Zoology. 2 1 3 



Brachysomus echinatus, Bonsel. — Whitehead, Co. 

 Antrim. 



Tropiphorus tomentosus, Marsh. — Carrickfergus, 

 Cave Hill. 



Philopedon geminatus, F. — The large white form 

 occurs at Ballintoy and Whitepark Bay. 



Sitones cambricus, Steph. — Rostrevor. 



Cleonus sulcirostris, L. — Tyrella sands near Dun- 

 drum, Co. Down. 



Orchestes salicis, L. — Hanging Wood near Ballycastle. 



Thryogenes festucae, Herbst. — Lagan Canal. 



Dorytomus tortrix, Z.^Kilroot, Strandtown, Holy- 

 wood. 



Tanysphyrus lemnae, F. \ ^ , 



Bagous alismatis, Marsh, j ^^§^" '^^"^'• 



Miccotrogus picirostris, F — Cushendun. 



Anthonomus comari, Crotch. — Ballycastle. 



Coeliodes cardui, Herbst. — Bangor, rarely by sweeping. 



Ceuthorrhynchus pleurostigma, Marsh. — Port- 

 ballintrae, Bangor. 



C. rugulosus, Herbst. — Portballintrae, Bangor. 



Phytobius quadrituberculatus, F. — Holywood, 

 Bangor. 



Rhopalomesites Tardyi, Curt. — Cranmore, New- 

 castle, ToUymore Park, Rostrevor Mountain. 



W. F. J. 



Hemiptera. 



Comparatively little is known concerning the Hemiptera 

 of the counties of Antrim and Down. This is not surprising 

 considering the way in which the study of this order of 

 insects has been neglected by entomologists. It is known 

 that the late A. H. Haliday formed an extensive collection 

 of Irish Hemiptera, which is now preserved in the Dublin 

 Museum, and many of the species contained therein were, 

 no doubt, collected in the vicinity of Belfast. But as 

 Haliday's energies were more particularly directed to the 

 study of other groups of insects, he left but few notes relating 

 to the Hemiptera, and it is a matter for regret that the 

 majority of the specimens in his collection have not been 



