igos. Bkar)^:. — Colcoptcra at Lough Ncagh and Portrush. 31 



the following beetles : — Brosais ccphalotes. ly., Aphodius scyba- 

 lariiis, F., Aphodius prodrofuiis, Brahm., A. ftf?ietarius, ly, 

 /Egialia arenaria, F., Otiorhyjichus atroapterus, De G., Philo- 

 pedoji ge77ii7iatus^ F., and Hetoocerus flexuoszis, Stepli. 



On Sunday, the 24th, I walked along the coast road to 

 Bushmills, and then inland some three or four miles to a large 

 peat bog, in the hope of coming across Carabus clathratus, L,-, 

 but in this I was disappointed, and the furious wind made 

 collecting almost an impossibility ; the only beetles secured 

 at the bog itself were Olisthopus rotmidatiis, Pk., and Lochyncea 

 siituralis, Th. Under stones by the road-side on the way to 

 Bushmills I ioyxw^ Megacronus ajialiSy Pk., Silpha subrohmdata^ 

 Steph., Staphylinus erythropterus, 1^., and Otiorrhyjichus sulcatuSy 

 F. ; on the return walk, all my energies and bodily strength 

 were needed to cope with the fury of the gale, so, needless to 

 say, I attempted no collecting. 



Monday, the 25th, was still vStormy, but as it was my last 

 day, I determined to do as much as possible, and walked inland 

 a little to get shelter from the wind ; the following species 

 occurred under stones by the road-side, and in a narrow lane, 

 which would evidently have been a fine collecting ground two 

 months later on in the season ; — Chrysomela Bauksi^ F., Silpha 

 subrotundata, Steph., Pterostichiis striola, F., P. versicolor^ Stm., 

 P. 7iiger, Schal., P. stre?iuus, Pz., P. ver7ialis, Pz., Ca7^abus 

 granulatuSy L,. (two of these were very small examples), C. 

 7ie77iora/is, Miill., Cychrus rostratus^ ly., Sto77iis pui7iicatus^ Pz., 

 Quedius tristis, Gr., and A7icho7}ie7ius paru77ipu7ictatus, F. 



The only possible way of collecting beetles in such a locality 

 so early in the season was b}^ turning stones, and by shaking 

 moss, and consequently nearly all the captures belong to the 

 Carabidce or Staphyli7iidcE, and the time at my disposal was 

 insufficient to allow me to do more than sample the coleop- 

 terous fauna of the localities I visited ; the fact, however, was 

 quite clear that beetles were far more abundant than they had 

 been in the Dumfries district, where I had been collecting 

 more eagerly than in Ireland. In that district one could turn 

 over dozens of stones without seeing a sign of beetle life, 

 while at Portrush under every stone I examined beetles were 

 to be found, and often specimens of two or three species under 

 a single stone. My brief visit convinced me that under more 



