Johnson and Halbert — A List of the Beetles of Ireland. 697 



Frequent. It is remarkable that this species is commoner in 

 Ireland than its ally JS. carhonarius, 111., while the reverse is the case 

 in England. 



H. carbonarius, 111. 

 TJlstee. Leinsteb. Munstee. 



Down (near Belfast, '85 H.).— Armagh ('92 J. 4).— DubHn ('54 

 Hn.).— Queen's County (Abbeyleix, Bn.).— Waterford ('78 P.).— Cork 

 (Bn. ; Queenstown, '95 Wr.). — Kerry (Kenmare, '98 Ht. 4). 



Local, but probably of wider range than these records indicate. 

 The record, Mote Park ('98 Ht. 1), should read M. cadavarinus, Hofl, 



H. xii-striatus, Schr. 

 Ulster. Lehststee. Munstee. 

 Down (near Belfast, '85 H.).— Dublin (Dundrum, '00 Ht, 3).— 

 Kerry (Kenmare, '98 Ht. 4). 

 Common where it occurs. 



H. bimaculatus, L. 



TJlSTEE. LeINSXEE. 



Donegal (Portsalon, Sn.). — Deny (taken floating in Eiver Faughan, 

 '00 B.).— Dublin (Hume Street, '54 Hn. ; Dundi'um, '00 Ht. 3).— 

 Wicklow (Ashford, Pg. coll.). 



Bare, most of the captures being of single specimens. 



Gnathoncus nannetensis. Mars. 

 Leinstee. 

 Dublin (Portmarnock, '54 Hn.). 

 Saprinus rotundatus of this reference. 



Saprinus nitidulus, Payk. 



Ulstee. Connatjght. Lexjststee. Munsxee. 



Common in Ulster, also in the counties of Sligo, Eoscommon, 

 Galway, Dublin, Queen's County, Cork, Kerry. 



S. seneus, F. 



Ulstee. LEmsxEE. Mtjnstee. 

 Donegal, Derry, Down, Dublin, Clare, "Waterford, Kerry. 

 Com m on — and like the preceding commonest on the sea coast. 



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