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undulating character, the principal elevation being Slieve 

 Glah (1,057 feet), which was carefully searched for the moun- 

 tain species, and the woods near Cultragh IyOugh, a large sheet 

 of water to the north of Slieve Glah, also yielded good results. 

 One day was spent at Ballyhaise, about four miles from Cavan, 

 the extensive plantation on the south bank of the river Anna- 

 lee, known as Oak Wood, being very productive. Those 

 species in the list localized "Cavan " were obtained by sweeping, 

 examining bark, moss, &c, in the narrow strips of planted 

 wood bordering the roads, in many places, in the vicinity of 

 the town ; a short time was also spent in the Farnham demesne. 

 Altogether, there are many promising localities, especially the 

 lake shores, which would undoubtedly repay a more thorough 

 investigation. 



HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA 



In enumerating the insects of this group, we think it advisable to give, 

 in addition to the localities mentioned above, any others in Ireland from 

 which we know them to have been recorded or captured. So little is 

 known of the distribution of these insects in Ireland 1 that it is advisable 

 to give the range as fully as possible. An asterisk is prefixed to the 

 species (four in number) which we believe to be new to the country. 

 We have to thank Mr. E- Saunders, F.i,,s., for identifying some of the 

 species. 



PENTATOIYIIDjE. 



Carpocorls baccarum, L. — Dursey. This local species has occur- 

 red also in the south-west near Dingle. Mr. J. M. Browne has taken it 

 on Gt. Aran Island, Galway Bay, and also on Inishbofin, off Co. Mayo ; 

 Dr. Power near Waterford, Mr. H. G. Cuthbert at Courtown, Co. Wexford, 

 and Mr. W. F. de V. Kane at Howth. In England it seems confined to 

 the south, and is specially characteristic of the south-western counties. 



Tropicoris rufipes, L. — Berehaven. Also occurs at Armagh 

 (W.F.J.), Dublin (J.N.H.) 



COREIDJE. 



*Syromastes margin atus, L,.— Berehaven. This insect is new 

 to Ireland, and is also, we believe, the first example of its sub-family 

 (Coreznce) ever taken in the country. In Great Britain it seems confined 

 to the south of England and South Wales, a distribution characteristic 

 of the British insects of the family, not one of which, according to Mr. 

 B. Saunders, has been found in Scotland. Mr. Haliday took Corizus 

 partimpnnctatas, Schill. (sub-fam. Corizin<z) in Ireland. 2 



1 See B. Saunders, — The Hemiptera-Heteroptera of the British Isles, 

 London, 1893. W. F. Johnson, — Hemiptera in the North of Ireland, 

 Ent. Mo. Mag., xxix., 1893, p. 35. Dr. Power, — Entomologist, xv., 1878. 



2 In Thompson's Nat. Hist. Ireland, vol. iv., p. 367, Haliday gives four 

 as the number of species of Coreidce in Ireland. From his MS. list 

 (kindly lent us by Dr. B. P. Wright) it appears, however, that three of 

 these are Berytidce, 



