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MICEOPELID^. 



Micropeplus porcatus, Payk. 



TJlSTEE. LeINSTEE. MTOirSTEK. 



Donegal, Deny, Antrim, Down, Dublin, Kerry. 



M. staphylinoides, Marsh. 

 DiSTEE. Leinstek. Munstee. 

 Down (near Belfast, '85 H.).— Armagh ('92 J. 4).— Dublin (Port- 

 marnock, '54 Hn.).— Cork (Kanturk, '47 W. 1). 

 Eare ; in moss. 



M. margaritae, Duv. 

 Ulstee. LErNSTEE. Mtjnstee. 

 Deny (Foyle dist., '00 B.).— Down (Bangor, '95 Wr.).— Dublin 

 (Dodder banks, H, coU.).— Cork (Middleton, '95 Wr.). 



M. tesserula, Curt. 



Ulstee. 



Deny (Culmore, '00 B.).— Down (Holywood, '39 Ciu'tis ; '41 

 H. 1). 



" Taken out of a pond in a marsh near Belfast early in February, 

 1827." ('41 H. 1). This would seem to be a rare species generally; 

 it has been recorded from northern and central Europe, Algeria, 

 Siberia, Caucasus, and in North America. 



NITIDULID^. 



Brachypterus pubescens, Er. 



TTlstee. CoinsTATTGHT. Leinstek. Mttnstee. 

 Common in Ulster. It has also been taken in the counties of Sligo 

 Louth, "Westmeath, Dublin, "Wexford, Limerick, Kerry. 



B. urticse, P. 



Ulstee. Connaught. Leen^stee. Munstee. 

 Common. 



Cercus pedicularius, L. 

 Ulstee. Cojstnaxjght. Leeststee. Munstee. 

 Armagh, Fermanagh, Eoscommon, Gal way, Westmeath, Dublin, 

 Clare, Limerick. 



