i9i5' Hai^bkrT. — Some Recent Records of Irish bisects. i6i 



bred from Irish parents " including the Green- veined White, 

 Ptcris napi, with very dark and yeJlow markings ; brilhant 

 blue females of the Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus ; 

 Hipparchia scmele, very pale examples ; and Neuria reticu- 

 lata in which the usual dull ochreous colour is replaced with 

 a pink suffusion, these were bred from caterpillars found in 

 county Cork. Dr. Cockayne exhibited and described 

 gynandromorphous specimens of the Common Blue, P. icarus, 

 found in the counties Sligo and Clare. 



COLEOPTERA. 



Amongst the beetles there is a list of 343 species collected 

 by Mr. Tomlin' and Dr. J 03^ at Cloghane, a little-known spot 

 on the north shore of the Dingle peninsula. The list 

 contains .many additions to the fauna of Kerry which is 

 now better known than that of many of our other Irish 

 counties. Considering that the visit was made in the spring 

 time the authors are to be congratulated on their success, 

 though it also accounts for the absence of many summer 

 insects. It is pointed out that the following species and 

 varieties are additions to the "List of Irish Beetles" 

 published^ in 1902. 



Pterostichus cupreus var. affinis Sturm. 

 Hydroporus melanarius Sturm. 

 Ochthebius viridis Peyr. 

 Mycetoporus longicornis Kr. 

 Homolata malleus Joy. 

 Philonthus keysianus Sharp. 

 Homalium rugulipenne Rye. 

 Hister hissexstriatus F. 



Coccinella xi -punctata var. brevifasciaia Weise. 

 Micropeplus caelatus Er. 

 Crytophagus pallidus Sturm. 

 Longitarsus gracilis var. Poweri All. 



It may be mentioned, however, at least two of these, the 

 Ochthebius and the Homalium, have been previously re- 

 corded from Ireland ; the Homolota and Philonthus have 



1 Entom. Mo. Mag., 1. (i9i4)» P- 214. 



2 {Proc. R. I. Acad., ser. III., vol. vi.) 



