40 The Irish Naturalist, [Feb. 



FORMICID^. 



Formica rufa, Linn.— (Haliday, M.) Churchill, Co. Armagh (Rev. W. 

 F. Johnson, M.) 



F. f usca, Linn. — Common and generally distributed. 

 Lasius f lavus, De Geer. — Very common everywhere. 

 L. fuligrlnosus, Latr.— Lismore (Halbert). 

 L. nigrei*, Linn. — Common in suitable localities. 



Lcptothorax accrvorum, Fab.— Carlingford (Rev. W. F. Johnson, 



M.) ; Oughterard (Carpenter). 

 IVIyrmica rubra, Linn. — 



Race ruginodis — Very common everywhere. 



lavinodis — Coolmore, Co. Donegal (Rev. W. F. Johnson, M.) ; 



Carrickmines, Lucan, Go. Dublin; Dingle (Halbert). 

 scabrinodis — Less common than ruginodis ; Castletown-Bere, Co. 

 Cork (Carpenter, M.) ; Armagh (Rev. W. F. Johnson, M.); 

 Greystones (M.) ; Dalkey (M.) ; Courtown, Co. Wexford, and 

 Co. Dublin (Cuthbert). 

 lobicornis — Armagh (Rev. W. F. Johnson, M.) 



SPHEGIDj^. 

 Pompilus rufipes, Linn. — I took three specimens at Courtown, Co. 

 Wexford, last year. This season I have looked for them in the same 

 place in vain. 



P. plumbeus. Fab. — Very common in most sandy localities along the 



coast. 



P. nig:er, Fab.— Glencullen, Co. Dublin (Cuthbert) ; Co. Kildare (Freke) ; 



common at Rosscarberry, Co. Cork (Cuthbert). 

 P. g°ibbus, Fab. — Common and generally distributed. 



Salius fuscus, Linn.— (Haliday, M.) ; Armagh (Rev. W. F. Johnson. 



M.); Friarstown, Co. Dublin (Cuthbert). 

 S. exaltatus, Fab.— (Haliday, M.) (Dr. A. W. Foot, in Proc. Nat. Hist. 

 Soc. of Dublin, vol. vi., pt. i, p. 83). 



Ceropales maculata, Fab. — Fairly common in suitable localities on 

 the sea-coast. 



Astatus boops, Schr. — Donabate, Co. Dublin (Cuthbert). 



Tachytes pectin I pes, Linn. — Very common in suitable localities on 

 the sea-coast. 



Atnmophila tiirsuta, Scop. — I took two specimens last season near 

 Arklow, Co. Wicklow. 



Spilomena trog'Ioclytes, V. de Lind. — (Haliday, M). 



Pemphredon lug-ubris, Fab. — Monkstown, Co. Dublin, and Cour- 

 town, Co. Wexford (Cuthbert). 



P. Shuckardi, Moraw. — Dundrum, Co. Dublin (Freke). 



P. Wesmaell, Moraw.— Monkstown, Co. Dublin (Cuthbert). 



P. lethifer, Shuck.— Courtown, Co. Wexford, and Laytown, Co. Dublin 

 (Cuthbert). 



Passalcecus monllicornis, Dbm.— ^(Haliday, M.) 



IVIlmesa unicolar, V. de Lind.— Laytown, Co. Dublin (Cuthbert). 



Psen pal II pes, Panz.— Monkstown, Co. Dublin (Cuthbert) 



Corytes mystaceus, Linn.— (Haliday, M.) 



Nysson splnosus, Fab.— Glencullen, Co. Dublin (Freke). 



IVIelllnus arvensis, Linn.— Common in suitable localities on the sea 

 coast. 



