542 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Aende)ny. 



We beg to return our sincere thanks to the many collectors of 

 Irish, coleoptera, who have afforded us valuable assistance in the com- 

 pilation of this List : — Rev. J. M. Browne, Messrs. Brooks, C. "W". Buckle, 

 E. F. Bullock, Gr. H. Carpenter, D. C. Campbell, Dr. Chaster, Mr. 

 H. K. Gore Cuthbert, Miss Delap, Hon. R. E. Dillon, Mr. G. P. 

 Earran, Dr. D. Ereeman, Messrs. P. E. Ereke, P. H. Grierson, J. Ray 

 Hardy, H. L. Jameson, "W. E. de Vismes Kane, G. Low, J. N. Milne, 

 A. JSTeale, E. JSTeale, A. R. Mchols, W. H. Patterson, E. Porter, 

 R. LI. Praeger, Dr. R. E. Scharff, Messrs. W. E. Sharp, R. Standen, 

 J. Starkey, B. Tomlin, A. H. Toppin, H. Tempest, J. J. Walker, 

 R.Welch, M. S. Dudley Westropp, Dr. E. P. Wright, Col. J.W.Yerbury, 

 Rev. E. M. Gill, and H. L. Orr. 



We have followed the nomenclature and arrangement of Eowler 

 and Sharp's Catalogue of British Coleoptera (1893). 



That further research will add many species to this list we have 

 no doubt. It is impossible to tell what rarities and novelties may 

 still be lurking in our mountains and bogs, our lakes and rivers, 

 the reward of the future investigator. The possibilities should 

 stimulate our naturalists to exertion, and if the publication of the 

 present list should have the effect of gaining new students of this 

 charming and ever-fresh subject, we shall be amply rewarded for 

 any trouble we have had in its compilation. 



Explanation of Refeeence, 



In order to consult the records quoted in the following list, e.g. 

 (Holywood, '41 H. 1), it is necessary to find out from the list of 

 abbreviations the name for which the abbreviation stands ; a reference 

 to the BibliogTaphy will then show under the author's name the 

 actual reference to which the abbreviation refers. When a locality 

 is followed merely by a name-abbreviation, e.g. (Holywood, H.), 

 it indicates that no record of the species was published by the 

 captor up to December, 1901. 



It will be noticed that in many cases the Eoyle and Belfast district 

 records have been attributed to the counties of Donegal and Derry, 

 Antrim and Down respectively. This was necessary in order to avoid 

 repetition, as the districts worked are on the borders of those counties. 



With regard to Mr. Haliday's Belfast list ('85 H.) we have con- 

 sidered it best to credit his records to the county of Down, when unable 

 to trace the actual localities for the species, as from evidence supplied 

 l3y his MS. notes it is known that he worked chiefly in the neighboui'- 

 hood of Holywood in that county. 



