March \Qth, 1892.— The weather on this date being a complete change from the 

 snow and ice of the last fortnight, and the first evening for sixteen without frost, 

 I recommenced sugaring on trees from which so many insects were obtained last 

 autumn, and was very interested in finding them again on flight, the sugar attracting 

 about a score of S. satellitia and half that number of " chestnuts ;" nothing else was 

 seen. A thorough search on tree trunks and palings failed to reveal Cymatophora 

 Jiavicornis, but a pair were taken this morning in cop., clearly the first of the season ; 

 of Hyhernia leiicophcearia I obtained six males, and one male Phigalia pilosaria. 

 Nearly a fortnight ago on a sunny afternoon I collected about half a dozen of the 

 hibernated larvae of Anaitis plagiata, feeding on the very young leaves of the St. 

 John's wort.— Id. : March Hth. 



Coleoptera in the North of Ireland. — In October last I took a great number of 

 Pselaphi in flood rubbish from MuUinure. Most were, of course, P. Heisei, but one 

 or two secured were different, and on examination appeared to be P. dresdensis. I 

 sent specimens to Canon Fowler, who confirmed my determination of the species. 

 I obtained specimens from Louglinasliade and Drummanmore lake as well as from 

 Mullinure ; these were in moss, and altogether I obtained about a dozen. I hope to 

 get more, and to be able to supply any of my friends who need the species. In the 

 same flood rubbish which produced P. dresdensis I took Trechus micros, but only a 

 single specimen. Last May I took Bradycelltis harpalinus, beside a little stream 

 near Newtown Hamilton. Agahus biguttatus occurred in the drains in Mullinure, 

 and in flood rubbish in the same place in April a single specimen of Rydrana an- 

 gustata turned up. On January 20th I was at Holywood, Co. Down, for a couple of 

 days, and, in spite of the snow which still remained in many places, I got a good 

 many beetles, chiefly in moss ; the most interesting was Homalota aegra, although I 

 am not altogether certain as to the correctness of my determination, as I have no 

 type of this species. By sweeping Persicaria and other plants on the edge of a 

 small pond in the townland adjoining Mullinure I took Scirtes orbicularis, but very 

 few. Longitarsus pellucidus must be added to my list of Coleoptera taken at Bun- 

 dora in August, 1890 {vide Ent. Mo. Mag., sec. ser., vol. ii, p. 75). Liosoma 

 troglodytes occurred in moss got near Newtown Hamilton in March, 1891. Antho- 

 nomns comari I took in Mullinure by sweeping in April and August, and near 

 Newtown Hamilton in May ; this last locality is at a considerable elevation above 

 Armagh, the highest point being 1178 feet above sea level, while the highest point 

 here is 239 feet, and Mullinure about 105 feet above sea level. Phytobius canalicu- 

 latus I found in moss gathered on the edge of Lowry's Lough in April, and P. 

 comari I took by sweeping at Coney Island, Lough Neagh, in June. I cannot find 

 previous records of any of the above from Ireland. Bembidium Doris occurs pretty 

 freely here, and I must have often passed it over in mistake for B. ClarJci. I was 

 very pleased to obtain Chrysomela hyperici in July last on Hypericum perforatum. 

 I found it often hai-d to distinguish the beetle from the large seed vessels of the 

 plant. The severe weather has prevented me from using my moss bag as much as 

 usual, but I hope, with the i-eturn of spring, to remind the beetles that I am still 

 here. — W. F. Johnson, Winder Terrace, Armagh : March 2nd, 1892. 



[The species of Pselaphus above alluded to is certainly not Heisei, and at first 

 I thought it might be a species new to Britain ; after a careful examination, however, 



