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Cork (Blarney Lake, '55 H. 1).— Kerry (Glenbegk, Fg. MS.; Lakes 

 between Killorglin and Glen Caragh, '55 Hn. 2, coll. Fg.). 



Eare, thougli possibly overlooked in other localities. The records, 

 Coolmore ('94 J. Ht.Cr.), and Armagh ('87 J. 1), should have referred to 

 G. elongatus, Aube. 



G. marinuS; Gyll. 

 TJlstee. Connaught. Leinstee. MmsrsTER. 

 Apparently common in Ulster, and reported from the counties of 

 Sligo, Westmeath, Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Cork, and Kerry. 



Gr. opacus, Sahl. 

 TJlstee. Conj^taught. Lehststee. Mukster. 



Donegal (Foyle dist., '00 B.).— Armagh ('00 J. 2).— Sligo (BaUy- 

 sodare, Ht.). — Galway (L. Derg, Ht.). — Westmeath (Mullingar, Ht.). 

 —Dublin (Royal Canal,'00 Ht. 3).— Carlow (Borris,'95 Ht. 8).— Cork 

 (Queenstown, '95 Wr.). 



The record, Adrigole ('94 J. Ht. Cr.), is to be referred to G. natator, 

 Scop. 



Orectochilus villosus, Miill. 

 TJlstee. Coni^atjght. Leinstee. Mtjnstee. 



Donegal (Portsalon, coll.Wl.). — Armagh ('92 J. 4; Lough I*^eagh, 

 '89 J. 1).— Fermanagh (Belleisle, '98 Pr.).— Galway (Lough Corrib, 

 '95 Ht. 6; Clonbrock, '96 Ht. 2). — Westmeath (Lough Eee, 'GO 

 Ht. 1).— DubUn (I^orth Bull, Fg. MS. ; Loughlinstown, '53 Hn.).— 

 Kilkenny (B. jSTore, Ht.). — Clare and Limerick (lake shores, Ht. ; 

 Lahinch, Gr.). — Waterford (Cappoquin, &c., Ht.). — Cork ('55 H. 1 ; 

 Fermoy, '95 Ht. 1). — Kerry (Killarney and Smerwick, ^55 Hn. 2). 



There is a specimen in the collection of the Belfast jS^at. Hist, 

 and Phil. Society with the following label : — '' Found in the shell of 

 Limnius pereger at Bangor, 2 June, 1834." In the reference ('38 Pn.) 

 is the following interesting notice of this captui^e : — " It was my good 

 fortune, on one occasion, to observe an individual of a different species 

 in an unusual situation — the inhabitant of a fi-eshwater shell {Limneus 

 pereger). When the shell was taken out of the pool, its mouth was 

 filled with what appeared to be a mass of clay, but proved to be a 

 fragment of some aquatic plant of suitable length, the space between 

 it and the margins of the aperture being filled with slime. The 

 interior of this mass was lined with a soft whitish silky substance 

 which extended to the edge of the aperture. The " hollow- wreathed 

 chamber" of the shell was occupied by a living individual of Gyrinus 



