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Coleoptera in Co. Dublin.— The following is a list of some beetles 

 recently taken by me about Dublin, given with the intention of recording 

 a few species new to the district, or Ireland, and of supplying additional 

 localities for some already recorded. Elaphrus cupreus, Dodder bank, 

 Friarstown Glen, locally common ; Leistus rufescens, Santry ; Dromius 

 quadrinotatus, Enniskerry, and under hawthorn bark, Phoenix Park, much 

 rarer than quadrimaculatus ; Chlcenius nigricornis, Dodder bank, Friarstown 

 Glen ; Olisthopus rotundatus, common under stones on Howth ; Cillenus 

 lateralis, shore near Sutton, under sea-weed, previously recorded by Mr. 

 Haliday both from this district and the south-west coast of Ireland ; 

 Bembidium rufescens, Tolka Valley, under hawthorn bark ; B. atrocceruleum, 

 Royal Canalbank(newto Dublin list); Ccelambus quinquelineatus, Royal Canal, 

 Santry, Raheny, etc., frequent; Deronectes assiimlis, in the spring of last 

 3'ear this beetle was verv common in the Roval Canal near Dublin, it 

 seemed not to be so common this season ; Deronectes xii.-pustulatus, 

 Dodder, near Dublin (Dr. Scharff took it last May in the quarries near 

 Raheny) ; Enochrus bicolor, I found a specimen last summer in the old 

 quarries at Raheny and again last May (it does not seem to have been 

 previously recorded from Ireland) ; Laccohius sinuatus, in moss from 

 Dodder bank, Terenure ; Tachyporus obtusus var. nitidicollis, Santry, etc., 

 common. Qmdius cinctus, and Q. molochinus, under stones, in moss, etc., 

 plantations, Mt. Pelier, Dublin mountains ; in the same locality 

 last autumn I took a specimen of Q. picipes, a species as far as I 

 can ascertain not previously noted as Irish. Xantholinus glabratus 

 and X tricolor, both occurred on the Scalp ; Stenus jlavipes, Santry, etc., 

 frequent ; S. cicindeloides, two specimens in moss from Portmarnock (both 

 species new to Dublin list) ; Philorinum sordidum, Howth ; Scaphisoma 

 agaracinum, in a rotten stump, Woodlands near Lucan ; Necraphorus 

 mortuorum, I found a specimen some years ago at Tibradden ; Hippodamia 

 xiii. -punctata, Woodlands; Adalia obliterata, common by sweeping under 

 Conifers, Santry, Lucan, etc. ; Hcdyzia xvi.-guttata, off Conifers, in the 

 Lucan demense; H. xviii. -guttata, Tolka Valley, Phcenix Park, etc., 

 much rarer than H. xiv. -guttata ; H. xxii.-punctata, frequent, Santry, 

 Portmarnock (very common), etc., Telmatophilus caricis, quarries near 

 Raheny, sweeping; Paramecosoma melanocephalum, One specimen in 

 flood-refuse from Tolka (both this and the former species are 

 new to the Dublin list) ; Aphodius rufescens, Scalp, etc. ; A. p>orcus, 

 Woodlands, one specimen (new to Dublin list) ; Geotrupes spiniger, near 

 Dublin ; Corymbites quercus, occurred in the Lucan demesne ; Telephorus 

 nigricans var. discoideus, by sweeping at the edge of a small stream, 

 Tibradden; 1'elephoius tltoracicus, Royal Canal bank near Blanchards- 

 town, a local species in England (new to Dublin list) ; Malthodes 

 atomus, Santry, a few specimens, sweeping low plants ; Priobium 

 castaneum, Malahide ; Gastrophysa polygoni, local, Santry, Tallaght, etc.; 

 Lochncea suturalis, Howth and Bray Head ; Crepidodera rufipes, locally 

 common, Lucan, etc. ; Psylliodes cuprea, Portmarnock ; Cassida flaveola, 

 Santry, sweeping, last June (new to Dublin list) ; Crypticus quisquilius, 

 shore near Sutton ; Safpingus castaneus, Santry, one specimen, sweep- 

 ing under Conifers (new to Ireland) ; S. ceratus, local, Tibradden 

 and Blanchardstown ; RJtinosimus ruficolhs and R. viridipennis, Santry, 

 under moss on an old tree stump, last December (the former is new 

 to Dublin, and the latter, of which only two specimens occurred, is 

 apparently new to Ireland) ; Otiorrhynchus mourns, locally abundant, Santry, 

 Portmarnock, etc., I noticed it very common last summer ; Barypeithes 

 sulcifrons, Boh., one specimen, Woodlands ; Polydrusus chrysomela, several 

 last May, from under stones at one spot on the shore, near Sutton, a little 

 above high-water mark, it is, I think, very local, and only occurred to 

 me at the one place (I cannot find any previous Irish record for this 

 interesting species, but I believe Mr. Ray Hardy has taken it in 

 Co. Kerry). Phyllobius pomome, Portmarnock ; Barynotus Schonherri, Royal 

 Canal bank ; B. elevatus, in moss from Santry ; Hypera pollux, Santry, 



