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first two being found under stones and in moss, the others 

 on the banks of streams and lakes. I got quite a nest 

 of oblongiis under a heap of stones this week ; it also occurs 

 in moss, as does gracilis. The Dromii do not seem to be 

 very plentiful in this country. D. agilis and D. nigriventris 

 are recorded only from Dublin ; the others have been taken 

 here, near Belfast and Dublin, and consequently seem to be 

 widely distributed. I do not, however, meet with them 

 commonly. 



CJilcsnius vestitus and C. nigricornis were captured by 

 me here for the first time last summer. Canon Fowler states 

 that Mr, S. Stevens took seven specimens of C. holosericeus 

 on the banks of Lough Derg, near Killaloe, in the County 

 Clare, in 1870 or 187 1. A visit to the same place would 

 very likely result in the capture of more specimens. 



The Harpalus family are very badly represented in Ireland 

 so far. I have only taken the commonest species, and the 

 best capture among them appears to be H. punctulatus, 

 taken near Dublin by the late Dr. Power. 



I have appended a list of the Irish Geodephaga as far 

 as at present recorded. I cannot say I regard it with 

 anything like satisfaction. It is just a beginning, and serves 

 to show where the gaps are, and what remains to be done. 

 I feel, however, quite sure that were the south and west, 

 the sea coasts and the mountains of Ireland, searched by 

 earnest workers, not only would most of the gaps in our 

 present list be filled up, but very probably new species be 

 added to the coleoptera of the British Isles. 



LIST OF IRISH GEODEPHAGA. 



Cicindela campestris^ L., Cychrics rostratus, L., Carabus atiratus, L., 

 nitens, L., clathratus, L., grmiulatus, L., monilis, F., arvensis, F., 

 catenidatus. Scop., netnoralis, Mull., vwlacetcs, L., Calosoma inquisitor, 

 L,, Elaphrus riparius, L., cupreus, Duft., Blethisa midtipjinctata, L., 

 Loricera pilicornis^ F., Notiophilus aquaticus, L., palustris, Duft., 

 biguttatus, F., Leistus spittibarbis, F., mo7ita7ms, StG^Yi^fulvibarbis, Dj., 

 rufescens, F., Nebria complanata, L., brevicollis, F., gyllenhalii, Sch., 

 Pelophila borealis, Pk., Dyschirius thoracicus, Ross, politus, Dj., 

 salinus, Schaum., globosus, Hbst., Clivina fossor, L., Tachyptcs Jlavipes, 

 L., Benibidium ^-striatum, Gyll., rtifescens, Guer., obtusum, Sturm., 

 ceneum, Germ., gtittula, F., mannerheimii, Sahl., clarkii, Daws., doris, 



