668 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



Miss Glascott, togetter with eight others here recorded for the first 

 time as Irish. 



Family II. — Melice-rtid^. 



Melicerta ringens, Schrank. This common species occurred abundantly 

 in a mill-pond at Westport, in 1889-91, and in a disused quarry 

 a mile from the town in 1894. 



M. conifera, Hudson. Abundant on Utricularia and Chara in bog- 

 pools, 2 miles E. of Westport, 1892, '94. 



M. janus, Hudson. This species, first found by me in the Loch of 

 Lundie in 1880, was met with in abundance during all my four 

 visits, on Myriophyllum and Ranunculus in the lake at Castlebar, 

 and in lakes in the Knappagh district. It does not occur in Miss 

 Grlascott's list. 



Limnias ceraioiolnjlli^ Schrank. Abundant in a mill-pond at Westport, 

 1889, '92. 



L. anrmlatus, Bailey. Pairly numerous on Chara and Utricularia in a 

 marsh in the Knappagh district, 1892. 



L. myriophylli, "Western, J. Quekett Micr. Club, April, 1891. {Lim- 

 nioides viyriofhylli, Tatem.) I found many examples of this very 

 rare species on Sphagnum and Utricularia in a marsh two miles 

 east of Westport, 1889, '91. 



Oecistes crystallinus, Ehrenb. Eairly plentiful in the lakes of the 



Knappagh district, 1889, '92, '94. 

 Oe. intermedius, Davis. A number of specimens on Chara in an old 



quarry a mile IT. of Westport, 1892, '94. 

 Oe. pilula, Wills. Yery abundant on Sphagnum in a pool about 2 



miles E. of Westport, 1892. 

 Oe. lo7igicornis, Davis. I got a number of examples of this small species 



on Ranunculus in a lake 2 miles S.E. of Westport in 1892, and 



also on Sphagnum in moss-pools in 1894. 

 Oe. (?) velatus, Gosse. I found two specimens of this remarkable 



fonn on Myriophyllum in a lake at Castlebar, 1891. 



Oe. umbella, Hudson. Many examples on Sphagnum in bog-pools at 

 Castlebar and Westport, 1891, '94. 



Oe. ptygura, Hudson. {Ptygura melicerta Ehrenberg.) Many speci- 

 mens on Sphagnum near Westport, 1-891. 



