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have found it abundant on the fresh grass of sunny banks." 

 —A. H. Haliday, Brit. Ent. 



Homalota alpestris, ZT^^r. "1 These three species have 



H. eremita, Kye. \ been met with on SHeve 



H. valida, Kr. \ Donard. 



H. nigra, Kr. — Craigavad, Holywood. 



H. laticollis, Steph. — Ballycastle, Co. Antrim. 



H. orbata, is/.— Newcastle. 



Leptusa fumida, Er. — Under bark of sycamore tree in 

 Carr's Glen. 



Phytosus spinifer, Curt. — Newcastle. 



Myllena brevicornis, Matth. — Carr's Glen. 



Gymnusa variegata, Kies. — Taken by A. H. Haliday 

 at Holywood. 



Mycetoporus angularis, Rey. — Cave Hill, 



Heterothops binotata, ^r. — Greencastle, Co. Down, 

 on the beach. 



Quedius puncticollis, Thorn. — Hanging Wood near 

 Ballycastle. 



Q. cruentus, 01. — Murlough Bay. 



Q. umbrinus, Er. — -Ballycastle. 



Leistotrophus nebulosus, F. — Cushendun. 



L. murinus, Z.— Newcastle. 



Ocypus brunnipes, F. — Cave Hill, Holywood. 



Philonthus carbonarius, Gyll. — Ballintoy. 



Cafius sericeus, Holme. — Strangford Lough. 



Xantholinus tricolor, F. — Greencastle, in seaweed 

 on the beach. 



Lathrobrium quadratum, Payk. — Ram's Island. 



L. terminatum, Grav. — Belvoir Park. 



Stilicus orbiculatus, Er. — Ballycastle. 



Psederus fuscipes. Curt. — Ram's Island ; taken in 

 numbers in moss close to the water. 



Dianous ccerulescens, Gyll. — Mountain streams in 

 County Antrim. 



Stenus buphthalmus.G^mz'.— Lagan Canal nearMoira. 



S. pusillus, j^;'^.— Whitepark, Co. Antrim. 



S. geniculatus, Grav. — Slieve Donard. 



Oxytelus sculpturatus, Grav. — Ballycastle. 



Ancyrophorus omalinus, Er. — Cave Hill. 



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