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Entomolog^lcal Notes from N. E. Ireland.— In a collection 

 of insects made by the Rev. H. W. Lett, when a boy, n the neighbour- 

 hood of Clough, Co. Antrim, I found a specimen of Caraims clathratiis. 

 This appears to be the furthest N. E. record for this beetle. Mr. C. B. 

 Moffat, who is preparing for publication the journals of the late Mr. A. 

 G. More, found a note of the capture of C. clathratiis by Rev. G. Robinson 

 on Deer's Tsland, in Lough Neagh Mr. Robinson frequently told me 

 that he had taken C. clathratus at Tartaraghan, among turf. In fact the 

 beetle seems particularly attached to tutf, for all the captures that I am 

 acquainted with have been made where there was turf, or bog suitable 

 for turf. 



The records given above are interesting, as showing the junction in 

 the line of its distribution with its Scottish habitats. In Rev. H. W. 

 Lett's collection were also Blethisa inultipundata, Pelophila borealis, Chlcenius 

 nigi'itornis, Stoinis pwnicatits^ Amara spinipes^ Silpha opaca, a very narrow 

 brown form of Silpha siibrotuyidata^ and Barynotus obscunis. 



Both Blethisa and Pelophila thus like C. clathmtics complete the line of 

 connection with Scotland, though the former is by no means so northern 

 a species as the latter. Mr. Lett had also some lepidoptera in his 

 collection, of which I may mention the following: — Chrysophanas phla:as 

 var. Schinidtii, this is the only specimen of this form that I have seen in 

 Ireland, and I do not know of any record of it from this country ; Chcero' 

 campa elpenor, Snierinthus popiili, Sattcrnia pavonia, Apaniea didynia (a very 

 black form), A. basalis, Xylocampa lithorrhiza^ and Hybei-nia progemtnaria. 



I have two fresh localities for Sirex gigas — on July 22nd, a specimen 

 was forwarded me from Caledon, Co. Tyrone, where it was found on a 

 Larch, and two days later a specimen was found close to the glebe here, 

 also on Larch. These captures would seem to indicate a spread of this 

 Saw-fly in the country, a thing by no means to be desired, as it is very 

 injurious to timber. 



On June 6, I paid a short visit to Greencastle, on the Co. Down shore, 

 opposite Greenore. I had only about half an hour to search for insects, 

 and confined my attention to the beach, where I met with Calathus fuscns^ 

 Amara fulva^ Heterothops leinotata^ Lathrobium tricolor, diXidt. Alecinus pyraster, also 

 numbers of Otiorrhynchus atroaptenis. Lathrobiwn tricolor also occurred at 

 Omeath when I was there on June 25th. I have captured a few 

 Hymenoptera here, among them being Halictus j-ubicundus, Andrena 

 cineraj'ia, Bo?}ibns agrorwn, B. lapidariiis^ and B. smithiaiiua ; of this last I 

 found a couple of very strong nests in my lawn when the ha}' was being 

 cut. They were very fierce, and chased me a considerable distance when 

 disturbed. This appears to be the first record of their occurrence in 

 Ireland. Megachile centiincidaris I captured in my garden on July 21st, in 

 the act of cutting a piece out of a rose leaf. Vespa norvegica occurred on 

 July 27th. V. vulgaris is not as plentiful as I had expected after the mild 

 winter and spring, but there is quite a sufficient supply. Among the 

 butterflies I have noticed a great abundance of Pararge cegeria here ; it 

 quite swarms in my garden, and abounds along the roads and lanes. I have 

 seen a couple of Janessa atalanta, but V. urtiav has not been at all as plenti- 

 ful as usual ; possibly the torrential rains of last month had something to 



