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The Irish Naturalist. 



September* 



been described since the appearance of the Irish List." 

 The ground beetle Carabus clathratus occurred not un- 

 commonly under stones on the top of turf walls, a very 

 usual locality for this fine insect. 



Mr. J. Edwards^ writes of the small ground beetles 

 belonging to the genus Notiophilus concerning which there 

 is a tendency to revive some of the species formerly recog- 

 nized by Waterhouse and other entomologists. An inter- 

 esting mountain form of Notiophilus hypocrita, found by the 

 writer of these notes on the summit of Slieve Donard (2,796 

 feet), on Salt Lough Mountain (about 1,500 feet) in Donegal, 

 and on Achill Island, is described as a new aberration (ab. 

 hibernicus). The type form of N. hypocrita has been found 

 on the summit of Croaghpatrick, and there is a specimen 

 from the top of Carrantuohill (Kerry) in the Haliday col- 

 lection. 



In an interesting paper on the distribution of the ground 

 beetle Carabus clathratus Mr. Morley^ endeavours to confute 

 the records of its occurrence in England. One is strongly 

 inclined to agree with him that the ancient record from 

 Norfolk, where it is said to have been found as long ago as 

 1809, and a still more dubious record from Suffolk, are 

 in all probability founded on error. This handsome ground 

 beetle is well known as a Scotch species though the records 

 from that country are less numerous than are those from the 

 western parts of Ireland. The various Irish localities in 

 which it has been found are mentioned by Mr. Morley. 



Amongst other notable records to be referred to are Stenus 

 oscillator, Rye,^ found by Mr. Bullock at Killarney, this is 

 an extremely rare beetle, and it has not been noticed since it 

 was described b}^ the late E. C. Rye from a single British 

 example, now in the British Museum. Mr. Bullock has 

 also found amongst moss at Killarney a very unusual form of 

 Hydrothassa marginclla in which the reddish -yellow margins 

 are wanting. Mr. Champion"^ says he has never seen an 



^ Entom. Mo. Mag., xlix. (191 3), p. 70. 

 2 Entom. Mo. Mag., 1. (1914), p. 97. 

 ^ Entom. Mo. Mag., xlix. (1913), p. 88. 

 *' Entom. Mo. Mag., 1. (1914), p. 246. 



