I9I3- KTiK-^is— Localities for Maruic Algae. 13 
In the JJhtcY Journal of Archaeology, vol. i., 1853, there 
is a paper by Geo. C. Hyndman, entitled " Notes on the 
Natural History of Tory Island." At p. 37 there is a short 
hst of Algae, and as this is not included in any of the 
Bibhographies of Irish Algae it seems worth referring to. It 
contains ten species. Quoting the old names as they stand 
these are as follows : — Fucus vesictilosus, F. nodosus, Hi- 
manthalia lorea, Laminaria digitata, Rhodomenia laciniata, 
Plocamium coccineum, Ptilota plumosa, Conferva rupestris, 
Codium tomentosum, C. adhaerens ? (according to Dr. 
Harvey). 
Royal College of Science. Dublin. 
REVIEW. 
MANX COLEOPTERA. 
The Aquatic Coleoptera of the Isle of Man. with some remarks on the origin 
of the Fauna. By F. Balfour Browne, M.A. The Naturalist, March, 191 1. 
Bearing in mind the man}- points of similarity between the Manx and 
the Irish faunas, this carefully-prepared paper should be of great use to 
those interested in the distribution of Irish insects. According to the 
author, the Isle of Man is a sufficiently productive collecting-ground for 
water -beetles, there being plenty of streams and small ponds. The only 
groups in which the island is deficient are those characteristic of lakes 
and marshes. In all 92 specimens were found, chiefly the result of the 
author's researches, combined with notes made from the valuable local 
collection formed by the late Dr. Bailey. 
The paper contains some useful comparisons on the range in Great 
Britain of many of our rarer species. Amongst these, perhaps, the most 
interesting, from an Irish point of view, is Bidcssiis minutissinms, an 
extremely local species, found for the first time in the Isle of Man by 
Mr. Balfour Browne. Notes on the distribution of this species will be 
found in the Irish Naturalist for January, 1912. 
The Irish localities for Gyriniis urinator are given as South Kerry, West 
Cork, and Toome Bridge in county Antrim, where a single specimen 
was taken by Mr. Welch. Of interest also in the local Octhebius Lejolisii, 
a species which has now been traced on the sea-coasts of several of our 
northern counties, and will probably be found all round the Irish littoral. 
From a careful analysis of their respective faunas the author remarks 
" there is a shght indication that the Manx water -beetles are more like 
those of North-West England than those of either South-West Scotland or 
North-East Ireland" (p. 158). 
J. N. H. 
