158 THE BRITISH NATURALIST. [August 



Helops stfiattis on Carlingford Mountain, Co. Lough, and 1 have a 

 specimen taken by Rev. J. Bristow, near Belfast. 



Goniodena pallida is an addition not only to the Phytophaga of 

 Dublin, but of Ireland, and is an interesting one also. I should be 

 curious to know whether any of the variety mentioned by Canon 

 Fowler as having dark spots on elytra and thorax occurred among 

 those captured by M. Brown.''' 



Coccinella 22-punctata is common here by sweeping herbage on 

 hedge banks. 



C. ohlongoguttata and C. ocellata I have taken by beating fir trees on 

 a boggy heath at Churchill, in this County. 



Mr. Cuthbert's note respecting Demetnas atricapillus is interesting, as 

 it appears to be the first record of its occurrence in Ireland. I am 

 glad also to see Philhydms nigricans added to our list. I do not quite 

 agree with Mr. Cuthbert's remark that " insects which in Great 

 Britain are local or sparingly distributed are pretty certain to have no 

 place in the Irish fauna." I have found the opposite in several 

 instances, notably in Pelophila hovealis, which, though quite common 

 here, does not occur on the mainland of Great Britain but out on the 

 Orkneys. Bemhidiiini Clark ii, Ccelamhis quinqiielineatus, and Erirhinus 

 cethiops are all decidedly scarce in Great Britain but plentiful enough 

 here. 



Among the Lepidoptera I may mention Peronea perplexana which 

 is scare and local in England, but has occured here in great numbers. 

 I liope Mr. Brown and Mr. Cuthbert will energetically work up the 

 coleoptera of their district, for there are many good things to be got 

 there, e.g Diglossa mersa used to be taken on the beach at Killarney 

 and Nebria complanata near Arklow, hiding among Asplenuim mariniim 

 (Ent. Annual, 1857). Carabns auratusi has been recorded from Lough 

 Bray (Fowler Col. British Island, Vol. I.\ but doubtfully, and it would 

 be interesting if this doubt could be cleared up. 



Winder Terrace, Armagh, June, 1S91. 



*The specimens of Goniodena pallida sent me by Messrs. Brown and Cuthbert are 

 of the normal character. — G.A.L. 



f Akhough this beetle is frequently picked up in the London markets, its British 

 origin is very doubtful. The general opinion appears to be that it is imported with 

 the vegetable produce. — G.A.L. 



