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Q,. rufipes, Grav. 



TJlSTEE. CONI^ATJGHT. LErNSTER. MtINSTEE. 



Donegal, Deny, Antrim, Down, Armagh, Galway, Dublin, Water- 

 ford, Kerry. 



Q,. attenuatus, Gyll. 



IjLeTEE. COIWATJGHT. LErNSTEE. MlTNSTEE. 



Common in Ulster ; also in tlie counties of Galway, Louth, Dublin, 

 "Wicklow, Carlow, Limerick, and Clare. This species is evidently 

 common, and like Q. boops, it ranges fi-om sea-level to the summits of 

 our highest mountains. 



ft. semiaeneus, Steph. 



UliSTEE. COXNAUGHT. LeINSTEE. MtJNSTEE. 



Common. 



ft. boops, Grav. 

 Ulstee. Connatjght. Leinstee. Munstee. 

 Donegal, Derry, Antrim, Armagh, Mayo (Slievemore, Ht.), Galway 

 (Leenane, &c.), Louth, Dublin, Wicklow, Carlow, Kerry (Reeks, &c.). 



Creophilus maxillosus, L. 



Ulstee. Cojs^naught. Leinstee. Mtwstee. 



Very common in carrion, more plentiful on sea-coast than inland. 

 The variety eiliaris, Steph., has been recorded from the following 

 localities : Donegal (Buncrana, '95 Wr. ; Coolmore, '94 J. Ht. Cr.). — 

 Antrim (Portballintrae, '91 Dg.). — Fermanagh (Belleisle, '98 Pr.). — 

 Kerry (Ferriter's Cove, '55 Hn. 2 ; Dingle Bay and Castlemaine sands, 

 Fg. MS.), and it occui's rarely in the Dublin district. 



Leistotrophus nebulosus, F. 



Ulstee. CojfNAiJGHT. 

 Antrim (Cushendun, '89 J. 3). — Down (near Belfast, '85 H.). — 

 Armagh ('96 J. 1 ; Tanderagee, '96 J. 2). — Fermanagh (Belleisle, '98 

 Pr. ; Tempo, '97 L. 1).— Roscommon (Mount Talbot, '98 Ht. 1). 

 Rare. 



L. murinus, L. 



Ulstee. Leinstee. Munstee. 

 Donegal (Bruckless, '95 J. 1). — Antrim and Down (Belfast dist., 

 '85 H. ; Orr).— Armagh (Dowry's Lough, '96 J. 1).— Wexford (Court- 



