1574 Insects. 



Helobia brevicollis Aphodius finietarius 



Agonura parumpunctatum Otiorhynchus sulcatus 



Badister bipustulatus Lagria hirta 



Synuchus vivalis Astenus angustatus 



Argutor vernalis Oxytelus nitens 



Omaseus nigrita depressus 



Harpalus latus Platysthetus sulcatus 



Trechus fulvus Rugilus orbiculatus 



Notiophilus striatus Latbrobium punctato-striatum 



Laccobius globosus Staphylinus aeneocephalus 



Cercyon laterale Xantbolinus linearis 



atomarium Raphirus semiobscurus 



minutum Quedius impressus 



stercorarium Tachyporus chrysomelinus 



Aphodius prodromus subtestaceus. 



Further inland the county of Cork opens a far richer field to the 

 entomologist. Leaving the bare, uncultivated tracts of Kerry (as un- 

 productive as they are beautiful) greater fertility abounds, and along 

 with it, civilization, comparatively speaking, strides apace. The im- 

 mediate neighbourhood of Cork I had but little time to explore, and 

 nothing in any way uncommon occurred to me. The exertions, 

 however, of my friend Mr. Clear, have satisfactorily proved the 

 locality to be a good one ; and it is to him that I am indebted for a 

 new and very beautiful Hydroporus (which I hope shortly to describe 

 under the specific name of trifasciatus), captured in the river Lee, 

 near that city. The rare and interesting Melolontha Hippocastani, 

 already alluded to in the ' Zoologist,' he informs me he has been 

 accustomed to take sparingly near Bandon ; from which locality I am 

 indebted to him for specimens of water insects, including Elmis 

 Volkmari, variabilis and parallelopipedus, species which throughout 

 the whole of Ireland appear to be unusually abundant. Otiorhyn- 

 chus Monticola (Germar) also I possess from the same locality. 



The neighbourhood of Kanturk produced me a far richer harvest 

 than I reaped in any other part of Ireland. At Rosnalie, the seat of 

 W. Leader, Esq., I had a good opportunity of investigating this un- 

 explored district. Situated on the river Blackwater, and surrounded 

 by a variety of soils, few spots in Ireland which I saw opened a wider 

 and more extensive field for Natural History in general. Amongst 

 many well-known species, and many obscurities, which are yet to be 

 determined, I record the following as characteristic representatives of 



