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other recorders either have been passing visitors to Ireland, 

 or else have not continued to work at Coleoptera. A large 

 number of the best Irish species have been recorded by Mr. 

 Champion, Mr. J. J. Walker, and Dr. Power, who only came 

 on a visit to Ireland, Mr. Haliday made a considerable col- 

 lection of Coleoptera, but he soon turned his attention to 

 Diptera, consequently his list of Coleoptera, as published in 

 the Transactions of the Belfast Field Naturalists' Club, con- 

 tains only eighty-seven species of Staphylinidae. These facts, 

 however, only go to prove that a rich harvest awaits the 

 earnest worker among the Irish Staphylinidae. I have several 

 interesting species on my own list, and there are many rare 

 insects among the other records. Diglossa submarina has its 

 place on the British list on the authority of specimens sent 

 from Ireland to Mr. Javet by Mr. Haliday. These were most 

 probably taken in the Belfast district. What an opportunity 

 is here for the re-discovery of this interesting beetle. Ocyusa 

 hibernica was described by the late Mr. Rye from a specimen 

 taken by Mr. Champion on Slieve Donard, the highest point 

 in the Mourne mountains, in County Down, where probably 

 more of the same await the enterprising collector. 



I now propose to make a few remarks concerning such of 

 my own records as may be of some interest. 



Aleochara cunicolonnn is decidedly rare here, and I have 

 only two specimens in my collection. Oxypoda longhiscula 

 is quite common here, and has probably been overlooked else- 

 where. Of Calodera cetJiiops I have only succeeded hitherto 

 in securing one specimen. Myrmedonia collaris is likewise 

 represented by a single specimen, but no doubt more will 

 make their appearance. I took a 'iQ.\^[ Alianta incana from 

 stems of Typha latifolia, which I was examining for pupse of 

 Nonagria amndinis. The reed is not uncommon about here, 

 but is difficult to get at, as it grows most usually in bogs in 

 the midst of water which the treacherous nature of the bottom 

 renders it unsafe to attempt to wade. There is nothing very 

 remarkable among my Homalotce, except that H. imbecilla 

 does not seem usually to occur so far inland. Falagria 

 obscura is the only species of the genus which has occurred 

 here, but it is very common, and probably occurs in other 

 parts of the island. The var. dimidiatus, Steph., of Philon- 



