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 THE COIvKOPTBRIST IN IREI^AND. 



BY W. K. SHARP. 



( Conchided from page 144. ) 



Dubinin County — North Coast. 



There are, of course, the usual ubiquitous Pterostichus 7nadi- 

 dics, Ft. 7iiger, and Pt. melanarms, and in wet places, Pt. 

 nigrita and Pt. diligens; Amara trivialis is also very common, 

 and among them appears a specimen of a larger ^w^ra, which 

 proves to be A. ovata. This is a species we have only taken 

 in England among river shingle, and it is curious to meet 

 it here in a grass field. It is not a very common species any- 

 where. Under another stone lurks a still larger A^nara, 

 A. aulica, or A. spi7iipes, as it used to be called. We also add 

 to our list of A77iarce, A. similata, under a stone close down 

 by the shingle. The only Be77ibidiu77i we get besides the com- 

 mon B. littoralc and B. la7npros, is B. fe7?ioratu77i. Then there 

 is that pretty little Badistcr bipustulatiis, and a specimen or 

 two of Notiophilus aquaticus. Among the Staphyli7iidce nothing 

 noteworthy occurs, and by this time we have reached and 

 passed the little fishing hamlet of lyoughshinney, and can see, 

 not far beyond, the harbour and straggling cottages of Rush. 



To avoid these we make a detour among the fields. The 

 springing oats are just now turning to green the flattened 

 brown tillage land, and we soon notice a dead scarecrow rook. 

 The robber bird lies prone now, his gibbet having been over- 

 set, and in his half -dried body we find that handsome beetle, 

 Crcophilus fTtaxillosus, with his great sickle- like jaws, two or 

 three of the black Necrophorus hu77iator, and quite a swarm 

 of Silpha rugosa. The aforementioned Silpha subrotu7idata, 

 although common under stones, etc., does not appear to share 

 the generic love of carrion. We expected some C ho leva, 

 Hister, or Sapri7tus, but nothing of the kind appeared. 



In the lane which led through these fields were moss- 

 covered stones, and a little globular steel-blue beetle settled 

 on them, basking in the sun, proved to be Ph<jedo7i ttimidulimi. 

 Beneath the stones was BaryTiotus obsacrtis, and shaken from 

 the hedge above, an example of Phytobius coTnari. We 

 regretted here that we had no net for beating or sweeping, 

 our substitute for such necessary implement only succeeding 



