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of stones which had been bored by Saxicava. The only other recorded 

 locality in this country is at Dungarvan on the Waterford coast, where 

 the first Irish specimen was discovered by Mr. A. E. Nichols some years 

 ago. (Entom. Mo. Mag., (2), viii, 1S97.) 



The known range of Aepophilus is distinctly south-west European, 

 as the only continental records are from the French and Spanish 

 (Galician) coasts. The species has long been known as a denizen of the 

 Cornwall and Devon littoral, as at Polperro, Mousehold, Penzance, Lyme 

 Regis, Plymouth, and between Barnstaple and Ilfracombe in North 

 Devon. Mr. G. C. Champion has also met with the larva under deeply 

 imbedded stones just below high-water mark on the beach at Totland 

 Bay, Isle of Wight, _ in company with its usual associates Aepus and 

 Micralymma. (Entom. Mo. Mag., xxx, 1894.) 



Gerris costae H. S. — Lakes on Clare and Achill Islands ; Polranny 



(W. F. Johnson); in a pool near the summit of Croaghpatrick, June. 



I have taken this highland form commonly in the Dublin and 



Wieklow Mountains (River Dodder, pools on Kippure, Lough Bray, and 



at Kelly's Lough on Lugnaquilla). 



Mr. G. W. Kirkaldy has noted 1 the peculiar distribution of this 

 water-bug. It is found over the greater part of central and southern 

 Europe, but has not, apparently, been found in Scandinavia. In the 

 Britannic area, on the other hand, it is decidedly a subalpine insect, 

 occurring in North "Wales and throughout the Scottish Highlands. An 

 English locality (Burton) is recorded in Derbyshire. 



Nabis flavomarginatus Scholtz. — Louisburgh and Westport. The winged form 

 occurred in the latter locality, and I have also met with it in the Dublin 

 district and in South Clare. (Armagh, W. F. J.) 



Lyctocoris campestris Fall. — Clare Island, and on Mweelrea. Occurred in 

 a hay-loft in the first-mentioned locality, and was probably introduced 

 there. 



Myrmedobia tenella Zett. — A female of this local insect was captured by 

 sweeping herbage in a marshy place on the shore of Lough Laimough at 

 Castlebar in July. I had previously found this species in County Dublin 

 (Lucan demesne), Meath (Laytown sandhills), and in Galway (Clonbrock). 

 Saunders records it from a few localities in Suffolk. 



Teratocoris Saundersi D. & S. — Found commonly at Castlebar, Louisburgh, 

 and Westport by sweeping herbage in marshy places. This species is 

 said to occur rather locally in England ; it is widespread in Ireland, 

 occurring in Dublin, Louth, Wieklow, Galway, and Kerry. 



'A Guide to the Study of British Water-bugs (Aquatic Rhynehota). "Entomologist," xxxii, 

 p. 298. 



