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identification verified by Mr. Gr. C. Champion. This species has been 

 recorded from the Pyrenees, France, and a few localities in the south- 

 east of England. The record, Armagh ('92 J. 1), is to be referred to 

 L. ollongulum. 



Liparus coronatus, Goeze. 



Leinstek. 



Dublin (Portmarnock, '54 Hn.). 



Very rare. There are two examples in the Haliday collection^ 

 marked as Irish, which are probably from this locality. 



Hylobius abietis, L. 



TJlstek. Coisnsr aught. Leinstek. Munstee. 



Common in Ulster. Also in the counties of Sligo, Galway, Louth, 

 King's County, Wexford, Waterford, Cork, Kerry. 



Locally common about fir plantations. It has been recorded as 

 causing injury to Scotch fir ('90 Cr.), spruce ('92 Cr. 3), Douglas 

 pine ('94 Cr.), and larch ('95 Cr. 1), in various parts of Ireland. 



Orchestes quercus, L. 



Ulster. Coiwatight. Lees^stek. Mitnstee. 



Donegal and Derry (Foyle dist., '00 B. ; Costown, '95 J. 1). — Down 

 (Cultra, '92 Pt. & Dn.).— Roscommon (Mote Park, Ht.).— Dublin 

 (local '54 Hn.). — Clare and Limerick (Shannon dist., Ht.). — Water- 

 ford ('78 P.).— Cork (Queenstown, '95 Wr.). 



0. scutellaris, Gyll. 



Ulstee. 



Derry (Culmore, on alder, '00 B.). — Antrim (CuUybacky, J.). — 

 Down (near Belfast, '85 H.). 



0. alni, L. 



COIWAIJGHT. LeINSTEE. MTWrSTEE. 



Galway (Wr.).— Dublin ('54 Hn.).— Clare (Cratloe, Nl.).— Water- 

 ford ('78 P. ; Tramore, J.). . 



The variety ferrugineus, Marsh, has been recorded from "near 

 Belfast" ('85 H.), and Queenstown ('95 Wr.). 



