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The Field Natttralisfs Quarterly August 



where we have met with this insect, with the exception of 

 Snoivdoii, the black-legged form has been invariable. Search 

 was made for species of Elmis that inhabit the running 

 streams, adherent to submerged stones, but without success. 



Slieve Donard is one of the very few localities in the 

 British Islands for that handsome ground-beetle Carabus 

 clatliratus, whose violet-black body, over an inch in length, 

 with rows of bright coppery impressions on the wing- 

 covers, must make it a conspicuous object on its native hill- 

 sides. The search for this insect formed the raison d'etre 

 of our visit to the Mourne Mountains last Easter, but it did 

 not put in an appearance. The weather, as will be re- 

 membered, was exceptionally cold for so late an Easter, 

 and it was quite evident that many species of beetles had 

 not yet emerged from the snug retreats beneath great 

 stones and among the roots of heather where they had 

 passed the winter ; while many of those that were found 

 were quite torpid. 



So little has been written about the insect fauna of this 

 district that a list of the various species of Coleoptera met 

 with in our four days' collecting may be of service to some 

 of our fellow field naturalists : — 



Carabus granuiatus 

 NotiopJiilus aquaticus . 

 ,, biguttatus 



Leistus montanus 

 Nebria brevicollis 

 ,, Gyllenhali 

 Clivinafossor 

 Broscus ceplialotes 



Badister bipustulatus . 

 Bradycellns cognatus . 

 Harpatus ruficornis 

 „ pro tens 

 „ latus 

 Pterostichns madid us . 



„ vitreus 



„ strenuus . 



„ vulgaris . 



,, striata 



A mar a trivialis . 

 Calathus ?nelanocepJiatus var. nubigena 

 Anchomenus albipes 



„ parumpunctatus 



Bembidium littorale 



Dundrum. 



Slieve Donard. 



Common. 



Slieve Donard. 



Common. 



Slieve Donard, abundant. 



Dundrum. 



Newcastle Shore, under refuse, 



common. 

 Dundrum. 

 Slieve Donard. 

 Common. 

 Common. 



Slieve Donard, common. 

 Common. 

 Slieve Donard. 

 Slieve Donard. 

 Common. 

 Dundrum. 

 Common. 



Slieve Donard, common. 

 Dundrum. 

 Common. 

 Common. 



