194 [February, 



Lowry's Lough, Bletliisa multipunctata, Chlcdnius nigricornis, Ancho- 

 menus gracilis, Anisodactylus hinotafus, Ocelanibus 9-Uneatus, O. 5-line- 

 atus, Staphylinus erytliropterus, Hlonotoma picipes occurred, together 

 with quantities of Pelophila horealis, AncTioinenus marginatus, JElapTirus 

 riparius, and such like. Having a holiday on the 24th, I went over to 

 Portsdown, and in the People's Park there took Laccopliilus obscurus, 

 Ccelamhus versicolor, Noterus sparsus, Sydrohius fuscipes, X^antJiolinus 

 punctulatus, Tachyporus obfusus, T. Jiypnorum, Telephoriis testaceus, 

 Lathridius lardarius, Agriotes obscurus, Gorymbites quercus, v. ocliro- 

 pferus, and Litodactylus leucoqaster. On the same day I was driven 

 down to the Derryadd shore of Lough Neagh, and allowed half an 

 hour to hunt ; I managed to pick up the following : Pelopliila bore- 

 alis, Ancliomenus piceus, A. fuliginosus, A. viduus, Sembidium bipunc- 

 tatum, B. littorale, Saliplus obliquus, Lesteva longelytrata, Silpha 

 sinuafa, and Silpha dispar. All were under and in water-plants and 

 other rejectamenta on the sandy shore.' On the 28th, I drove down to 

 Maghery, on the shore of Lough Neagh : under stones on the shore 

 of Derrywarragh Island were quantities of Pelopliila, together with 

 the commoner A?ichome?ii and JBembidium bipunctatum. Under re- 

 jectamenta was one Silpha sinuata ; and, on crossing over to the 

 sandy shore under the village, I found, after a long search, one Silpha 

 dispar. On reeds on the canal margin several Donacia sagittarice 

 occurred. 



June was, as usual, replete with insect life. Slethisa muUipunc- 

 tafa and Chlcenius nigricornis gladdened my eyes at Lowry's Lough. 

 At Ardtrea, in the County Tyrone, I took Athous niger, Phratora 

 vulgatissima, and P. vitellince on willows ; Cercyon granarius, Aphodius 

 merdarius, and A. rufescens, in dung. An expedition to Carlingford 

 Mountain procured Olisthopus rotundatus under a stone, Philhydrus 

 melanocephalus in a boggy pond, and Dascillus cervinus on ling ; on 

 the shore I got Arpedium brachypierum. Nearer home, I took Antho- 

 no7nus pedicularius, Ceuthorhynchideus melanarius,Phyllobius viridicollis, 

 Atomaria atricapilla, Adrastus limbatus, Donacia lemncs, &o. 



July being holiday time, I was able to make several excursions. 

 Two of these were to Lough Neagh, calling on my way at Churchill, 

 where there is a capital hunting ground on a heathy bog. At the 

 latter place, I took Coccinella ocellata and G. oblong opunctata, flying 

 and beaten from fir trees ; also Elater pomorum and. Phynchites betulce 

 on birch trees. At Lough Neagh my chief captures were Ghlcenius 

 vestitus and Phyllobrotica quadrimaculata on Coney Island, solitary 

 specimens of Silpha dispar and S. sinuata, a number of Gryptophagus 



