214 [September, 



COLEOPTERA AT CLOGHANE, Co. KEEEY. 

 BY J. E. LE B. TOMLIN, M.A., F.E.S., AND N. H. JOY, M.R.C.S., F.E.S. 



The following is a list of 343 species taken in spring during a 

 short visit to an out-of-the-way corner of co. Kerry. 



Cloghane is a small village on the north coast of the Dingle penin- 

 sula, some 9 or 10 miles to the west of Castlegregory, and lying at the 

 foot of Brandon Mountain (3127 feel) which slopes right down to the 

 sea. We did not find by any means all the usual mountain species on 

 Brandon ; in fact, beetles were, with a few exceptions, remarkably 

 scarce right up to the top, but this was doubtless due to the time of 

 year. It was interesting to find the London Pride (Saxifraga umbrosa) 

 growing wild on the top of Brandon. The south-west of Ireland is its 

 only foothold in the British Isles, and it is often locally dubbed 

 St. Patrick's Cabbage. 



Some very large rock pools 1500 ft. up failed to produce anything 

 in the way of insects owing to the apparent total absence of vegetation. 

 They were tenanted, however, by enormous numbers of the little fresh- 

 water limpet Ancylus fluviatilis, L., adhering to the bare rocky sides, 

 and feeding no doubt on microscopic algae. They all had remarkably 

 thin transparent shells, probably due to a lack of lime. 



A considerable part of the coast-line between Cloghane and 

 Castlegregory consists of sandhills with a lot of marshy ground behind, 

 and it was under stones in this marshy ground that Micropephis 

 cselatus, Er., a species new to Britain, occurred in 1909 (see 

 Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. XLV, p. 149). 



The following species and varieties are additions to Johnson 

 and Halbert's " List of the Beetles of Ireland " (Proc. Roy. Irish 

 Academy, 3rd series, vol. VI, No. 4, 1902) : — 



Pterostichus cupreus var. affinis, Stm. 



Hydroporus melanarius, Stm. 



Ochthebius viridis, Peyr. Taken in the marshy ground mentioned above. 



Mycetoporus longicornis, Kr. 



Homalota malleus, Joy. 



Philonthus keysianus, Sharp. 



Homalium rugulipenne, Eye. 



Hister bissexstriatus, F. 



Coccinella 11-punctata var. brevifasciata, Weise. This variety is common in 

 Ireland. "We have notes of its occurrence also at Eoundstone, Dog's Bay, Port 

 Ballintrae, and Ballycastle, co. Antrim, in each case commonly. 



