40 .February, 



ENTOMOI.OGICAL NOTES FROM ULSTER. 



BY C. W. BUCKLE. 



SiNCK the publication in the Irish Naturalist, in January, 

 1900, of a list of beetles taken in the Foj^le district, my 

 opportunities for collecting have been somewhat limited, and 

 chiefly confined to the Belfast district. In the following list, 

 which only includes the more interesting species which I 

 have met with, those marked (*) are recorded for the first time 

 in Ireland. 



Beeti^es. 



The nomenclature used is that of Sharp and Fowler: — "Catalogue 

 of British Coleoptera," 1893. 



Carabus arvcnsis— May -June. Several examples at the summit of 



Collinward Mountain, Co. Antrim ; height, 1,196 feet. Mr. H. Booth 



also took this species at the same spot. 

 Dyschirius salinus— Sept. A single example taken on bank of river 



between Comber and Strangford Lough, Co. Down. 

 Badister sodalis— Oct—Nov. Occurs under stones well above flood 



level, Colin Glen, Co. Antrim. Haliday recorded this from Belfast 



district ; and it has also beeu taken in the West of Ireland, but is 



rare. 

 Anchomenus oblongrus — Dec. Very plentiful along shore of L- 



Neagh, near Shane's Castle, at highest flood level. 

 Bembidium nitidulum — April. Two examples at foot of disused 



limestone quarry from which the winter water had receded, Cave 



Hill, Co. Antrim. 

 B. assimilc— Dec. Fairly common on borders of L. Neagh, near 



Shane's Castle. 

 B. Iunatum--July. Under sea-weed at Magilligan, Co. Derry. This 



is the first record from the mainland of Ireland ; but it was taken a 



few years ago by Mr. J. R. Hardy, on Rathlin Island. 

 B. femoratum — 1 March. These two species were taken under the 

 B. flammulatum j same piece of turf growing on the wing wall 



of the weir bridge above Drum Bridge, over Lagan Canal. 

 Patrobus cxcavatus— July. A single example at foot of Collinward 



Hill, near Glengormley, Co. Antrim. Rare. 

 Pogonus chalccus— vSept.-Oct. On salt marsh, Strangford Lough, 



between Comber and Newtownards. 

 Hydroporus incognltus— May. Borders of small spring, Cave Hill. 



Plentiful at this spot, but very local. Previously recorded by me 



from the Foyle district for the first time. 

 *H. obsoletus— Oct. A single example from the same situation as 



Dysch. salinus, Strangford Lough. I have just discovered another 



example among some duplicates oi H. inemnofiiHs from Foyle district. 



