196 [February, 



Decembei', I may say, has been a blank, as I was prevented by 

 other occupations from doing anything-at tlie Coleoptera. Two bags 

 of moss from the Mulliuures produced examples of Beinbidium GlarJcii, 

 and its immature (?) form, JB. Ilannerlieimi, JB. guttula, B. ohtusum, 

 'Bryaxis fossulata, B. junoormn, Tychus niger, Bythinus puncticollis, 

 and a host of others of the vulgar sort. 



I hope this account of the past year's wort here may, perhaps, 

 stir up some of the Irish readers of the Eut. Mo. Mag. to take up the 

 study of the Coleoptera. Ireland is a rich field, and will amply repay 

 those who take the trouble to work it. 



Winder Terrace, Armagh : 



January 3r£?, 1888. 



[The Irish list of Coleoptera is so very imperfect, that in many 

 cases the commonest species have not yet been recorded ; any notes, 

 therefore, like the above are most valuable, and it is to be hoped that 

 other Irish collectors will devote more of their time to the Coleoptera. 

 —W. W. P.] 



BRITISH EEMIPTEEA: ADDITIONAL SPECIES. 

 BT JAMES EDWAEDS, F.E.S. 



Chlamtdatus plateolus, E-eut. 

 Eeuter, Not. Fenn., xi, 323, 4, t. 1, fig. 6. 



I-^have taken the true species of this name in marshy places at 

 the roots of grass and rushes at E-anworth, Hellesdon, and Coxford 

 in Norfolk. It may be readily distinguished from C. pygviceus (= 

 Tyttlius insignis, D. & S.) by its entirely greyish-yellow colour, larger 

 size, and much stouter build. In the undeveloped form, which is the 

 usual one, the elytra are much shorter than the very convex abdomen, 

 and truncate at the apex. C. pygmceus is a much smaller and more 

 delicate insect, and always has at least the head black. 



LiBUENiA PELLTJCIDA and its allies. 



My first notions of Lihurnia pellucida were formed from a long 

 series named for me by one of our authorities on these insects. These 

 specimens were certainly very diverse in appearance, but the males all 

 agreed in having the apical angles of the upper notch of the pygofer 

 right angles or nearly so. Later on I became aware that these 

 different forms did not occur in company, and on attempting to classify 

 my male specimens according to their general appearance, I found that 



