196 The Irish Nattiralist. September, 



Cerambycid^. — Grat)i7}ioptera rnjicornis^ IvOUgh Gill. 



ChrysomeIvID^. — Donacia crassipcs, common on leaves of Water-lilies 

 in shallow pools on the shore of Ivongli Gill ; not previously recorded 

 from Connaiight. D. versicolorca, in same locality as preceding. D. 

 comari, common. Chrysomela Ban/csi, Rosses Point. Gastroidea viridula. 

 rhyllodcita vitcllime, Strandhill. Hydroihassa marginella. Prasocuris phellandrii^ 

 Ballysadarc. Longitarsus jacobficc. L. sp. either /trvzs or pc/Zna'dus, Raghly, 

 Strandhill, &c. Aphthona nonstriata. Phyllotreta exclamationis^ Glencar. 

 Sp/uc)ode)f/ia testaceiim. Crepidodera transversa. C. fcrruginea. Psylliodes 

 aj/im's, Raghly. 



MoRDElylJD^.— y/;fajr/zV ruficollis. A. melamira. 



CURCUI^ONID^. — Apiou ervt. Otiorrhynchus picipes. Phyllobhis oblongus. P. 

 argmtatus. Philopedon geviinaUts, Raghly. Sitones tibialis. Orchestes fagi. 

 O. salicis, Strandhill, on Salix repens on sandhills. Grypidius equiseti, Bally- 

 sadarc. Cccliodes iv.-viaculatiis. Ceuthorrhynchiis erysimi^ L,issadill. G. 

 contractus. Phytobius canalicjilattis, Ballysadare. Limnobaris T-album. 

 Rhopalomcsitcs Tardyi, found under bark of decayed fir trees at Rockwood. 



HEMIPTERA. 



BY J. N. H ALBERT. 

 (Collected for the R.I. A. Flora and Fauna Committee). 



Though less numerous in species than certain other groups, the plant- 

 and water-bugs were by far the most abundant insects during the Sligo 

 Excursion ; some of the commoner kinds swarmed on their various food 

 plants in the woods. In all about fifty species of Heteroptera were 

 collected. The great majority of these are common and widely dis- 

 tributed species, though a few may be considered local or rare. The 

 shield-bug Podisus hiridus, taken at Lough Gill, is a local insect of western 

 range in Ireland. In the lake itself specimens of the water-bug Corixa 

 Germari, Fieb., hitherto unrecorded as Irish, were secured. Another 

 species of the same genus C. Bonsdorffi, Sahib, is abundant in the lakes 

 near Rosses Point. This used to be considered a rare insect, but it has 

 lately been found in numerous localities throughout the country. About 

 forty species of Homoptera, or Frog-hoppers, were collected, but the 

 majority of these have yet to be identified. 



PENTATOMID^. — Tropicoris rufipcs, common in woods. Podisus luridtts, a 

 specimen of this local species occurred amongst debris on the shore of 

 Lough Gill. 



'i^\'OJS,iT)i^.— Scoiopostethus neg/ectus, Strandhill. 



TlNGlDiD^. — Alonanthia cardui, common. 



HydromeTRID^^.— y)/?V;w^/ia pygmaa, Lough Gill, in pools on shore. 

 Velia currens, common. Gerris lacustris, common. 



REDuvid>e.— .A^a/^a flavomarginatus, undeveloped form abundant. 



