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Saunders' " Monograph " is probably to be referred to the present 

 species ; it was taken by Mr. Gr. C. Champion. 



The distribution of Corixa German in Great Britain is decidedly 

 northern. It is recorded as occurring in various localities in Scotland 

 as far north as the Shetlands. 



C. striata Fieb. — Specimens of this common species taken in peaty lakes, such as 

 Avullin and Creggan Loughs on Clare Island, are decidedly darker than 

 the average, and the pale lines of the clavus are less dilated inwardly. 

 Dark forms of 0. niyrolineata Fieb. were also common in such places. 



C. Scotti Fieb. — Found in various small peaty lakes on Clare and Achill 

 Islands. This species has not been previously recorded from Ireland. 

 ;. it is evidently widespread in the north and west of Ireland, as I have 

 taken it in the lakes at Fair Head (Antrim), Milford district (Donegal), 

 and in Lough Criricaum near Killarney. There is a specimen in 

 ..Mr. Buckle's collection taken at Roosky (Donegal) in the beginning of 

 February. Evidently a northern species in the Britannic area. Saunders 

 records the following localities — Shetlands, Morayshire, Argyllshire, 

 .Mull, and Strathglass. 



Corixa Bonsdorffi Schlb. — Lakes on Clare and Achill Islands, and at West-port. 

 Widespread in Ireland, occurring in the counties Donegal, Sligo, 

 Armagh, Galway, Dublin, Westmeath, and Kerry. In county Dublin it 

 is abundant in the Boyal Canal, along which it has evidently made its 

 way from the Mullingar lakes, where it is quite common. The nymph 

 of G Bonsdorffi, is rather a distinctively coloured insect. It is of a delicate 

 greenish white, the apical margins of the body-segments and the con- 

 nexivum are brown, and the lateral margins of the wing-pads are orange- 

 yellow. Both the notum and wing-pads ate clothed with long black hairs. 



Cixius stigmaticus Fieb.— A specimen of Cixius taken by Mr. C. Morley on 

 Croaghpatrick on heather, is referred by him to this species. Mr. Edwards 1 

 mentions only two British localities for this insect : " Deal, on Hippophde 

 rhamnoides (Douglas); Inverness- shire (Buchanan-White)." 



C. brachycranus Fieb. — A single specimen taken by sweeping amongst "scrub" 

 on the shores of Lough Lannough, at Castlebar, in July. It is recorded 

 as being not uncommon in woods in England, ranging from Penzance to 

 Newcastle at least. Though not previously found in Ireland, it is 

 probably widespread there, as the species may be easily confused with 

 the common G. nervosus. Identification verified by Mr. Ed wands. 



Liburnia notula Germ. — ) Frequent in marshy places in the Westport and 



L. vittipennis J. Sahib. — | Castlebar districts. 



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