191 3. NICHOI^SON. — Irish Beetles. 49 
SOME ADDITIONAL RECORDS OF IRISH BEETLES, 
CHIEFLY FROM CO. MEATH. 
BY G. W. NICHOLSON, M.D. 
In pursuance of my destiny always to go to Ireland at a 
time when beetles are scarce, I spent the month of July, 
1912, at.Balrath. The summer species one expects to 
fmd on flowers and by sweeping were absent, and it was 
only by pulling moss, sifting refuse, and such methods, 
that I succeeded in finding anything at all. 
There are, however, two additions to the Irish list. 
These are : — 
C Iambus^ punctuluni , Beck. — I found a single specimen 
of this species in moss on the banks of a stream at Cabra 
Castle, Co. Cavan, within a hundred yards of the Meath 
county boundary. 
Enicmus histrio, Joy. — Occurred at Balrath in lawn 
mowings. This identification has been verified by Dr. Joy 
himself. 
Another species, though apparently an introduced 
member of our fauna, is noteworthy : 
Ptinus tecHis, Boiel. — It was with more pleasure than 
surprise that I encountered a couple of specimens of this in- 
sect walking about in Balrath House at night. This 
species has spread widely in England during recent 3^ears, 
and its appearance in Ireland (as first recorded in 1908 
by G. H. Carpenter)^ was to be expected. 
Among my other captures the following, which I have 
not previously recorded from this district^ deserve mention: 
Hydroporus incognitus, Sharp ; Linmebius truncatellus, 
Thoms., common in moss on stones in a small shallow^stream ; 
Helophorus aquaticus, L., var. aequalis, Thoms., one specimen 
' Econ. Proc. R. Dublin Soc, vol, i., p. 587, pi. liv. 
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