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THE BRITISH NATURALIST. 



[June 



Cychnis vostrntus, though never taken in Dublin according to the 

 catalogue, is yet not very uncommon but widely spread in the Cork 

 district. 



Another insect, not on the Dublin list, but found in County Cork 

 and Belfast, is Chlceniiis nigricornis, one specimen having been found by 

 myself in the former of the two localities. 



With regard to the Staphylinidae, I took Ocypus atev on the Dublin 

 mountains in 1889. This insect has not been recorded as far as I can 

 find out. 



Four species of Silpha are upon the list, the variety S. suhrotundata 

 (oi S. atmta) being very widely spread both in Dublin and Cork. 



With respect to the Lamellicornia, there are thirteen Dublin 

 species of Aphodius, and one specimen which I have placed with 

 Aphodins ater is rather peculiar as the elytra are chestnut brown, not 

 black. 



Geotnipes typlicBus is stated to be common in Wicklow, but I 

 possess only one specimen — a female — found dead at Howth. Mr. 

 W. De V. Kane thinks it is not very common in Dublin, and I know 

 of no specimen but mine being taken lately. 



Serica bruniiea I took at Lucan in a pile of wood dust in an old 

 tree stump. It is already recorded from the Dodder. 



Melolontha vulgaris is very common, but M. hippocnstani seems rarer. 

 I know of but three specimens of cockchafer from Cork, two of 

 which in my possession are of M . hippocastani. It is almost unknown 

 in that place. 



Pliyllopertha liorticola is found in Dublin, but none of the Cetoniidae 

 are recorded by Dr. McNab in his 1878 list. Whether any of them 

 are indigenous to Ireland I do not know, and I have only once seen a 

 specimen of one of the Rose beetles found here— it being taken up 

 dead on the southern coast not far from Queenstown. 



Helops striatus is recorded from Wicklow by Mr. Tardy, according 

 to the catalogue ; but besides his entry I can find no record. In 1889 

 two specimens of this insect were taken by me in a dead tree stump 

 at Delgany, County Wicklow, in company with RJiagiuni hifasciatum. 



Melo'e pro scar ah cells was also taken by me in April of 1887, 1888, 

 and 1891. It occurred in great numbers on the banks of the Liffey; 

 though I have never found it elsewhere. It appears to be a little later 

 this year, and the females are much more numerous than the male. 

 This species and M. uiolaceus are already on the list. 



