196 [February, 



December, I may say, has been a blank, as I was prevented by 

 other occupations from doing anything at the Coleoptera. Two bags 

 of moss from the Mullinures produced examples of Bembidium ClarJcii, 

 and its immature (?) form, B. MannerJieiini, B. guttula, B. ohtusum, 

 Bryaxis fossulata, B. jimcoru?n, Tychus niger, Byihinus puncticollis, 

 and a host of others of the vulgar sort. 



I hope this account of the past year's work here may, perhaps, 

 stir up some of the Irish readers of the Eut. Mo. Mag. to take up the 

 study of the Ooleoptera. Ireland is a rich field, and will amply repay 

 those who take the trouble to work it. 



Winder Terrace, Armagh : 



January 3rd, 1888. 



[The Irish list of Coleoptera is so very imperfect, that in many 

 cases the commonest species have not yet been recorded ; any notes, 

 therefore, like the above are most valuable, and it is to be hoped that 

 other Irish collectors will devote more of their time to the Coleoptera. 

 —W. W. F.] 



BEITISH HEMIPTERA: ADDITIONAL SPECIES. 

 BY JAMES EDWARDS, F.E.8. 



Chlamtdatus flaveolus, Reut. 

 Eeuter, Not. Fenn., xi, 323, 4, t. 1, fig. 6. 



Ij_have taken the true species of this name in marshy places at 

 the roots of grass and rushes at Eanworth, Hellesdon, and Coxford 

 in Norfolk. It may be readily distinguished from C. pygviceus (= 

 Tytthus insignis, D. & S.) by its entirely greyish-yellow colour, larger 

 size, and much stouter build. In the undeveloped form, which is the 

 usual one, the elytra are much shorter than the very convex abdomen, 

 and truncate at the apex. C. pygmceus is a much smaller and more 

 delicate insect, and always has at least the head black. 



LiBURNiA PELLUCIDA and tfs allies. 



My first notions of Lihurnia pellucida were formed from a long 

 series named for me by one of our authorities on these insects. These 

 specimens were certainly very diverse in appearance, but the males all 

 agreed in having the apical angles of the upper notch of the pygofer 

 right angles or nearly so. Later on I became aware that these 

 different forms did not occur in company, and on attempting to classify 

 my male specimens according to their general appearance, I found that 



