690 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



Necrophorus humator, F. 



TJlsteb. CoNiS'ArGHT. Leixsiee. Mtjis'stee. 

 Common. 



N. mortuoruin, F. 

 TJlstee. Coi^^aught. Leixstee. Mtin'stee. 

 Donegal (Foyle dist., '00 B. ; Arclara, '92 J. 3).— Down (near 

 Belfast, '85 H. ; ToUymore Park, Fg. MS. ; Slieve Croob, '38 Pn.).— 

 Fermanagli (Tempo, L.).— Galway (Clonbroek, '96 Ht. 2).— Dublin, 

 '54 Hn. ; Tibradden, '94 Ht. 3).— Wicklow (Deyil's Glen, July 6, 

 in a dead hedgehog, H. MS.). — Clare (Cratloe "Wood, Ht.). 

 Locally common. 



N. ruspator, Er. 

 TJlstee. Coics^atjght. Leej-stee. Miotsiee. 

 Common. The variety microcepludics, Thoms., has been recorded 

 from Donegal and Derry (Poyle dist., '00 B. ; Ardai'a, '92 J. 3). 

 Cork (Eosscarbery, '95 C. 1), and no doubt occurs in most localities. 



N. vespillo, L. 



ITlSXEE. CoiWAITGHT. LeINSTEE. MimSTEE. 



Antrim, Down, Armagh, Eoscommon, Galway, Louth, Dublin, 

 "Waterford, Cork. 



Not so common as the preceding. 



Necrodes littoralis, L. 



UlSTEE. COiSTXAUGHT. LeIXSTEE. MiHS'STEE. 



Donegal, Antrim, Down, Armagh, Fermanagh, Galway, Dublin, 

 Limerick, Cork, Kerry. 



!N"ot common though widespread round the coast, rarer inland. 



Silpha tristis. 111. 



LeIXSTEE. M'[J]S^STEE. 



Dublin (Portmarnock, Fg. coll.). — Limerick (Bk.). — "Waterford 

 (Ht., coll. Tp.). 



S. nigrita, Creutz. 

 TJlstee. 

 Donegal (Glenties, Ht., coll. Fn.). — Antrim (Eathlia Island, '97 

 Hr. ; Belfast, J.) Ireland (H. coll.). 



A northern species in Britain. On the Continent it is found chiefly 

 in alpine districts. . , 



