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being from Cork ami Kerry. It is possible., however, that its small size 

 and habitat cause it to be passed over. Aepus marvwus Strom., and 

 Gillenus lateralis Sam. have been taken at Ballynakill jnst outside the 

 district. 

 Patrobus assimilis Chaud. — Clare Island, on summit of Croaghmore (W. F. J.). 

 Croaghpatrick (J. X. H.). Mweelrea (L. B. W.). It is abundant on the 

 summit of Croaghpatrick. A mountain species with a northern range 

 in Europe. 

 Cymindis vaporariorum L. — Achill Island on Minnaun cliffs (J. X. H.). 

 Croaghpatrick (W. E. S.). The only other Irish record is from the 

 Donegal mountains. It is remarkable that this species should in Ireland 

 have occurred only on the west coast. In Great Britain it is found in 

 suitable localities from Staffordshire to the Highlands. It is a mountain 

 insect. Those met with in Achill were very difficult to capture among 

 the long heather. It is distributed throughout the northern Palae- 

 arctic region and the mountainous districts of central Europe. 

 Cercyon obsoletus Gyll. — Curraun Achill (E. S. J.), taken on the sandhills 

 at southern entrance of Achill Sound in dercorc hovino. Though it has 

 a wide range in Ireland, being recorded from Donegal, Antrim, Armagh, 

 Galway, Dublin and Waterford, yet it is by no means common. 

 Aleochara brevipennis Grav. — Clare Island (W. F. J.). Summit of Croagh- 

 patrick and Louisburgh (J. X. H.). This species is much more common 

 in the south and west than hi the rest of Ireland. In Great Britain it 

 is not common, though widely distributed, and in France it is moderately 

 common, being found there in forests among moss in which it 

 hibernates. 

 A. moesta Grav. — Achill Island (J. X. H. ). Taken under decaying seaweed 

 just above tide-mark on the coast near Sruhill Lough near the northern 

 entrance of Achill Sound. This is the only Irish record for this 

 species. In Great Britain it is somewhat rare, while elsewhere it 

 occurs not only in Europe, but extends its range to Siberia and North 

 America. 

 Alianta incana Er. — Westport and Croaghpatrick (J. X. H.). This is a rare 

 species in Ireland, for there are but two other Irish records, from 

 Armagh and Fermanagh. 

 Homalota cambrica WolL — Belclare (J. N. H.). Taken among sandy gravel 

 at the Gwenwee River. Decidedly local in Ireland, having only been 

 taken in Donegal and Wicklow. 

 H. oblongiuscula Sharp. — Clare Island, June (J. X. H.). Very rare, the only 

 other Irish localitv being the summit of Slieve Donard, in Co. Down, 



