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The Irish Naturalist, 
October, 
ZOOLOGY. 
Entomological Notes from S.W. Ireland. 
I speut a pleasaut mouth's holiday iu the vicinity of Killarney from 
the middle of July to the middle of August. Short visits were made 
early in August to Kenmare aud Glengariff. Most of my time was spent 
in * doing the sights ' aud making sketches of the lovely scenery which 
surrounded me on all sides, but much of my leisure also was devoted to 
collecting the various insects— chiefly butterflies, moths, and beetles — 
which I met with on my rambles. The weather unfortunately was very 
unsettled during the greater part of my stay in this enchanting country 
and many a carefully planned excursion was spoilt by the rain. Never- 
theless I took close on a hundred species of coleoptera and about sixty 
of lepidoptera. Many of these were, of course, common species, but the 
following are perhaps worthy of mention. The species marked with an 
asterisk have not, I believe, been recorded previously from Co. Kerry— 
they were all taken in the Killarney district unless otherwise stated. 
CoivEOPTERA. — CzV/;/rt'i?/a cantpestris ; Carabus glabmlHs,a. crushed speci- 
men near Upper Lake on the Kenmare Road ; C. gramtlatus, a jet-black 
variety in the same locality as the last ; Leistns rufescens* ; Bejnbidium 
monticola*, quite common under stones near the Colleen Bawn Rock, 
Middle Lake ; B. pallidipenne ; Amara spiiiipes {atilica) ; Taphria nivalis ; 
Aleochara biptmctafa* ; Philonthtis splendens, one specimen at GlengariflF ; P. 
puella* ; P. intermedins ; P. funiarius* ; Xantholinus tricolor ; Stilicus 
similis*; Hister carbonaritis ; Adalia obliterata* ; Geotrupes spiniger* ; Melolontha 
hippocastani—\ took a single specimen on the road near the entrance to 
Tore Waterfall on August 5th. Arojuia moschata — I was very pleased to 
meet with the beautiful Musk- Beetle which is, I believe, of rare occur- 
rence in Ireland. I took six specimens : four at Muckross on umbelli- 
ferous flowers growing by the side of a stream, and two at Kenmare on 
Sallows. Strangalia armata occurred rather commonly on bramble 
blossom near the Upper Lake in the Derrycunnihy district. 
Lepidoptera. — Pyrameis cardui ; Vanessa io — the larvae of these two 
beautiful butterflies were very abundant in the Killarney district. Thecla 
giierais—1 took a very fresh example of the Purple Hairstreak on the 
wall adjacent to the entrance to Tore Waterfall on August 2nd. Sattirnia 
pavonia {carpini) — I found a full-fed larva of this handsome moth crawl- 
ing on the Kenmare Road near the Upper Lake on August 5th. Thya- 
tira derasa, T. batis—hoth. these moths occurred at dusk iu July. Urapteryx 
sambncaia, not uncommon. Selenia bilunaria va.r.jiiliaria — one specimen in 
Tore demesne. Boarmia gemmaria, not uncommon at dusk, one specimen 
at Glengariff" on August lotli. Melanthia bicolorata ; M. ocellata ; M. 
albicillata, all three occurred at dusk— the last-mentioned rather com- 
monly. Hemithea strigata; Scapula lulealis*; Botys ruralis* ; Tortrix forsterana*. 
Most of the above have been examined and determined by Messrs. 
W. F. Johnson and J. N. Halbert, to whom I tender my best thanks. 
lyondoi^. 
ly. H. BONAPARTE-WVSE. 
