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Quedius obliteratus from Co. Cavan. 



Mr. Keys has pointed out {Eiii. Mo. Mag. 1902, p. 147) that Wollaston 

 records Quedius obliteratus, Er. from Rosnahe, Kauturk, Co. Cork 

 {Zoologist 1847, p. 1576). This species, which seems to be very local in 

 England, has, to the best of my knowledge, not been found in Ireland 

 since. It was, therefore, with much pleasure that I took a specimen in 

 the yard at Cloverhill, Co. Cavan, on September 30, 19 10, from under 

 the bark of an old log which is used as a support for the haystacks. On 

 my return to this log on the following day, I found that it had been 

 covered with several tons of hay, and was, therefore, no longer available. 

 No other specimens could be found in any of the other pieces of timber 

 that were lying about, nor at the bottom of the haystacks. 



135 Elm Park Mansions, London, S.W. G. W. Nicholson. 



Coleoptera from South Kerry. 



The following list of some of the more interesting beetles captured 

 by me last August in South Kerry, chiefly in the Caragh Lake and Glencar 

 districts, may be worth recording : — 



Cychrus rosiratus, Carabus catennlatus, Lcistus montanus, Ncbria 



Gyllenhali, on Caher and Carrantuohill ; Bradycellus distinctus, Glencar ; 



Trechus rubeiis, one example under fir-bark near Blackstones Bridge, 



Glencar ; Patrobus assimilis, common on the Reeks above 2,000 feet ; 



Pogonus chalceus, Rossbeigh ; Lathrobiuni multipuncttmi, Oxyteles com- 



planattis* Glencar ; Necrophorus mortuorum, N. nispator var. microce- 



phalus* Nccrodes littoralis, all three occurred in a dead rat, Glencar ; 



Onthophagiis fracticoriiis in profusion in sicrcove on Rossbeigh santlhills ; 



Aphodius rufesccns,* A. scybalarius, A. nitiduliis, A. pulridus * (horealis) 



on Rossbeigh sandhills in stercore ; Cryptohypnus iv-guttatus on shore 



of L. Acoose ; Strangalia armata, one specimen in Lickeeu woods, 



Glencar ; Oiiorrynchus muscorum,* Rossbeigh common. The species 



marked with an asterisk are new to Kerry. I am greatly indebted to 



Messrs. W. F. Johnson and J. N. Halbert for kindly naming for me many 



of the above. 



L. H. Bonaparte Wyse. 



Ealing Common, London, W. 



Former Occurrence of the Wild Cat in Ireland. 



In his paper published in the Proc. Pay. I. Acad., vol. xxvi., B. i, 

 page I, in which he described the bones of Wild Cats from the caves of 

 County Clare, Dr. Scharff stated that the' Wild Cat is mentioned in an 

 ancient Irish poem. By itself this would not be conclusive evidence, 

 but it is interesting to find that there are other allusions to the occurrence 

 of a Wild Cat in Ireland in historical times. These are so iuithentic that 

 I cannot think the fact can be any longer in doubt. I do not propose to 

 publish these now, as I am collecting them for my forthcoming book on 

 British Mammals. They are, however, available for anyone who reads 



the current books on Irish history. 



G. E. H. Barrett Hamilton. 

 Kilmanock, Co. Wexford. 



