Johnson and Halbert — A List of the Beetles of Ireland. 709 



E. florea, Er. 



TJlstee. LErs-sTEE. Mtjkstee. 



Donegal, Antrim (Ballycastle), Do-^vn, Armagli, Fermanagli, 

 Louth, Dublin, Wexford, "Waterford, 



Probably common, but there are few records. 



E. deleta, Er. 



TJiSTEE. CONXATTGHT. LeZN'STEE. MtJN'STEE. 



Down (Comber, B,). — Armagh (J.) — Eoscommon (Mote Park, '98 

 Ht. 1).— Galway (Clonbrock, '96 Ht. 2).— Westmeath (MuUingar 

 dist., Ht.).— Dublin ('00 Ht. 3).— Clare and Limerick (Ht.).— Water- 

 ord ('78 P.). 



Locally common in fungi. 



E. obsoleta, F. 



TJlstee. 

 Donegal (Kildeny, '00 B.).— Down (Castlewellan, '85 Pn.). 

 Mr. C. "W. Buckle's specimens were taken by beating ivy. 



E. pusilla, Er. 



Ulstee. CoisTf aught. Leixstee. 



Donegal (Foyle dist., '00 B.).— Galway (Tuam, Ht.)-— Dublin ('54 

 Hn.). 



Under fir bark. 



E. angustula, Er. 



TJlstee. 



Donegal (Glentocher, '00 B.). 



Three examples of this rare species were taken in the borings of 

 Trypodendron domesticum in a fallen beech tree. Distribution — 

 northern and central Europe. Yery rare in Great Britain, occurring 

 chiefly in the north, often in the burrows of Xyloterus lineatus in 

 Scotch fir. 



Nitidula bipustulata, L. 



Ulstee. Lelnstee. Mu^^stee. 



Donegal (Foyle dist., '00 B.).— Down (near Belfast, '85 H.).— 

 Dublin (local, '54 Hn.). — Wicklow (Eilcool, on the shore, Ht.). — 

 Limerick (in a dead stoat, iN".). 



