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NOTES ON TRICHOPTERA AND NEUROPTERA FROM IRELAND. 

 BY KENNETH J. MORTON. 



During the first half of last August I collected in the neighbour- 

 hood of Glasslough in Co. Monaghan, Ireland, and I now record those 

 species of Trichoptera which have not previously been taken in the 

 locality, and also the dragon-flies and a few other Neuroptera which 

 were observed. The weather was, on the whole, fine, and many caddis- 

 flies were abundant ; dragon-flies were also about in great numbers, 

 but other families, such as Chrysopidce and Hemerohiidcd, w^ere hardly 

 represented at all. 



The Triclioptera new to the district are as follows : — Limnophilus 

 Jlavicornis, Pab. ; L. xanthodes, McLach., 3 ? ; i. lunatus, Curt. ; L. 

 tmricula, Curt. ; L. hirsutus, Pict., 1 ^ ; L. sparsus, Curt. ; Leptocerus 

 dissimilis, Ste. ; Mystacides nigra, L. ; M. azurea, L. ; (Ecetis ocJiracea, 

 Curt.; Fsychomyia pusilla,¥iih. ; Agraylea multipunctata, Curt. \ Hy- 

 dr opt ila femoral is ^ Eat. ; H.forcipata, Eat. ; and It]iyt7'ichia lamellar is, 

 Eat. Other interesting species, such as Agrypnia Fagetana, Curt., 

 Glyphotcelius pellucidus, E-etz., Limnophilus decipiens, KoL, Leptocerus 

 fulvus, Ramb., (Ecetis furva, Ramb., Tinodes maculicornis, Pict., &c., 

 were also taken. 



Of dragon-flies Sympetrum scoticiim, Don., swarmed on a bog ; 

 S. siriolatum, Charp., was more generally distributed, but not so 

 numerous. Lihellula quadrimaculata, L., flew sparingly over the 

 bog. ^schna juncea, L., common. j3S. grandis, L. : this fine insect 

 was even commoner than juncea, and many examples of it w^ere 

 taken ; while it came more conspicuously under notice during the 

 hours of bright sunshine, when it might be seen chasing and capturing 

 such large game as GharcBas graminis and Hydroecia nictitans, it also 

 followed its well known crepuscular habit, and one dull, warm evening 

 I watched some examples carrying on their feeding operations along 

 the shores of the lake until it was nearly dark. Lestes sponsa, Hans., 

 this species was exceedingly common at both bog and lakes. Ischmora 

 elegans, V. de Liud., also in great abundance. Enallagma cyathigerum, 

 Charp., common. Another dragon-fly seen but not taken, was probably 

 Cordulegaster annidatus. 



Very few species belonging to the other Families of Neuroptera 

 were collected. Amongst these may be mentioned Sisyra fuscata, 

 Fab., which was swarming ; and Fsocus longicornis, Pab., and F. 

 nehulosus, Ste. 



Carluke, N.B. : September, 1892. 



