 



A. communis, Panz.— Coolmore. 



Calathus cisteloides, Panz.— Coolmore. 



C. fuscus, F. — Coolmore, at roots of Ammophila. 



C. melanocephalus, L. — Coolmore. 

 var. nubigena, Hal Coolmore. Slieve Glah. Dursey. This in- 

 teresting melanic variety was until lately known only from consider- 

 able altitudes. Two of the above localities, however, are near the 

 sea-level. Dr. Scharff also has taken it on the Aran Islands in 

 Galway Bay, at a moderate elevation. It occurs also on the Faroe 

 Islands, 



C. piceus, Marsh. — Ballyhaise, Oak Wood. 

 Taphria nivalis, Panz. — Coolmore. 



Anchomenus angusticollls, F. — Banks of R. Erne above Bally- 

 shannon under stones, pretty numerous. 



A. alftipes, F. — Coolmore. R. Erne. Cavan. Hungry Hill, common. 



A. oblongus, vSturm. — Shores of Lough Oughter, very common under 

 stones. 



A. marglnatus, L. — Coolmore. 



A. parumpunctatus, F. — Coolmore. Shores of Lough Oughter. 

 Killarney. 



A. viduus, Panz.— Shores of Lough Oughter. 



A. micans, Nic. — Shores of Lough Oughter. 



A. fuliginosus, Panz. — Ballyhaise. 



A. gracilis, Gyll.— Coolmore. 



