1902. 1 63 



INSECTS COLLECTED IN CO. SLIGO. 



BY REV. W. F. JOHNSON, M.A., F.E.S. 



[Collected for the Royal Irish Acadeuiy Flora and Fauna Committee, 



July and August, 1901.] 



Mrs. Johnson and I spent from July 22nd to 29th at Sligo, 

 and from July 30th to August 14th at Enniscrone. Unfor- 

 tunately the weather was very broken, showers and cold winds 

 prevailing, which seriously interfered with the success of our 

 collecting. 



The localities visited in the neighbourhood of Sligo were 

 Rosses Point, Lough Gill, the south side of Sligo Bay as far 

 as Cummeen House, and the river bank in Colonel Wood- 

 Martin's demesne, which I was enabled to search by the kind 

 permission of the owner. 



Rosses Point is a high mass of rock on the northern side 

 of Sligo Bay ; beyond the point is a fine stretch of sand-hills, 

 behind these the ground is flat, and there is a shallow lake 

 with a little stream running from it into the sea. This formed 

 our hunting ground. In the lake and stream v/ere Haliplus 

 obliqiius, Laccophlliis interruptus, Ccelanibus vAineatus, Laccobius 

 bipimctatus and L. sinuatus ; on the flat ground, in dung, were 

 various species of Cetcyon and Aphodius, the best being Cer- 

 cyon analis, C. terviinatus, Aphodius fcstens, and A. nitiduluSy 

 besides these there were Ocypus cupreiis, O. morio, Xantholinus 

 glabratus, and Oxytelus laqueatus ; in sand at the mouth of 

 the little stream we found Dyschirms impicnctipennis, Bern- 

 bidium pallidipeiuie, and Bledius ai'enarius ; elsewhere, on the 

 sand-hills and shore, were Dyschirius globostis, Aleochara 

 algarum, Philonthus varimis^ and Saprimcs nitidulus. Lepi- 

 doptera were almost absent, which was not to be wondered at 

 seeing most of our collecting was done under the protection 

 of waterproofs and umbrellas. I saw one battered Satyrus 

 semeie, a few Pieris rapce and P. napi, and that was all. Of 

 Hemiptera I took in the lake Gerris odo7itogaster and Corixa 

 atomaria. 



