I9I5- l^icnoLSON, — Co/coplera from Cavan. 



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Cyphon coarctatus, Pk., on May blossom ; Dascillus 

 cervinus, L., sparingly by sweeping. 



Corymhites tessellatus, F. C. quercus, GylL, both the 

 type form and the var. ochropterus, Steph., in great abun- 

 dance ; Cryptohypnus dcrmestoides, Hbst., under stones by 

 the shore of Lough Erne at Castle Saunderson ; Melanoius 

 rufipcs, Hbst. ; Elater pomorum, Hbst., very common both 

 under the bark of decayed birch posts and on the foliage 

 of young birch trees on the bog at Cloverhill ; Priobium 

 castaneum, F., in decayed Holly wood. 



Rhinosimm viridipennis, Steph., common ; Rhagium 

 hifasciatum^ F., common on May blossom. 



Donacia bicolora, Zsch. ; D. simplex, F. ; Z). vulgaris, 

 Zsch. ; Phaedon armoraciae, L. ; Galerucella nymphacae, L. ; 

 G. sagittariae, Gyll. ; G. lineola, F. ; Batophila rubi, Pk. ; 

 Aphthona lutescens, GyW. ; Apteropeda orbiculata, Marsh. ; 

 Cassida vibex, F. 



Bruchus atomarius, L., very common on Vicia sepium. 



Phyllobius argentatus, L. Among the numerous speci- 

 mens I saw, there was one of a grey colour (which corres- 

 ponds to the var. cinereus, Fowler, of P. maculicornis, Germ., 

 but does not seem to me to be worthy of a name) ; Liophloeus 

 nubilus, F., common on Ivy ; Barynotus obscums, F., B. 

 elevatus, Marsh., common by evening sweeping on the lawn ; 

 Tropiphorus obtusus, Bons., I secured four specimens of this 

 rare insect together with the last two species ; Hypera 

 punctata, F. ; H. rumicis, L. ; H. pollux, F. ; Grypidius 

 equiseti, F., common ; Dorytonius maculatus. Marsh. ; 

 Tanysphyrus lemnae, F. ; Coeliodes quercus, F, ; C. rubi- 

 cundus, Hbst., sparingly on Birch ; Phytobius canaliculatus , 

 Fahr. ; Ceutorrhynchus viduatus, Gyll., one by general 

 sweeping ; C. cochliariae, Gyll. ; Limnobaris pilistriata, 

 Steph., very common in all the ditches ; Balaninus pyrrho- 

 ceras, Marsh., common ; Anthonomus rubi, Hbst. ; Anoplus 

 plantaris, Naez., common ; Orchestes salicis, L. ; Rhampus 

 flavicornis, Clair. ; Cionus hortulanus, Marsh., common ; 

 Nanophyes lythri, F. ; Apion cerdo, Th., A. subulatum, 

 Kirby, both these species, the latter of which has already 

 been recorded from Cavan, occurred together on Vicia 

 sepium ; the following common species of this genus were 



