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O. muurus, Gyll. : Mr. 15. Tomliu took two specimens of tliis mountain species 

 at tlie sumtnit of Snucfell, .May 27tl), 1901, anil saw the remains of otiiers. 



O.scabrosiif.-, Marsli. : I liave met with nine examples in Port Erin and district, 

 Auf^ust and September, 1902, and September, l!iu;j, at I'oots of grass and )jlnnts on 

 the elilTs near the sea. In Johnson jind llalbert's Irish List this species is reported 

 as not common in Ulster, Leinster, and Munster, localities in counties Down, 

 Antrim and Dublin being given. Tn I'ngland, Lancashire, and Cheshire appear to 

 be the northern limits for the species. In KUis's Liverpool List one specimen is 

 recorded from Waliasej, Cheshire, and one from Aigburth, Lanes. I have met 

 with a single example at Southport, I ancs., and its name occurs in Chaster's South- 

 port List. 



O. ligneua, Ol. : I have taken six si)eeimcns either under stones or at roots of 

 grass oil cliffs (Port Erin, 6.0.02, .S.5.03 ; Perwick, 11.5.03; Mull Hills, 28.5.04-). 

 In the Irish List it is recorded as common iii all four Provinces. In Ellis's Liverpool 

 List, Cheshire coast localities are given ; in Fowler's " British Coleoptera," Lan- 

 caster and Scotland, Solway and Clyde districts. 



O. picipes, F. : occurs commonly by beating and sweeping ; 1 have also found 

 it in plenty in moss. 



O. sulcatum, F. : this has occurred in many localities in the neighbourhood, 

 usually under stones, but occasionally in moss. 1 have not heard of any reports of 

 damage to vines or strawberries in the Island. 



O. ligustici, L. : the only record 1 know of from "Man" is in Fowler's 

 " British Coleoptera," Vol. v, p. 179, " Isle of Man (Blatch)." The nearest locality 

 from which it has been otherwise recorded is Matlock (Chappell), and more 

 recently by Mr. J. Kidson Taylor (Ent. Mo. Mag., 1902, p. ■J.ij'd). lis food plant, 

 Anthyllis vulneraria, occurs in the Isle of Man, sparingly, at Port Erin, where I 

 have searched in vain for O. ligustici, L. 



O. rugifrons, Gyll : this, with the exception of O. picipes, ¥., is the most 

 plentiful of the genus here, being common froui May to Noveuiber, at roots of grass 

 and plants on the cliffs ; it seuis specially fond of hiding at the roots of I'lanlago 

 maritima. The prevalence of this species is rather an Irish characteristic, for it is 

 plentiful oil the coast of Ireland, whereas in Lancashire and Cheshire it is not a 

 connnon insect. It is not included in Ellis's Liverpool list, nor Chaster's South- 

 port list ; 1 have, however, met with single examples at Southport and Lytham, 

 and Mr. W. E. Sharp has taken it at lliibre Island, off the Cheshire coast, and it is 

 given as from Lancaster in Fowler's " British Coleoptera." 



(J. muscorum,Bvii.: I have taken about a dozen examples under stones or at 

 roots of grass (Port Erin, May, July, September, 1902; May, September, 1903 ; 

 Sulby, 1.7.02 ; Ballanahow, 20.4.02). 



There is, therefore, a very fair proportion of the genus, nine species out of 

 seventeen, recorded from the Isle of Man, and another species, O. uvatiis, L., is 

 almost certain to be found, it being common on the Lancashire and Cheshire coast, 

 and occurring on the Irish coast and in the Solway district of Scotland. 

 O. atroapterus, De G., may also turn up, as it also is abundant ou the Irish coast 

 and has been recorded from Lancashire localities. It is just barely possible that 



