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The Irish Naturalist, 
March, 
COLEOPTERA FROM CAVAN AND MEATH. 
BY G. W. NICHOLSON, M.A., M.D. 
I spent the latter half of September, 19 13, in Ireland, 
and stayed at Cloverhill, Co. Cavan, from the 13th to the 
22nd. I then went to Balrath, Co. Meath, where I re- 
mained until the end of the month. I found many in- 
teresting species of beetles in both places, and propose 
to give a list of these in the present paper. I will first 
describe my County Cavan captures, and then those from 
the County Meath. 
I. COLEOPTERA AT ClOVERHILL, Co. CaVAN. 
Nearly all my collecting was done around the shores of 
the lakes in the demesne of Cloverhill House. I spent one 
morning pulling moss in a wood 300 or 400 ^^ards from the 
house. I may note the following species : — Blethisa multi- 
functata, L., common in very wet places at the edges of lakes ; 
Bemhidium fenioratum, Sturm., a few in a turf -bog ; B. 
V. -striatum, Gyll., one specimen under the bark of a log ; 
Badister sodalis, Duft., one in moss ; Pterostichus aterrimus, 
Pk. : it was with great joy that I found a solitary female 
of this exceedingly interesting species under a loose stone 
on the extreme edge of one of the lakes in the demesne on 
September 19th. This part of the lake is used as a 
watering place by the cattle. My impression is that this 
specimen had been disturbed in its winter quarters, and had 
taken refuge under this stone while in search of a fresh 
hiding-place. Although I found an ideal swamp close by, 
which swarmed with Blethisa, yet did diligent search 
produce no more specimens of the Pterostichus either here 
or in other very wet places around the lake. The 
only other Irish record of this species is from the Co. 
Cork,i where a few specimens, some of which are probably 
in the Haliday collection, were taken in the thirties of last 
century. In England it used to be common in the 
'Johnson and Halbert, Proc. Royal Irish Academy (3) vol. vi., 1902, p. 571. 
