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town, '93 C. 4).— Cork (Rosscarbery, '95 C. 1).— Kerry (Ventry 

 sandliills, Ht. ; Killarney, '71 S. ; Parknasilla and Kenmare coll. 



Local. The StaphyUnus minimus of Haliday's Belfast list is due to 

 a misprint ; it is murinus in his MS. 



Staphylinus pubescens, De G. 



UlSTEE. CoNN^ATJGHT. LeINSTEE. MtmSTEE. 



Common. 



S. erythropterus, L. 



Ulstee. Co:nnaught. Leinstee. Mthstsxee. 

 Fairly common and widely distributed. 



S. csesareus, Ceder. 

 TJlstee. Connaught. Leinstee. Munstee. 

 Very common, especially in the west. 



Ocypus olens, Miill. 



Ulstee. Con'naught. Leinstee. Mtjnstee. 



This is one of the few beetles which have attracted the attention of 

 the public, and not being a handsome insect, it has received anything 

 but complimentary names, e.(/. "Devil's Coach Horse," &c. In the 

 north of Ireland it is called the " Coffin Cutter," from an idea that it 

 burrows into graves and eats its way through the coffins. In both 

 perfect and larval stage it will attack earthworms, and a fierce strife 

 has been seen going on between one of these beetles and a big earth- 

 worm many times its length. 



0. similis, F. 



Ulstee. Leinstee. 



Down (near Belfast, H. MS.).— Dublin (local, '54 Hn.). 



We have never seen an Irish example of this species. Haliday 

 includes it in the MS. of his Belfast list, and he also gives Gosrius 

 iiiorio. The Dublin record, however, may be due to some error in 

 synonymy, as the common Ocypus morio is entirely overlooked by 

 Hogan — moreover, the name similis occurs as a synonym for 0. morio, 

 (xrav. {vide Waterhouse's Catalogue). 



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