310 THE entomologist's record. 



searching could produce a second. On the flowering rush {B2itomus 

 umbellatus) along the canal margin, I got a few Donacia sagitfarice. 



Lowry's Lough is always a productive locality, and, as it is only 

 two miles from here, I often take a walk out to it. On different occasions 

 I took Pelo'phila borealis, Blethisa nmltipuuctata, only a couple of them ; 

 Cxla^nbus z^-lineatus, in abundance as usual ; Dytisciis circuiiiflexus, a 

 fine S^ ; Philonthiis qtdsquiliarius and its var. dimidiatus, Steph. ; Lath- 

 robium quadratum. A couple of bags of moss produced, with other 

 things, MyllcB7ia dubia^ Actobius cinerascens, Trogophloeus bilineatus, 

 Encephaliis co7nplicans, Homalimn excavatum, Erirhinus cethiops and 

 Philhydrus inariti/iius, the last two being represented by single 

 examples. 



In a pond formed in the remains of a quarry, I took Gyrinus tiiinufus 

 and Hydroporus lepidus. It is curious that this pond, which is not very 

 large, is the only place about here that I get G. minutus. 



In drains in the meadows, I found Hydroporus memfiofiiiis, H. litu- 



ratus, F. {xanthopus, Steph.), H. vitdi/a, H. atrkeps and Dytisciis punc- 



tulatus. Sweeping brought me Anisotoina nigrita off Equise/uin, 



Cassida eqiiestris off wild mint, and Donacia linearis off Iris 



pseudacorus. 



The heavy rains at the beginning of November caused considerable 

 floods, so I took my bag and started for the MuUinures, and brought in 

 a weighty bag of flood rubbish. I repeated this performance more 

 than once, but the first day, when the water had just risen, was far the 

 best. I am accustomed to seeing great numbers of beetles coming out 

 of moss, but I never saw such swarms as were in this flood rubbish. 

 The curious part of it was that there was scarcely anything else present 

 but Coleoptera. There were a few spiders and a couple of Hemiptera, 

 but all the rest were beetles, they simply swarmed, and hosts paraded 

 over my table, myself, and my study generally (the spiders, I may 

 mention, were very partial to the'top of my head, evidently considering 

 my hair a superior place for spinning their webs). It would be useless 

 to give a full list^ but I may mention the following : — Dyschirius giobosus, 

 this is very plentiful in flood rubbish, but I never see it otherwise ; 

 Bembidium mannerheimi, B. obtusion, B. doris, B. clarkii, the first and 

 last named were in swarms, in fact the meadows must contain hundreds 

 of them. I was very pleased to get B. doris as I had not met with it 

 before, and the only other Irish record is from Dublin. I have taken it 

 since in moss at Lowry's Lough. Amara auiica, Panz. [spinipes, Auct., 

 nee, Linn.), Anchomenus gracilis and A. viduus. These were the 

 chief representatives of the Geodephaga. Among the Hydrophilidas 

 were Helophorus ceneipe?inis, Cercyon lugubris, C. analis and C.flavipes. 

 The Staphylinidce were numerous, as might be expected in such a 

 situation ; among them being Tachiims marginellus, Tachyporus brun- 

 neus, Actobius cinerascens, Lathrobium fulvpenne, L. quadratum, L. 

 longuluni, Cryptobium glaberrimum, Herbst. {fracticorne, Payk.), Sunius 

 diversus, Aube, Trogophlceus foveolatus, Lesteva sicula, Er. (punctata, 

 Brit. Cat.), Evcesthetus ruficapillus, Platystethus nodifrons, Homalium 

 excavatum, Euplectus ambiguus, Simplocaria semistriata, Longitarsus 

 pusillus, L. luridus, L. bi'unneus, L. melanocephalus, Phyllotreta tei'ra- 

 stigma, P. brassiccB, Erirhinus cethiops and Lassida viridis. — W. F, 

 Johnson, Winder Terrace, Armagh. December 23;'^, 1890. 



