[i894- THE BRITISH NATURALIST. 279 



claws, but are not so lengthy as the two hinder pair of legs. The 

 mandibles are short and rudimentary ; the eyes are very distinct. The 

 larva was very active, turning" round easily and occasionally clinging 

 with the two hooks at the end of the abdomen, more than half way out 

 of the case, which you see is open at both ends. 



Naturalists owe a debt of gratitude to R. McLachlan, Esq., F.R.S., 

 for his excellent and painstaking " Monograph of the Trichoptera," and 

 I can only hope that what he has done for the caddis flies, and the 

 Rev. A. E. Eaton, F.E.S., for the equally-interesting " May flies," 

 some one will attempt for the sadly-neglected Chironomidae, Dixas, and 

 other Dipterous Flies. I hope I have added my little quota, which is 

 the most that can be expected from a few hours of leisure taken from a 

 busy official life. 



A CATALOGUE OF IRISH COLEOPTERA. 



BY REV. W. F. JOHNSON, M.A., F.E.S. • 



( Continued from page 270.) 



B. lampros, Herbst. — Donegal, Antrim, Down, Tyrone, Armagh, 



Louth, Dublin, Cork, Wicklow, Wexford. 

 B. tibiale, Duft. — Banks of R. Cusher, Tanderagee, co. Armagh 



(W. F. J.,; Dodder Banks (McN.) ; near Dublin (Dr. P.); 



S. Dublin (H. C.) ; Bray, co. Wicklow (Champion and 



J.N.H.). 



B. atrocgeruleum, Steph. — Cushendun, co. Antrim (S. B.); near 

 Belfast (A. H.) ; Ardara, co. Donegal, Clay Lake Keady, co. 

 Armagh, Armagh (W. F. J.) ; Mornington, co. Meath, Royal 

 Canal, Dublin, Bray, co. Wicklow (J.N. H.) 



B. decorum, Panz. — Cushendun, co. Antrim (S.B.) ; Near Belfast 

 (A.H.); Dodder Banks (McN.); near Dublin (Dr. P.); 

 Glendalough, co. Wicklow, S. Dublin, S. Louth (H. C.) ; Bray 

 co. Wicklow (Champion); Mornington, co. Meath, Bray, co. 

 Wicklow (J. N. H.). 



B. nitidulum, Marsh. — Coolmore, co. Donegal (W. F. J.) 



B. affine, Steph. — Armagh (W. F. J.); S. Louth, Courtown, co. 

 Wexford (H. C.) ; Bray, co. Wicklow (Champion.). 



B. quadriguttatum, F. — Near Belfast (R. P.) ; " Ireland " (S.M.) 



B. concinnum, Steph. — Mouth of R. Dodder (Mc N.) ; estuary of the 

 Shannon, near Limerick (J. W.). 



B. femoratum, Sturm. — Coolmore, co. Donegal, shore of Lough 



