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7 he Irish Naturalist, 
March, 
NOTES. 
The use of the word " British." 
The proposal to substitute the term "Britannic" for "British and 
Irish " or " belonging to the British Isles " strikes me as meeting the 
needs of the case admirably, alike on grounds of convenience and of 
common-sense ; and I venture to predict that it will soon pass into 
general use, in this sense. 
Edward S. Marshai,!,. 
Taunton. , 
I feel gratified that my suggestion as to the meaning of these adjectives 
has met with approval both from a "British" and an "Irish" naturalist. I 
made the suggestion with some diffidence, fearing that the exclusion of 
Ireland from the British area (biologically considered) might be offensive 
to the imperial feelings of some of my colleagues. It was with much 
satisfaction, therefore, that I noticed the use of the term " British" in 
the sense advocated by me (so as to exclude what is Irish) made by one 
whose imperial enthusiasm is above all suspicion, in a recent allusion to 
a section of the " Britannic" fauna. Speaking of the highest family of 
our indigenous mammalia, the Right Hon. A. J. Balfour is reported 
to have asked at Inverness on January iStli the question — " Was not that 
playing with the British and with the Irish people i " 
Geo. H. Carpenter. 
Dublin. 
ZOOLOGY. 
Beetles from three Counties. 
Besides the Pccderus caligatus Br. from Co. Wexford already recorded 
{ante p. 14), the following which were sent with it by my friend Mr. J. H. 
Johnston, deserve mention — Bradycellus dislinctns, Dej., Demetrias atrica- 
pillus, Iv., Certyoii Itigiihris, Pa3 k., Cis bolcti, Scop., Ptiniis fur, L/. Lagria hirta, 
L., Apion cnicntatian, Walt. None of these species are particularly rare, 
but Ccrcyon liigidu is has not been previously recorded from lycinster nor 
Piinus fur from Wexford. I hope my friend will go on collecting, for he 
has made an excellent start, and has a capital coadjutor in Rev. J. Mont- 
gomery Browne. 
1 got a bag of moss at Omeath, Co. Louth, in November last,' but the 
resultant beetles were rather disappointing both in quantity and quality. 
My best captures were Qucdiiis puncticollis^ Thorns., Q. rtifipes^ Grav., Steniis 
declaratns^ Er., jMycetoporus splendidus. Grav. (this pretty little Staplylinid 
is widely spread from Donegal to Kerry, but it never seems to occur in 
any great numbers; I do not think I ever got more than two or three at 
one time) ; Sitones eainbricus, Steph. 
