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PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
Pterostichus melanarius, nigrita, Anchomenus Isevis, albipes, Synuchus vivalis, 
Calathus mollis, Ocypus olens, Staphylinus maxillosus, Quedius molochinus, 
Philonthus fucicola, umbratilis (?), Aleocbara obscurella, Homalota socialis, Tachy- 
porus chrysomelinus, Stenus speculator, Aploderus cmlatus, Silpha atrata, var. 
subrotundata, opaca, Cercyon melanocephalum, Simplocaria semistriata, Serica 
brunnca, Adrastus limbatus, Otiorrhynchus monticola, rufifrons, Haltica tabida, 
Sphgeroderma testacea; Mellinus arvensis, Odynerus parietum; Pieris brassicae; 
Pachyrrhina histrio, Scatopse bifilata,TF/£., Leptis lineola, Empis stercorea, Tachy- 
dromia arrogans, Platypalpus flavipes, Coelopa frigida, Actora asstuum, Halithea 
fucorum, maritima, Orygma luctuosa, Sepsis cynipsea, Piophila atrata, Psilomyia 
bicolor (on Tanacetum vulgare), &c. 
Among these are included two or three species (Bradycellus pubescens, &c.) 
found on Beginnish, a smaller island, tenanted by sheep only. 
The following day was fixed for ascending Mount Brandon (3,130 feet in height), 
which, according to the last survey, is the second highest mountain in Ireland, 
yielding only to the two summits of the Reeks, Carrantuohil and Cahir. At first 
we seemed to have obtained an auspicious morning, for it was the first on which we 
had seen the summit clear of mist, and the sun shone pleasantly as we went up ; 
but mountain mists are proverbially unworthy of trust, and when we had almost 
reached the summit, at a little past noon, one of them came on, and, gradually 
thickening into a dense rain, compelled us to descend far more speedily than was at 
all agreeable, with but scanty trophies of our attempt. Leistus montanus, Cala¬ 
thus nubigena, Arpedium brachypterum, were looked for without success on the 
summit. Only the following were noted as occurring so high up:—Cychrus ros- 
tratus, Carabus catenulatus, Nebria nivalis (abundantly, the red-legged variety 
scarce), Patrobus excavatus, Trechus aquaticus, Othius 6—punctatus, Xantholinus 
punctulatus, Quedius variabilis (?), Falagria obscura, Lesteva bicolor (var. collina, 
with short wings and elytra), Catops montivagus (?). On the ascent, Carabus 
granulatus, Notiophilus aquaticus (the usual dark variety of the hills), Aphodius 
rufipes (abundant), Ceutorhynchus ericae, Thrips ericae, Ulopa ericas, Tipula 
excisa, Sch., Porphyrops cirripes, Dolichopus atripes, Campsicnemus curvipes, &c. 
Our last day was devoted more entirely to collecting than any of the previous 
had been ; other objects of interest connected with the people of the district hav¬ 
ing divided our attention with its fauna. Starting by the Yentry road we crossed 
the mountains to Smerwick Bay, and commencing near the rocky extremity where 
stood an ancient Spanish castle, Fort de L’Or, we searched, for some time, along 
the edge of the sea, where the Ogham stones lately stood, and then turning inland, 
across the extensive sands of Gallerus, ended our investigations by the banks of a 
rivulet which winds its way through them for a considerable distance. The list 
beneath will show that, with the exception, perhaps, of the small spot explored on 
the Great Blasquet, Smerwick formed decidedly the best place for collecting 
that it was our lot to find. On the rocks left bare by the ebbing tide, among 
multitudes of the ordinary Diptera occurring in such situations, a new species of 
Aphrosylus* was found, along with A. ferox; Geranomyia unicolor on the face 
of the cliffs ; Canace nasica, Gelechia marmorea, abundant among the tufts of sea- 
reed ; the larva of G. atrella on Anthyllis vulneraria; Sitoues tibiellus on the same ; 
the pupa of Agrotis fumosa in the sand ; also, Depressaria badiella (not hitherto 
recorded as Irish), liturella, with Ephippiphora brunnichiana. At Gallerus sands, 
Carabus clathratus (dead, far out towards the sea), Cercyon melanocephalum, 
haemorrhoidale, Aegialia globosa, Phyllopertha horticola (var. suturalis), Aphodius 
fimetarius (var. autumnalis), Cytilus varius, Philopedon geminatus, Otiorrhynchus 
atroapterus. In the streamlet, Gyrinus marinus, Orectochilus villosus, Hydroporus 
depressus, reticulatus, &c., Ploa minutissima; on its banks, Elaphrus riparius, 
cupreus, Anchomenus marginatus, albipes, Harpalus fulvipes, Pterostichus nigrita, 
Hydrocampa nymphaealis, potamogalis, and Harpalyce chenopodiaria, Bembidium 
littorale, Adrastus limbatus, Omalium rivulare, Staphylinus pubescens, Quedius 
fuliginosus, Xantholinus punctulatus, Aleochara lanuginosa. 
To the above must be added the produce of a morning’s walk to Conner Hill, 
* A. celtiber, described and figured in tbis number. 
