164 The bish Naturalist. July, 



At Lough Gill we examined a portion of the shore and 

 some meadows adjoining. The localit}^ is very promising, 

 and in fine weather no doubt plenty of insects would be about; 

 but as it was with us a case of a net in one hand and an open 

 umbrella in the other, the results were not such as we would 

 have \N ished. 



On the lake shore we took a couple of Pelophila borealis 

 under stones, along with them were some Anchojiienus viar- 

 ginatus, these were on damp mud ; also A^ichomeims vidtiics, 

 A gracilis, Pterostichvs 7iigrita^ Cyclonotum orbiculare, and 

 Philoiithus quisqzciliarius ; in a pond were Ccelambiis v.-liyieatus^ 

 Hydroportis paltistriSy and the Hemipteron Microvelia pygmoea ; 

 beating hedges, trees, and reeds brought in Stenus pallitarsis, 

 S, shnilis, Halyzia xvi.-guttata, H. co?iglobata, Dolopius 7}iar- 

 ginatus, Adrastus liinbatiis, Galerucella sagittarice, G. tenella^ 

 Phyllotreta jieniorumyApion Gyllenhali, A .ervi^ Nanophyes lythri, 

 Grypidius eqiiiseti, Mecimis py raster, and the Hemptera Nabis 

 fiavo7narginatiis, Plagiognatlnis arbustortwi^ and Idiocerus litu- 

 ratiis. Of Lepidoptera there were none, nor did I see a single 

 Neuropteron. The southern shore of Sligo Bay is very ston}^ 

 and insects were not at all numerous ; Anchoine^ius dorsalis 

 and A. albipes were most plentiful (the latter was exceedingly 

 abundant about Sligo), others that occurred were Bembidium 

 Mannerheimi^ B. niifiimim, Ocypiis 7}iorio, Xantholimis tricolor, 

 and Stemis brunnipes ; in a piece of marshy ground Tachimis 

 laticollis, Aphthona iionstriata. Apion ervi, A. violaceuni, Cceliodes 

 iv.-maculatus, and the Hemipteron Acocephalus albifro7is were 

 taken by sweeping. Our attempt at collecting in Colonel 

 Wood-Martin's demesne was nearly spoiled b}' rain ; however, 

 we were determined not to give into the elements, so pushed 

 on. At the edge of the river, among stones, &c., were Carabus 

 gramdatiiSy Loricera pilicornis, Anchome7iics albipes, A, pai'iun- 

 pioictatus, Ptcrostichtis inadidus, Calathus cisteloides, and such 

 like. The only water-beetle that I could get was Hydroporus 

 pictus. Beating and sweeping produced Halyzia xiv. -guttata, 

 Dolopius marginatus, Helodes miiiida, Microcara Bohemani, 

 Cyphou variabilis, Tclcphorus thoracicus, Phyllodiccta vitelliucB, 

 Hydrothassa marginella, Galerucella tenclla, Aphthona lutesceus, 

 and the Hemiptera Calocoris sexgitttatus, C. biptiuctaius, Lygus 

 contaniinatuSy Gerris costcs, and Evacauthus interruptus. A few 



