August, 1891] THE BRITISH NATURALIST. 



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INSECT A. -COLE OPT ERA. 



IRISH COLEOPTERA. 



BY REV. W. F. JOHNSON. 



I am very glad to see by the British Naturalist for this month 

 that their are at least two Coleopterists at work about Dublin. I was 

 a little puzzled by Mr. Brown's paper, as it seemed at first as if his 

 references were for all Ireland instead of the Dublin district. Per- 

 haps I may be allowed to add a few notes on some of the species 

 which he and Mr. Cuthbert mention. 



Cicindela campestris has occurred in the neighbourhood of Belfast 

 and I have specimens from thence. It is also said to occur near here 

 (Armagh) but I have not yet met with it. 



Both Ela-phnts riparius and E. cupreits are common here, running 

 about on the mud at the edges of lakes and ponds. There is no reason 

 why they should not be found in the Dublin district, as well as Cychnis 

 Yostvatus. Chlcenius nigricornis occurs at Lowry's Lough, near here, and 

 at Lough Neagh, where C. vestitus is also to be found. 



Ocypus ater I took in some numbers on the shore at Carlingford ; 

 and I fancy the sea shore, or its immediate neighbourhood, would be 

 more likely to produce it than an inland locality. 



Geotnipes typlueus does not seem to be. common in Ireland. 

 Haliday records it from the Belfast district, and I have a specimen 

 which was found at Newcastle, Co. Down. I have often searched for 

 it, but have not succeeded in meeting with it. It seems to be of 

 maritime tastes." 



I found an immense number of Serica bnmnea last summer on the 

 sandhills at Bundora, Co. Donegal. I I have also taken it here, and at 

 Portrush, Co. Antrim. 



Cetoiiia aurata has been taken in the neighbourhood of Belfast. 

 There is a specimen in the collection of the Belfast Natura] History 

 and Philosophical Society labelled " Whitehouse." I have taken 



*I have found Geotnipes typhaus to be more attached to sandy or gravelly 

 districts. The species has been very common in the Esher district during this 

 spring. It also occurs in the gravelly portion of Richmond Park, Surrey. — G.A.L. 



fMr. Robson has also taken numbers of this insect under similar circumstances 

 at Hartlepool. — G.A.L, 



