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The Irish Naturalists 
January, 
the cabinet. Both nights the flight time only lasted about half an hour. 
Unfortunately I had to go away after the second night's work here, and 
did not get back until the insects were " over," but hope to try again 
next year and find out more about their habits. 
Charles Langham. 
Tempo Manor, Co. Fermanagh. 
Lepidoptera and Coleoptera from County Waterford. 
During a week's visit to Waterford last June from the 19th to the 
26th, I managed to do a little collecting and revisit three of my old hunting- 
grounds. At Milepost I found the Greasy Frittilary {Melitaea aurinia), 
in the same bit of marshy ground where I had first met with it in 1897. 
I also took here a male specimen of Nemeophila russula, and saw one or 
two others. In a small fir plantation close by I captured a specimen of 
the local moth, Biipalus piniaria, and one of Thera variata. To these may 
be added to complete the day's "bag," Phytometra viridaria, Phragmatobia 
fuliginosa and a few other commoner species. Tvv-o visits were paid on 
the 20th and 25th to the extensive sandhills near Tramore.and the following 
beetles taken amongst others : Broscus cephalotes, Harpalus tardus, 
Silpha tristis (one specimen), 5. atrata var. suhtrotundata, Aphodius 
scybalarius, Aegialia arenaria, Scricahrunnea, Phyllopertha horticola, Lacon 
murinus, Tiniavcha tenebricosa (a dead specimen but intact), Heliopathes 
gibbus (common), Otiorrhynchus atroapterus (common), Philopedon gemi- 
natus (abundant, a large pale form also occurred), Sitones griseus. A 
couple of hours' collecting in the woods of Curraghmore on the 24th did 
not produce all the good things I had anticipated, doubtless owing to 
the unfavourable weather. I only took two moths — Thera variata and 
Cidaria pop ti lata, but had more success with the beetles. By beating 
oak trees and sweeping the under-growth composed chiefly of Vaccinium, 
I obtained Adrastus linibatus, Corymbites quercns, Telopliorus pellucidus, 
T. figuratus*, T. bicolor, T. flavilabris, Rhagonycha Hmbata*, R. pallida, 
Leiopus nebulosus (two specimens), Polydrusus tercticollis, P. cervinus, 
Phyllobius oblongus, P. argentatus, Hypera rumicis. 
The species marked with an asterisk are, I believe, new records for 
Waterford. My best thanks are due to Messrs. W. F. Johnson and O. 
E. Janson, for naming some of the beetles. 
L. H. Bonaparte Wyse. 
Ealing Common, London, W. 
Testacella scutulum in King's County. 
Within the last few weeks I have received specimens of Testacella 
from two localities in King's County. No Testacella had hitherto been 
found in the central parts of Ireland, all previous records having been more 
or less confined to the maritime counties of the south and east. The 
geographical distribution of the three species of Testacelki found in Ireland 
is very clearly indicated by Mr. l^racger's ingenious method in Mr. Stelfox's 
