io8 Ihe hish Naturalist. May, 



interested in the classics of this study to the monographs, 

 published some j^ears ago, of Prof Weissman on Corethra 

 phimicomis^ and of Prof. Miall on Chirojiovius dorsalis. There 

 is much yet to be known about our Diptera, although the 

 order, as a whole, has been well -worked out in recent years 

 by foreign specialists, and it is unfortunately not an attractive 

 one to the mere collector. 



Nevertheless, entomologists who are collectors and nothing 

 more will do w^ell to remember there is much work yet 

 to be done in compiling Irish records. The non-aculeate 

 Hymenoptera, Ichneumons, Saw-flies, Gall-flies, &c., still 

 need S3"stematic local work ; and one of the great charms of 

 the study of new ground like this lies, to the pioneer, in the 

 fact that once a beginning with a published list is made, 

 however small, every addition becomes a new record, and a 

 sure foundation is laid for subsequent workers. 



Dublin. 



RHYNCHOTA COLI.ECTED BY COI.. YKRBURY IN 

 SOUTH-WKST IREI.AND (1901). 



BY W. I<. DISTANT. 



Col. Ykrbury has added considerably to our knowledge of 

 the Irish insect fauna, by his recent entomological visit to 

 Kerry. The following is a list of the Rhynchotal species 

 which he then collected, and has since kindly placed in my 

 collection : — 



HETEROPTERA, 



PKNTATOMID^. 



Eurygaster maura, Linn.— Caragli Lake. 



Palomena prasina, Linn.— GlengarifF. 



Dolycoris baccarum, Linn.—Caragh Lake, Glengariff, Waterville. 



Tropicoris rufipes, Linn.—Caragh Lake, Parknasilla. 



Acanthosoma haemorrlioldale, lanu. — Glengariflf. 



A. dcntatum, de Geer.— Glengariff. 



Elasmostethus Interstinctum, Linn. — Glengariff. 



COREID/E. 



Syromastes marginatus^ Linn.— Caragh Lake, Glengariff, Water- 

 ville. 



