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Cnephasia octomaculana taken 011 the vsliore near the coast- 

 guard station flying at dusk : this appears to be an addition to 

 the Irish list, as I cannot find any record of its previous occur- 

 rence. Besides this we captured Hderognoinon iderana, and 

 Pe7ithi7ia prunia^ia^ which occurred in some numbers, flying 

 round blackberry blossom on a curious abrupt hill which had 

 evidently in bygone days been a rude fortress, and which we 

 found the country folk believed to be the haunt of fairies ; 

 Sericofis ccspita7ia was in great numbers, and many varieties ou 

 the golf links and race course ; and along with it lacuna^ia, 

 Aphelia osseana, Xanthosctia haviana^ and Tiiiea fusdpunctella 

 complete the list. 



COLEOPTERA. 



Beetles were fairly plentiful, and though the list is not a 

 very long one it makes up for quantity by quality, as I have 

 the pleasure of recording four species hitherto unrecorded 

 from Ireland, as well as several additions to the records of the 

 province and county. 



The species new to the Irish lyist are PhilontJms lepidus, 

 Stenus incrassatus, Platystethus caplto, and Saprinus immzmdus, 

 all four were taken on the grassy land immediately behind the 

 sandhills, the first and last in cowdung and the other two 

 among the herbage. 



PhilontJms lepidus, Grav. which I have introduced above as 

 an addition to our Irish List, seems to be very local. The 

 only places where it has been taken in England appear to be 

 Deal, where it was taken among Marram on the sandhills, 

 and Lancaster, where it occurred in river refuse. Commander 

 Walker, M.A., F.IyS., kindly compared my specimen with his 

 taken at .Deal, and tells me that it agrees well with them 

 except that it is a shade larger. It is remarkable to find on 

 the west [coast of Ireland a beetle whose chief habitat is on 

 the south-east coast of England. I should not, however, be at 

 all surprised if it turned up in other suitable localities. 



I have marked those new to Connaught with f and those 

 new to Sligo with and I have omitted the very common 

 species. Notiophilus substriatus"^ exhibited a very small form, 

 being only 3^ mm. in length. Three species of Dysclmius 

 were met with, viz. : — D. inipundipennis, D. politiis, and P>. 



