784 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



MELOID^. 

 Meloe proscarabseus, L. 



UlSIEE. CoXJfATJ&HT. LeeNSTEE. ITtIN'STEE. 



Donegal (Foyle clist.), Down, Dublin, "Wicklow, Queen's County, 

 Caiiow, Clare, Waterforcl, Cork. 



Frequent in grassy places in spring. 



Yar. cyaneus, ITuls. 



Donegal (Eallyargus, '00 B.). 



Taken on sunny bank in the month of March. 



M. violaceus, Marsh. 

 TJestek. Leixsiee. Mr:s:sTEE, 



Do\ni (near Belfast, '85 H.). — Dublin (Eoebuck, Merrion, '54 Hn. ; 

 Howth, M.). — ■Wicklow(OTOca, coll. Sch.). — Carlow (Bonis, coll. Fe.). 

 — Keny (AVaterriUe, '01 Ch., coll. Tr.). 



Bare. 



Lytta vesicatoria, L. 



COKXATGHT. 



Boscommon (Cloonea "Wood, '98 Ht. 1). 



A single specimen taken in this locality by the Hon. B. E. DiBon, 

 on mountain ash, in the summer of 1897. This handsome species is 

 of such rare and sporadic occurrence in G-reat Britain that many 

 entomologists consider it to be a rather doubtful native. The proba- 

 bility is that it is indigenous, but must be ranked as one of those 

 common European species which are of extreme rarity in the British 

 Isles. All of the recorded English localities are in the south-eastern 

 •counties. 



ANTHEIBIDiE. 

 Choragus Sheppardi, Kirby. 

 Leixstee. 

 Dublin (Templeogue, '00 Ht. 3, coll. En.) 



