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October. The larva I conjecture to be aquatic ; but this is 

 a point which I have not yet been able to elucidate. 



The Dyschirii are represented by six species ; of these 

 obsciirus rests on Haliday's record of its capture at Lough 

 Neagh, and Canon Fowler seems disinclined to keep it on 

 the British list unless further examples occur. I do not, 

 however, think that anyone has searched the same part of 

 the shores of Lough Neagh as Mr. Haliday since his time ; 

 therefore, the beetle may be there waiting patiently for some 

 enterprising coleopterist to unearth it. 



The Bembidia on the Irish list number twenty- four. 

 Fifteen of these have occurred here, among them being 

 ^-striatum, mannerheimi^ clarkii, Jlaimnulatum and affine. 

 The two last-mentioned do not appear to have been 

 recorded elsewhere in Ireland. It is probable that additions 

 will be made to the list of this family, as the country seems 

 very favourable to it. 



Patrobiis excavatus is recorded from County Donegal and 

 from Rostrevor Mountain in County Down ; Pagonus chalceus 

 from County Dublin. One specimen of Trechus lapidosus 

 was taken at Holywood, near Belfast, by Mr. Haliday, and 

 another from Killiney beach, County Dublin, is given in 

 Professor McNab's Dublin list. 



Pterostichus musters fourteen Irish representatives. I do 

 not get any of them in numbers except P. diligens and 

 P. strenuus. 



Aniara communis bears out its name in being very 

 common ; but the other species are decidedly sparing in 

 their occurrence hitherto, as far as my acquaintance with 

 them goes ; very likely, however, this state of affairs may 

 be altered by further search. 



CalatJms cisteloides, C. flavipes, C. mollis and C. melano- 

 cephahis, are widely distributed and common, especially the 

 last. C. micropterus is recorded from Donegal, and I have 

 taken it on the coast of Antrim. 



Out of the eleven AncJiomeni on the Irish list, ten have 

 occurred here, the missing one being A. j'unceus, which is 

 recorded by the late Mr. R. Patterson, from the vicinity of 

 Belfast. Of those taken here, dorsalis, fidiginosus, albipeSy 

 ma'yginatus^ and parumpunctatus are quite common ; the 



