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do not consider that we are yet acquainted with the whole fauna of the 

 district. 



The Bills, which are included in the district, are rocky islets some nine 

 ruiles north-west of Clare Island. A visit w 7 as paid to them by E. LI. Praeger 

 and R. Welch in June, 1910, and some debris was obtained from old nests of 

 the Puffin and Great Black-backed Gull. The following beetles occurred in 

 this habitat : — 



Pterostichus strenuus. 

 Homalota longicornis. 

 Philonthus fimetarius. 

 Xantholinus linearis. 



Choleva Watsoni. 

 Athous haemorrhoidalis. 

 Agriotes lineatus. 



We have much pleasure in recording the following additions to the list of 

 Irish Beetles : — 



Homalota mortuorum Thorns. 

 Tachinus proxinms Kr. 

 Myllaena gracilis Matthw. 

 Malthodes mysticus Kies. 



Further reference will be made to these in the detailed notes. 



The following 56 species have not been previously recorded from the 

 province of Connaught : — 



Dyschirius saliuus. 

 Stenolophus vespertinus. 

 Pterostichus minor. 

 Amara lucida. 

 Pristonychus terricola. 

 Anchornenus atratus. 

 Aepus Eobinii. 

 Alianta incana. 

 Homalota currax. 

 H. cambrica. 

 H. elongatula. 

 H. oblongiuscula. 

 H. monticola. 

 H. gemina. 

 H. mortuorum. 

 Myllaena gracilis. 

 Conosorna lividum. 

 Tachinus prosimus. 

 Philonthus addendus. 



P. albipes. 

 P. umbratilis. 

 P. longicornis. 

 Baptolinus alternans. 

 Othius laeviuseulus. 

 Lathrobium multipunctuui 

 Stenus canalieulatus. 

 S. nitens. 

 S. crassus. 

 S. geniculatus. 

 S. cicindeloides. 

 Micralymma brevipenne. 

 Agathidium laevigatum. 

 Micropeplus porcatus. 

 Epuraea florea. 

 Lathridius lardarius. 

 Corticaria denticulata. 

 C. elongata. 

 Cryptophagus saginatus. 



C. scanicus var. patruelis. 

 Ephistemus gyrinoides. 

 Helodes marginata.. 

 Cyphon coarctatus. 



C. pallidulus. 

 Telephorus paludosus. 

 llalthodes mysticus. 

 il. flavoguttatus. 



M. pellucidus. 

 M. atomus. 

 Donacia limbata. 



D. vulgaris. 

 Lochinaea capreae. 

 Longitarsus gracilis. 

 Haltica palustris. 

 Cassida nobilis. 

 Salpingus ater. 

 Phytobius iv-tuberculatus. 



