500 Mr. Haliday on some Insects 



Art. LIII. Notices of Insects, taken in the North of 

 Ireland. By A. H. Haliday, Esq. 



[To the Editor of the Zoological Journal.] 



Sir, 



If the enclosed notices of Insects, taken in the North 

 of Ireland, have sufficient interest, their insertion will oblige 

 Your obedient Servant, &c 



A. H. Haliday. 

 Clifton, near Belfast, April 13th, 1827. 



Helobia Gyllenhalii. Gyll., I. S. ii. 40. 3. Near springs, in 

 black peaty soil, at an elevation of 1100 — 1700 feet; near 

 Belfast, not uncommon. 

 Pcecilus cupreus. var. rufifemoratus. Gyll., iii. App. I suspect 

 this to be a permanent variety, as it has occurred for several 

 years confined to one spot. 

 Omaseus ? nigrita. var. ruffemoratus. Tolerably frequent. 



Dyschirius ? ^neus, antennis et pedlbus nigro-piceis. 



Scarites thoracicus. Illiger, K, P. iii. 3 ? 

 Clivina thoracica. Gyll, I. S. ii. 170 ? 

 Descu. Length -JL. Mandibles rufopiceous ; front rugose- 

 impressed ; thorax lightly channelled, the sides much rounded ; 

 abdomen oblong ovate ; elytra punctate-striate, the punctures 

 vanishing before the apex ; body beneath blackish ; wings long, 

 whitish hyaline, stigma pale brown. 



This does not seem sufficiently distinct from Scar, thoracicus of 

 Illiger, which has dusky red feet, and in one variety blackish 

 thighs. It is very active, and runs fast. 



Inhabits banks of pools near Holywood, in the county Down, 

 in the cracks left by the drying of the slime, and when the sun 

 shines, running on the surface. 



