{Proceedings Belfast Naturalists' Field Club.— Appendix 1884-85.) 



Ebratum.— The following 10 pages should bear the folios 335 to 344. 



A LIST OP IRISH COLEOPTERA COLLECTED 

 MAINLY BY THE LATE ROBERT PATTERSON, 

 ESQ., F.R.S., IN THE YEAR 1829. 



K|M HE following list has been prepared from the manuscript catalogue of a 

 ^ j\ cabinet of Coleoptera now in the possession of the family, and formerly 

 v-V 1 the property of the late Mr. Patterson. 



The collection referred to was made in the year 1829. Some of the speci- 

 mens were received from other well known naturalists, but by far the greater 

 number were personally collected by Mr. Patterson himself in the North of 

 Ireland. It is fortunate for the purpose of the present compilation that this 

 MS. catalogue was prepared with the accuracy and precision that characterised 

 all Mr. Patterson's work. Except in a very few instances, the date and locality 

 of every capture has been given ; and where the specimen has been acquired 

 from any other entomologist it is so stated, and also whether such are Irish or 

 English. As we are here only concerned with Irish localities, we do not record 

 those species to which English habitats alone are assigned, nor any of those 

 whose names appear in the manuscript, but are not localised. 



In connection with the series of local lists issued by the Belfast Naturalists' 

 Field Club, it is considered that the present may be a useful contribution. It 

 is also rendered of more value by the fact that so few lists of Irish insects have 

 hitherto been published. Further, it may be hoped that this list will be favour- 

 ably received from the fact that it records the early work of some of the pioneers 

 of natural science in the North of Ireland, and founders of the Belfast Natural 

 History Society. Anything connected with the names of Templeton, Drum- 

 mond, Patterson, Haliday, or Hyndman will be of interest to the naturalists of 

 the present day, and still more to those who may succeed them. A review of 



