4 1 34 Insects. 



the canal ; and it is wonderful to see the instinct displayed by all the queen Bombi in 

 choosing a place where the wet is drained off from their domicile. Wasps were also 

 very scarce in the spring, no doubt from the same cause. Hive-bees also have suf- 

 fered severely from the wetness of the past season, and, according to present appear- 

 ances, they seem likely to be diminished one half in number throughout the country, 

 few stocks having collected enough honey to keep them until next spring. In the 

 summer of 1852, this neighbourhood had abundance of the different Bombi, particu- 

 cularly of B. lucorum and B. lapidarius. I watched about half-a-dozen of their nests, 

 and am confirmed in my opinion that the males leave the nest but once, never to 

 return, although the period of leaving depends a good deal on the progress of heat and 

 cold in the season. In 1851, the males of three or four species appeared at the mid- 

 dle and end of June, or at latest about the 15th of July : in this last summer, they 

 made their appearance full a month and even six weeks later, some not until the first 

 week in September. Bombus Derhamellus is also very scarce, and this may be ac- 

 counted for from their being so exposed in their habitations of moss, where they fall 

 an easy prey to every marauder. I have hedgehogs near me, and I suspect that seve- 

 ral nests both of B. Derhamellus and B. muscorum were plundered last summer by 

 this animal. — H. W. Newman ; New House, Stroud, October 6, 1853. 



Capture of Aphanisticus pusillus in November. — It may be a fact interesting to 

 many of your entomological readers, that so late in the season as November 1st, I 

 made rather an abundant capture of Aphanisticus pusillus. I took it by sweeping 

 long grass with moss at the roots, in a sunny nook formed by the trees in Moor Park, 

 Farnham, Surrey. It seemed to inhabit just that particular spot, and no other. I 

 should be glad to exchange specimens with any of your readers who may need this 

 species. — D. F. Jarman ; Manor House, Hadley, Barnet, near London, November, 

 1853. 



Catalogue of Coleoptera found in the Neighbourhood of Dublin. 

 By A. R. Hogan, Esq. 



Imperfect though a list such as the following must necessarily be, 

 1 yet trust that it will be of use in assisting to determine the limits of 

 distribution which exist among our native beetles. 



Much of the information contained in this Catalogue has been com- 

 municated to me by A. H. Haliday, Esq., and Alfred Furlong, Esq., 

 for whose kind assistance I have great pleasure in returning my best 

 thanks. The names of the genera are those adopted by the late Mr. 

 Stephens in his ' Manual of British Coleoptera.' 



Cicindela campestris, L. Killiney beach. Dromius linearis, 01. Portmarnock, Sec. 



Demetrias atricapillus, L. Killiney and „ fasciatus, F. Killiney and Port- 



Portmarnock. marnock. 



Dromius quadrimaculatus, L. Under the „ fovcolus, Gyl. Portmarnock. 



bark of trees, common. „ truncatcllus, L. Ditto. 



