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(Roosky, C.).— Wexford (Coiu'town, '92 C. 6).— Clare (Trough, found 

 in a sack of flour, coll. ^N".). 

 Local. 



C. CEEEAL3S, L. 



Mr. Haliday in his MS. list notes the finding of this species 

 on " Knockmeledown Hill, Tipperary," by Mr. Hely. This beau- 

 tiful insect is widely distributed in Europe and Siberia, but it is 

 extremely local in Great Britain, occurring only in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Snowdon. The food plant, "Wild Thyme, grows in the 

 botanical district which includes the Knockmealdown Mountains 

 (District II.), but the Irish specimens cannot be traced. 



C. hyperici, Forst. 



TJlSTEE. CONNAFGHT. LeINSTEK. MinSTSTEE. 



Donegal, Derry, Antrim (Bally castle), Armagh, Fermanagh, Cavan, 

 Galway, Westmeath, Wicklow, Wexford, Clare, Waterford. 

 Local ; on Hypericum. 



Melasoma seneum, F. 



MUNSTEE. 



Keny (Xenmare, '98 Ht. 4). 



Three specimens found on willow in Saint Finan's Graveyard by 

 Mr. J. E. Hardy. 



Phytodecta olivacea, Forst. 

 Mtinster. 

 Kerry (Kenmare, '98 Ht. 4). 

 On gorse and broom, near the Cloonee Lakes. 



P. pallida, L. 



MUNSTEE. LeENSTEE. 



Deny (coll. Milne).— Down (Eostrevor, bred from larvae found on 

 elm, Ht.).— Wicklow (Poulaphouca, '91 Bn. 1). 

 Locally abundant on hazel and elm. 



Gastroidea viridula, De G. 



TJlstee. Coi<rNAUGHT. Leinstee. Munstee. 

 Common. 



G. polygoni, L. 

 TJlstee. Conkafght. Leiitstee. Mitnstee. 

 Donegal (Portsalon, '95 Ht. 4).— Down (near Belfast, '85 H.).— 

 Annagh (Lowiy's Lough, '92 J. 2).— Galway ('96 Ht. 6).— Louth 



