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has not met with before in a European species. Another specimen 

 which I took in a hotbed in my garden has the elytra colourless, 

 giving it a very curious appearance. Dr. Sharp considers that this is 

 not merely the result o£ immaturity. 



I have to record Stenolophiis elegans from Lowry's Lough, un- 

 fortunately only a single specimen occurred ; Octhehius riifimarginatus 

 in flood rubbish at Drummanmore ; Philonthus cai^bonarms, in moss 

 from Lowry's Lough and Drummanby Lake ; Quedius maurorufiis, in 

 moss from Loughnashade ; Scaphisoma afjaricinum, swee])ing furze 

 bushes at Lowry's Lough on June 9th ; Crepidodera rufipes, quite a 

 number on Vicia at Drummanmore, I got a single specimen several 

 years ago near the same place ; china hedercB and Telepliorus nigri- 

 cans, taken by Mrs. Johnson by sweeping in Loughgall Manor 

 Demesne ; Ceutliorrhyncliideus floralis, in moss and on flowers ; Gym- 

 netron villosulus, two specimens at Lowry's Lough by sweeping 

 herbage on the margin, I took each on a different day, and though I 

 swept over the place repeatedly, I could not on either occasion get 

 any more — looking for them on the herbage was out of the question, 

 for besides the diificulty of seeing them, I had a certain distaste for 

 kneeling down in four inches of water ; Limnoharis {Baridius) T-album 

 has been plentiful at Lowry's Lough last month, and Litodactylus 

 leucogaster has abounded since the end of April ; I have also taken 

 several Phytohius canaliculatus, and a couple of Bagous lutulosus, all 

 by sweeping various water plants. On May 26th I took a specimen 

 of Gastroidea polygoni on Ranunculus aquatilis at Lowry's Lough ; 

 there w^as no Polygonum visible, in fact, it is only now showing itself 

 in the lake. On May 27th I took a large number of Byturus tomen- 

 tosus on barberry flowers in the garden at Derrynoose Rectory. 

 Galerucella nympliwcB and G. lineola have been very abundant at 

 Lowry's Lough, the latter on sallows and the former on everything, 

 including water. 



A few^ days ago I captured several Crepidodera lielxines on sallows 



near Grange, but it was very troublesome work beating each separate 



branch. On the whole the season so far has been a good one for 



Coleoptera,m spite of the extraordinary variations of temperature and 



weather. 



Winder Terrace, Armagh : 

 July 1st, 1892. 



[The specimen of Philonthus referred to above by Mr. Johnson appeared to me 

 to be either an abnormal succicola or carbonarius ; I am not quite convinced now, 

 as the penultimate joints of the antennte appeared hai'dly ti'ansverse enough for 

 succicola. — W. W. F.]. 



