May, 1914. 
The Irish A^aturalist. 
COLEOPTERA FROM THE SOUTH WEST OF 
IRELAND. 
BY EDWIN BULLOCK. 
Being a resident in Killarney for the last two or three 
years I have had great opportunities for collecting Coleoptera 
in Kerry. This part of Ireland which abounds in such 
excellent natural habitats for insects having only been 
worked hitherto by naturalists paying short visits, it is not 
surprising that many species have for long escaped notice. 
In the appended list of three hundred or more, twenty-three 
have apparently not been previously recorded from Ireland. 
They are : — 
Lebia crux -minor L. 
Callicerus rigidicornis Er. 
Homalota aequata Er. 
H. linearis Grav. 
Agaricochara laevicollis Kr. 
Myllaena infuscata Matth. 
Stenus argus Grav. 
Acrulia inflata Gyll. 
Megarthrus affinis Mill. 
Bythinus Curtisi Denny. 
B. securiger Reich. 
B. Burrelli Denny. 
Bibliporus bicolor Denny. 
Euplectus aubeanus Reich. 
E. piceus Mots. 
Cephennium thoracicum Mi'ill. 
Agathidium seminulum L. 
Cerylon ferrugineum Steph. 
Rhizophagus bipustulatus Fab. ath. 
Leptidia brevipennis Muls. 
Phyllobius urticae DeG. 
Hypera alternans Steph. 
Rhinoncus gramineus Herbst. 
Lehia crux-minor , the most interesting beetle in the list, 
I found crawhng on a pathway in the Muckross demesne. 
Though I have examined carefully the surrounding woods, 
rotten stumps of trees, faggots, &c., I have not as yet 
been successful in finding more specimens. This rare 
beetle will, no doubt, be discovered in other parts of the 
west. 
The only interesting Longicornia I have met with in the 
Kerry district are Leptidia brevipennis and Callidium 
violaceum, which I secured by sweeping Hawthorn flowers. 
The latter has been previously recorded by Mr. Bouskell, who 
found it under the bark of fir trees at Caragh Lake, Co. 
Kerry. Special attention given to the family Pselaphidae 
