1890.] 295 



closely allied. This is another instance of affinity between the Coleopterous fauna 

 of Japan and that of North or Central America, a possible affinity apparently not 

 entering the minds of the many European authors. — Id. 



Additions to the Irish list of Coleoptera. — The following have not, as far as I 

 can ascertain, been previously recorded as occurring in Ireland. Rhizophagiis paral- 

 lelocollis, one specimen, in my schoolroom : as this is close to the Cathedral graveyard, 

 the beetle probably flew from thence. Quedius auricomus, one specimen, in moss 

 from a little stream in the Palace Demesne ; in the same locality I took Baptolinus 

 alternans, and with it an Atomaria, which I believe to be fuscipes. In the little 

 river that runs through the Folly, a kind of public park, I captured Dianous 

 coerule.icens and ILydrcbna atricapilla ; I give this last with some reserve, as it is an 

 uncommon species, and I have not a type to go by. Anchomenns angusticollis, P. 

 Cjuncetis, Scop.), Choleva nigrita, Saprinus rugifrons, Geotrupes pyrencBus, and 

 Byturus tomentosus, complete the list. These last five species I received from the 

 Rev. S. A. Brenan, who took them in the neighbourhood of Cushendun, Co. Antrim, 

 except the last, which was captured at Cullybacky, Co. Antrim. I am sorry to say 

 he only took one Oeotrupes pyrenceus, and I have not heard of others turning up. 

 Choleva nigrita was taken from a dead hedgehog, in company with Necrophorus 

 humator. The season has not been a good one for Coleoptera, and I have missed 

 several of my usual captures, notably, Erirhinus athiops, of which I have taken only 

 one specimen during the whole year, and that was on Saturday last, in some moss 

 from Lowi-y's Lough, a locality in which I had not previously met with it, though I 

 suspected its presence, and looked for it. I think it must have some connection 

 with Sparganium ramosum or Mquisetum, as it is where these grow that I always 

 find it. — W. F. Johnson, Winder Terrace, Armagh : October 6th, 1890. 



Telmatophilus sparganii. Keer, S(c., in the Hastings district. — Among some 

 beetles sent to me for determination by Mr. A. Ford, of Hastings, I found the fol- 

 lowing, one or two of which are quite new to the distj'ict, and are very interesting 

 captures: Tehnatophiltis sparganii, Vett^lsivshcs ; Anisotoma grandis, Maplehurst 

 Wood ; Bledius crassicollis. Camber ; Abdera lifasciata, G-uesfling ; Bagous 

 cylindrus, Pett Marshes ; the latter species has hitherto been only recorded from 

 Netting Hill and Hammersmith Marshes, Gravesend, Lee, Sheppy, and Whitstable ; 

 Dr. Power and Mr. S. Stevens used to take the insect commonly in the two former 

 localities, which are now destroyed ; Trachyphlceus myrmecophilus appears to occur 

 in many places in the Hastings district, being often found quite close to the sea. — 

 W. W. Fowler, Lincoln : October Ibth, 1890. 



Lucanus cervus. — Occasionally, of an evening during July just past, I have seen 

 a male stag-beetle fly along the road past this house, showing that the species is not 

 yet extinct in this locality, as might have been expected by the constantly increasing 

 number of houses and the relative decrease of trees on the solid wood of which the 

 larva feeds. Fifteen years ago, at Lee, these insects were not rare, flying in the 

 evening, and frequently, in the garden, I have intercepted the heavy flight of a male 



