Johnson and Halbert — A List of the Beetles of Ireland. 779 



T, obscurus, F, 



Ulstee. Leikstee. MuiSrSTEB. 



Down (there is a specimen in the collection of tlie Belfast Nat. 

 Hist. & Phil. Soc, labelled " In dry flour, Comber Mills, 1860 ; the 

 beetle appeared in August"). — Dublin (in stable, '54, Hn.; in flour 

 stores, '01 Cr.). — Limerick (in flour, Ht.). 



Tribolium ferrugineum, E. 



LEI]SrSTEE. 



Dublin (Taken by Mr. Tardy, '54. Hn.). 



Palorus melinus, Herbst. 



MUKSTEE. 



Kerry (Golf-links, near Ballybunion, '98 C). 

 Found under bark on a paling. 



Helops pallidus, Curt. 

 Ulstee. Leinstee. Munstee. 



Antrim (Portballintrae, in August, '94 T.). — "Wexford (Courtown, 

 '93 C. 4). — Waterford (Tramore sands, Ht.). — Cork (Eosscarbery, '95 

 C. 1). 



Pound at the roots of marram-grass on sandhills, at a depth of two 

 or thi'ee inches below the surface. Mr. Tomlin's specimens were very 

 variable in £ze. The range of this species in Great Britain almost 

 exactly corresponds with that of Phaleria cadaver ma, and on the Con- 

 tinent it inhabits the northern coast of France. 



H. striatus, Fourc. 



Ulstee. Con^natjght. Leinstee. Munstee. 



Antrim, Down, Galway, Louth, Dublin, "Wicklow, Carlow, "Wex- 

 ford, Waterford, Cork, Kerry. 



Common on heather on high ground, and under fir-bark. 



Cistela luperus, Herbst. 

 Ulstee. 

 Derry (Magilligan sands, '00 B.). 

 A single example found in a sand-pocket during a strong wind. 



