THK ENTOMOLOGIST. 



shortness of the time, and the unfavourable period of the 

 year. Some few of them I had not taken before ; so that I 

 was well satisfied on the whole. 



The absolute number of specimens I caught was very 

 great; there was no deficiency of insect life. Some of the 

 species which 1 find rare in England were abundant, as 

 Apion GyUeuhalli, Sliliciis siniilis, Homaliiim AUardi, 

 Clai'iger, Phyllotreta siniiata, Crepidodera ventralis, 

 Aphodiua porcus, &c ; Sitones ciuerascens and Lema 

 Erichsoni were not uncommon ; but many of our most 

 common insects were entirely absent, such as Cceliodes 

 didyi/ius, Ceuthori/nchus pollinarius, MeUycihes rujipes, 

 Aphodius rnJipes and liiridus; of the genus Onlltophayus 

 there was not one. Every specimen 1 saw of Silpha was 

 unmistakably suhroiundata ; and Tacliyporus ohsoletus was 

 entirely replaced by what is said to be the var. nitidicollis. 

 I did not see one specimen of the ordinary type. The 

 Hemiptera, with the exception of a few species, were by no 

 means numerous; and amongst them there was not one new 

 or uncommon. The Homoptera at that time 1 knew little or 

 nothing about; but they were not numerous, and the species 

 were few. 



Irish Colkoptera. 



Nebria brevicollis, F. 

 Demeti'ias atricapillus, L. 

 Dromius liuearis, 01. 

 „ uigriventris, Th. 

 „ melanocephalus, Dj. 

 Calathus melanocephalus, L. 

 Olisthopus rotuudatus, Pk. 

 Taphria nivalis, Pz. 

 Pterostichus cupreus, L. 

 „ madidus, F. 



„ lepidus, F. 



Amara spinipes, L. 

 „ familiaris, Duft. 

 „ ovata, F. 

 Harpalus punctatulus, Duft. ( 

 „ puncticollis, Pk. 

 ,, ruficornis, F. 

 ,, proteus, Pk. (D.) 

 Brad3-cellus harpaliuus, Dj. 

 Trechus minutus, F. 

 Bembidium obtusum, Sturm. 

 ,, luiupros, Hbst. 



D. 



Bembidium decorum, Pz. (D.) 

 „ tibiale, Duft. (D.) 



Haliplus obliquus, F. 

 Brjchius elevatus, Pz. 

 Hydroporus picipes, F. 



„ rivalis Gyll. 



„ Gyllenhalli, Schisot. 



„ planus, F. 



„ pubescens, Gyll. 



„ 12-pustulatus, Fab. 



„ depressus, F. 



,, vittula, Fr. 



„ palustris, L. 



Col^ymbetes bistriatus. Berg. 

 Ilybius augustior, Liyll. 

 Limuobius truncatelliis, Thunb. 



,, nitidus, Marsh. 



Helophorus nubilus, F. 



„ leueipeiinis, Tlionis. 



,, griseus, Herbst. 



Hydneua riparia, Kuy. 

 „ uigrita, Germ. 



