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men in the Fen. Coeliodes cardiii, Herbsfc., Geiithorhynchus quad- 

 ridens, Panz., C. melanostictua, Marsh. — By sweeping. (\ litura, 

 F. — By sweeping thistles. C. troglodijtes, F., lihinoncus p^ricarpins, 

 L. — By sweeping. B. gramineus, Herbst.— In vegetable refuse. 

 U. perpendicular is, Reich., U. bruchoides, Herbst., Limnobaris 

 T-album, L. — By sweeping. Balauinus brassicuie, F. — By beating 

 sallows. Ma>/daliaus ateri-ima,F. — By beating hedges, etc. Scoliifus 

 midtistr tains, Marsh. — In the bark of plum trees. Jfylesinns 

 crenatus, F. — In plenty, under the bark of a dead ash tree ; all the 

 specimens were dead. H. olnperda, F. — By sweeping. 



Notes on Irish Coleoptera. 



By (Rev.) W. F. JOHNSON, M.A., F.E.S. 



The year 1897 did not prove a very productive one for the 

 coleopterists here. The excessive rainfall in this country had the 

 usual effect of at once checking insect life, and preventing the collector 

 from carrying on his work with proper vigour. 



In the early part of the year I obtained some specimens from moss, 

 and the refuse left after removing a haystack. These were not, how- 

 ever, very striking, and I need only mention the following : — Homa- 

 lota lowiicorniH, Tachyusa atra, Hypocifptiis ovidum, EncepJialus cuiiipli- 

 cans, QuediiiH hoops, Philonthiis splendent, Lathrobiuin. quadratiim, 

 Stap/ii/limis cnjtJiroptenis, SUpha opaca, Anatis ocellata, Eplmtennin 

 (ji/rinoides, Ti/pJioea ftoiiata, Lonyitar.ms ater, F., L. suturalis, March, 

 Bartjnotus mocrens, and those essentially Irish forms, Tachyporua obtiisiis 

 var. nitidicoUis, and Silpha atrata var. subrotundata. Among the water 

 beetles I obtained Hydroporus umbrostis, H. obsciirus and Ayah^is unyul- 

 cidaris, in a drain close to my house. In the canal, Noterm claci- 

 cornis is to be met with, as well as Coelambm quinqxuilueatm. It is 

 noteworthy that I have never yet met with Cntdainhm versicolor, Schall, 

 (rctiiulatiis, ¥.), in Ireland, though it is recorded by Haliday from the 

 neighbourhood of Belfast, and by McNab from the Dublin district, 

 and has been taken by Mr. J. J. Walker at Carrickfergus. 



Two beetles have been recently added to the Irish list, viz., Ayabiis 

 arcticus, Payk., recorded by Mr. J. N. Halbert as captured by Mr. 

 E. C. Farran on Kippure Mt., co. Wicklow ; and Tachypus palUpes, 

 taken by Mr. C. Langham, at Coolmore, co. Donegal. My mention 

 of the Irish list .may suggest to some readers of the Entoinoloyist's 

 Record the thought that there is no extant general list of Irish 

 coleoptera. I have, however, for several years been collecting 

 materials for an Irish list, and have secured the valuable co-operation 

 of Messrs. G. H. Carpenter and J. N. Halbert, of the Science and Art 

 Museum, Dublin. We are now busy preparing the list for the press, 

 and hope to have it in print next year. Any reader of the Entoiiiolo- 

 yist's Ilccord, who has collected coleoptera in Ireland, will greatly 

 oblige by sending a list of captures, with localities, either to myself 

 or to one of my collaborators. 



An interesting addition to the British beetle fauna was made by 

 the capture of Otiorrhynchus auropunctatus, Gyll., by Messrs. Cuthbert 

 and Halbert, at various places on the coasts of Dublin, Meath and 

 Louth. This fine weevil was identified by Mr. G. C. Champion, who 



