Johnson and Halbert — A List of the Beetles of Ireland. 771 



P. consobrina, Cm-t. 

 Leinstee. 

 Dublin ('99 Cr. ; Kingstown, '00 Ht. 3). 



Mr. G. H. Carpenter reports this species as having been injurious 

 in the summer of 1898 when " appearing in vast numbers they almost 

 destroyed plantations of cabbages, turnips, and carrots in various parts 

 of Dublin." It had been previously noticed as an injurious insect in 

 the south of England. (Ent. Month. Mag., xxiii., p. 92), 



P. punctulata, Marsh. 

 Leinstee. Muxstek. 

 DubKn ('92 B.).— Waterford (Rathkui'by, '91 F. 1 ; not in '78 P.). 



P. atra, Payk. 



COKN'ATJGHT. LeEN^STEK. MtTIS^STEE. 



Galway (Woodford, Ht.). — "Wexford (Courtown, Killoughrum, 

 Slaney Estuary, Ht.).— Waterford ('78 P. ; Lismore, Ht.). 

 Common in the the south-east. 



P. imdnlata, Kuts. 



UlSTEE, CoifNATJGHT. LeEN'STEB. MuNSTEE. 



Common. 



P. nemorum, L. 



Ulstee. ConjStatjght. Leinstee. Mxjnsxee. 

 Common. IN'otices of injury done to crops by this species will be 

 found in the following references ('91 Cr. ; '96 Cr. ; '97 Cr. ; 'GO Cr.> 



P. flexuosa, 111. 

 Leinstee. 

 Wexford (Killoughrum Eorest, Ht.). 



A single specimen occurred in a marshy place in this locality, May, 

 1899. Identification verified by Mr. Champion. 



P. sinuata, Stej^h. 



Mui^^STEE. 



Waterford ('78 P.). 



[P. tetrastigma, Com., Armagh ('88 J. 2, and '91 J. 3). These 

 records are to be referred to the following species.] 



