King and Halbert — A Lut of (he Neuroptera of Ireland. 71 



Lepinotus inquilinus Heyd. (P. picea Mots.). 



C'ONNAUGHT. LeINSTER. 



C. — Mayo (in a house at Westport). L. — Dublin. (Howth, &c., in houses). 

 Westmeath (in a house at Athlone). Ireland [Halkhni jrs.). 



Found occasionally in natural history collections. Haliday records it in 

 his MS. catalogue as occurring among corks, hay, &c. 



Distribution. — This insect used to be considered rare in Britain. It has 

 recently been found in great abundance in London granaries {Entmn. Record, 

 1905) ; also at Hastings in a neglected collection of plants ; Sussex ; Surrey, 

 &c. Mr. McLachlan says it is " found living in boxes of exotic (in one case 

 Egyptian) insects. If it be not indigenous in England, it is at any rate 

 naturalized here" {Entom. Monthly Mag., iii., 1867). Abroad it has been 

 reported from Finland ; Eussia ; central Europe ; Spain ; Egypt ; and North 

 America. 



TROCTIDAE. 

 Troctes divinatorius (Miill.). 



MUNSTER. CONNAUGHT. LeINSTER. UlSTEK. 



M.— Kerry (Killarney). C— Mayo (Westport). Sligo. L.— Dublin. 

 U. — Donegal (Kilmacrennan). 



In houses, and collections of insects and plants. 



Distribution. — Found throughout Great Britain. Probably cosmopolitan, 

 occurring in Europe ; North America ; Greenland ; &c. 



PLANIPENNIA. 

 SIALIDAE. 

 Sialis lutaria (L.). 

 Munstee. Gonnaught. Leinster. Ulster. 



M. — Water ford (Glenshelane valley). C. — Mayo (Carrowbeg Eiver). Sligo 

 (Markree Castle). L. — Dublin (Haliday MS. ; Eiver Tolka near Finglas). 

 Westmeath (Athlone). U. — Armagh (Lowry's Lough and Churchhill). 

 Antrim (Lough Neagh near Toome). 



This insect, the "Alder Fly" of anglers, probably occurs in suitable 

 localities throughout the country. 



Distribution. — It is common in Great Britain, having been observed as far 

 north as Inverness and the Outer Hebrides. Widely spread in the Palae- 

 arctic region, ranging from Lapland and Finland to Spain, and eastwards to 

 Siberia (Lake Baikal). Occurs in the Alps at an elevation of over 7000 feet 

 (Zschokke). 



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