290 The Irish Naturalist* September, 



occurring in this country. The species found by Mr. Standen 



is : — 



Panorpa gcrmanica, E .—One male taken at Youghal. One 

 female, at Blarney. The male specimen belongs to the form 

 with unspotted wings, beautifully figured by Curtis in his 

 British Entomology \ xv., plate 696, while in the female the spots 

 are joined to form narrow bands, like those of P. com?nionis. 



It is very remarkable that these peculiar insects should have 

 been so long overlooked in Ireland. It is likely, however, 

 that they will prove to be of very limited range in this country, 

 as is the case with many insects of wide distribution in Great 

 Britain. The flies are commonly known to entomologists 

 as " Scorpion Flies," on account of the curious shape of the 

 body which, in the male, is curved upwards and carries a 

 forceps-like structure at the end. 



Panorpa germa?iica is common in Northern and Central 

 Europe, occurring in woods and hedges during the summer 

 months. The flies and their larvae are carnivorous, the former 

 are said to feed largely on Diptera. 



TERRESTRIAL COEEOPTERA. 



BY J. N. HALBERT. 



Thk laud beetles recorded in the following list were collected 

 by a few Field Club members who were good enough to devote 

 part of their spare time to this work. I have specially to 

 thank Messrs. F. Balfour Browne, J. N. Milne, R. Patterson, 

 A. Stelfox, R. Standen, and others. The aquatic species have 

 been investigated by Mr. F. Balfour Browne, who publishes a 

 separate report on this interesting group. 



Amongst the land beetles there are unfortunately no 

 additional Irish species to record. On the other hand, a 

 number of the species recorded here (at least sixteen) are new 

 to the County Cork list, a result to be expected, bearing in 

 mind the desultory nature of the collecting that has hitherto 

 been done in this the largest of our Irish counties. At least 

 four of the species are previously unrecorded from the pro- 

 vince of Minister. 



