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Tachyporus marginellus, Ste. Do. 
,, Hypnorum,^. Everywhere. 
Hypocyptus laeviusculus, Ste. Port¬ 
marnock ; on the bent grass. 
Conurus pubescens, Grav. Local. 
„ pedicularius, Grav. Killiney, 
&c. 
Megacronus analis, Ste. Local. 
Tachinus silphoides, L. On dung-hills. 
,, marginellus, F. Local. 
,, subterraneus, L. Phoenix 
Park. 
,, elongatus, Gyl. Chapelizod 
glen. 
„ rafipes, Ste. Not uncommon. 
Creophilus maxillosus, L. On car¬ 
cases. 
Trichoderma pubescens, De G. Abun¬ 
dant. 
Staphylinus erythropterus, Ste. Do. 
,, castanopterus, Ste. Local. 
,, teneocephalus, Ste. Do. 
Goerius olens, Mull. Frequent. 
Ocypus similis, F. Local. 
Quedius tristis, Grav. Dalkey. 
,, impressus, Pz. Portmarnock; 
common. 
,, discoideus, Ste. Local. 
Raphirus semi-obscurus, Ste V Do. 
,, boops, Grav. Do. 
Philonthus splendens, F. College Park. 
„ politus, L. Frequent. 
„ marginatus, F. Do. 
„ sanguinolentus, Grav. Port¬ 
marnock. 
Cafius xantholoma, Ste. Baldoyle, 
&c.; on the sea-sands, 
fucicola, Ste. Killiney, &c. 
Gabrius aterrimus, Grav. On the sea- 
coast. 
Remus sericeus, Ste. Malahide. 
Othius fulvipennis, F. Local. 
„ melanocephalus, Grav. Do. 
,, lasviusculus, Ste. Do. 
Xantholinus glabratus, Grav. Scarce. 
„ punctulatus, Pk. Baldoyle. 
,, linearis, Ol. Local. 
Leptacinus parumpunctatus, Gyl. 
Dung-hills. 
„ batychrus, Gyl ? Local. 
Lathrobium brunnipes, Grav. Phoenix 
Park. 
,, fulvipenne, Grav. Do. 
„ elongatum, L. Local. 
Lathrobium multipunctatum, Grav. Do. 
,, angusticolle, Boisd. A 
single specimen on the 
banks of the Dodder, near 
Firhouse. 
Sunius ochraceus, Grav. Dodder banks. 
Astenus augustatus, Pk. Malahide. 
Rugilus rufipes, Er. Local. 
,, orbiculatus, Er. Do. 
,, affinis, Er. Do. 
Stenus guttula, Mull. Dodder banks 
and Loughlinstown. 
„ Juno, Ste. Common. 
„ buphthalmus, Grav. Do. 
,, nitidus, Er. Do. 
„ speculator, Er. Do. 
,, pumilio, Er. Do. 
„ unicolor, Er. Do. 
„ aceris, Ste. Do. 
,, picipes, Ste. Do. 
„ tarsalis, Ste. Local. 
,, oculatus, Grav. Everywhere. 
Bledius tricornis, Hbst. North Bull 
sands, &c. 
Hesperophilus arenarius, Pk. Baldoyle 
and Portmarnock. 
Phytosus spinifer, Ste. One specimen 
on Portrane sands. 
Platysthetus morsitans, Pk. Local. 
Oxytelus rugosus, F. Do. 
„ nitidulus, F. Do. 
„ piceus, L. Common. 
,, sculpturatus, Grav. Do. 
„ depressus, Grav. Do. 
Megartbrus depressus, Grav. Do. 
Proteinus atomarius, Er. Portmar¬ 
nock ; rare. 
„ brachypterus, F. In putres¬ 
cent agarics. 
Phlaeobium clypeatum, Mull? Local. 
Omalium deplanatum, Gyl. On a win¬ 
dow in Dublin. 
„ rivulare, Grav. Common. 
,, subpubescens, Ste. Phoenix 
Park, &c. ; abundant on 
furze. 
Deleaster dichroa, Grav. A single 
specimen, by the late Mr. 
Jas. Egan. 
I Trogophlaeus pusillus, Grav. Dodder 
bank. 
Thinobius longipennis, Heir. Do., near 
Firhouse. 
Lesteva obscura, Pk. Dodder banks. 
On the catalogue thus concluded there is little to remark, save the absence of many 
species usually common in similar localities, which constant observation during the 
past half-century has failed to discover, and few of which I think likely to be 
brought to light hereafter, notwithstanding Mr. Douglas’s very encouraging remarks 
on “terra incognita.” We have hardly anything to compensate us in the way 
