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concerned, and I may add that none were taken in numbers, and all cost severe toil 

 in climbing and in turning over stones, large and small. 



If the mountain was unproductive and disappointing, the shore was the reverse, 

 and fully compensated for the sterility of tho former. The great bulk of my 

 captures were Geodephaga and Staphyliuidcu ; the most productive part of the 

 coast was between Greenore and Laggan Point. 



On the Carlingford shore, i. e., the shore of the Lough from Carlingford to 

 Greonore, I took Pogonus chalceus and Dichirotrichus pubescens, both tolerably 

 plentiful in certain spots under stones, and Taphria nivalis, only two specimens ; 

 under stones and among seaweed were Ocypus ater (rather plentiful), O. compressus 

 (one specimen among seaweed), Creophilus maxillosvs, Xantholinus glabratus, X. 

 tricolor (this species also occurred at Greenore and Bellurgan in rotting seaweed), 

 X. atratus, X. punctulatus, X. linearis, Aleochara tristis, Oxytelus nitidulus, O. 

 tetracarinatus, Lathrobiumfulvipenne ; in a lane near the shore I took one specimen 

 of Chrysomela BanJcsii, and sweeping some thistles produced Apion pisi. 



The Groenore shore was very productive ; my principal captures wore Amara 

 fulva, A. apricaria, A. bifro)is, Gyll. (livida, F.), Calathus fuscus, C. mollis, C. 

 mic ropier us, Brosctts cephalotes, Harpalus a^neus, F. (Proteus, Payk.), of all colours 

 and sizes, H. tardus, H. rupicola, under stones ; Cercyon unipunctatum, C. quis- 

 quilium, and Aphodius merdarius, in stercore bovino ; Aleochara nitida and v. 

 bilineata, Cafius fucicola, C. xantholoma, Homalhim rivulare, and H. Iceviuscidum 

 in seaweed ; on patches of Honckevya peploides were numbers of Cassida nobilis 

 and Coccinella 11-pimctata, also a few Anthicus scoticus ; sitting on a thistle-head 

 I got one Hylobius abietis, and Mrs. Johnson picked up Otiorhynchus atroapterus 

 among the herbage above tide-mark. 



"Wo had one day at Bellurgan, where, besides most of those mentioned above as 

 occurring on the Carlingford and Greenore shores, we took Anisodactylus binotatus, 

 Lathrobium multipunctatum, Oxyteltis laqrieatns, and Geotrupes stercorarius. I do 

 not imagine that Mrs. Johnson and I at all worked out the locality, and I fancy it 

 would quite repay another visit. Any Coleopterist who wants to find " fresh fields 

 and pastures new," could not do better than run across to Greenore by the 

 L. & N. W. R. Steamer from Holyhead. There is a capital hotel there, and very 

 comfortable lodgings can be had in Carlingford ; I shall be glad to give any informa- 

 tion in my power to any Coleopterist wishing to try the locality. — W. F. Johnson, 

 Winder Terrace, Armagh : October 6th, 1888. 



Entomology foe Beginnees ; for the use of young folks, fruit growers, fanners, 

 and gardeners. By A. S. Packard, M.D., Ph.D. 8vo, pp. 367.. New York : Henry 

 Holt and Co. 1888. 



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