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Six specimens of Bemhiditim argcnteolwn (a species 

 recently added to the British list by Mr. J. N. Halbert, of 

 Dublin), found among shingle at Lough Neagh, with 

 B. paludosuni for comparison. 



Acpus marimis, PJiytostts balticns, Diglossa mersa, Cercyon 

 littorale (yellow var,), Saprimts maritivtm, and Telephonis 

 darwinianus, from the " North Bull," a sandbank near 

 Dublin. 



A series of Cillcnns lateralis found under stones on the sea- 

 shore near Dublin, and Polydnisus chrysomela from the same 

 locality. 



The following water-beetles : — Ccelambiis qiiinqticlineaUis 

 and C novenilineatus, from Lough Neagh. 



Hydroporns gyllenhali, H. tristis, H. obscurns, H. morio, from 

 Mt. Kippure, Dublin ; and Deronectes assimilis, Hydroporns 

 picUts, and H. rivalis, also from near Dublin. 



Orcctochilns villosus, found freshly emerged under stones at 

 Lough Neagh. 



Silplia atrata, var. siibrotnndata, from Dublin, and Silpha 

 dispar from Lough Neagh. 



One specimen of Hcenwnia appendiculata, a species not 

 taken in England for many years, and a series of Donacia 

 discolor. 



Chrysomela banksii, Barynotus schonherri, and Barypeithes 

 sulcifrons, from near Dublin. 



A series of Otiorrhynchus auropiindatus, a species that does 

 not occur in England, from near Dublin ; and two specimens 

 of Rhopalomcsitcs tardyi from Lough Neagh. 



Specimens of Stapliylinus ccesaretis from Lough Neagh, and 

 Meloc violaceus from near Dublin. 



He also exhibited a series of the rare dragon-fly, Lestes 

 dry as, from near Hanwell, Middlesex^ with L. sponsa for 

 comparison. This species has only once previously been 

 taken abundantly in England — in Cambridgeshire, in 1897. 

 Other records are — one specimen by Mr. J. J. F. X. King in 

 Ireland, and one by Mr. Briggs at Leigh, Essex. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited several species of plants sent by 

 i\Ir. McArthur from Shetland, including Z)ra6a incana (woolly 

 whitlow-grass), P/a7jfao-o maritima (seaside plantain), P.lancco- 

 lata, var. vulgaris (ribwort), Ccrastiitm alpinwn,\ds. edmonsoni 

 (hairy Alpine mouse-ear chickweed), C. semidecandrtim 

 (lesser mouse-ear chickweed), Gnaphaliiim siipimim (dwarf 

 Alpine cudweed), Arenaria ciliata, sup. sp. norvegica (Nor- 

 wegian sandwort), Rubns saxatilis (stone bramble), Silenc 

 maritima (sea bladder campion). 



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