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and some species taken at Dingle itself, or on our way to and from Ventry— 
Tinea fuscipunctella, Otiorhynchus monticola, Ste., Cion us scrophulariae ; Drapetis 
lunata, not rare under stones, on a rushy bank, at the entrance to the Causeway 
leading to Burnham, before the dew was off the grass, for in the afternoon it was 
scarcely to be found. Near the summit of the pass at Conner Hill (about 1,000 feet 
elevation) occurred Leistus spinilabris, Pterostichus melanarius, nigrita, Harpalus 
fulvipes, Olisthopus rotundatus, Patrobus excavatus, Trechus aquaticus, Q.uedius 
variabilis, &c.; Tipula excisa, Sch ., Diamesa ammon, Wlk ., waltlii, Bibio pomonae, 
Leptis scolopacea, Tachypeza nervosa, Dolichopus atripes, Porphyrops cirripes, 
&c. 
As an appendix to what I have now detailed, I think it right to add some 
species found after Mr. Haliday and I had parted company, and while we were 
each yet within the limits of the county Kerry. An endeavour on my part to find 
Pelophila borealis at Killarney, in the locality indicated by Mr. Furlong—namely, 
under stones, on the margin of the Lower Lake, close to the Lake Hotel—pro¬ 
duced a few specimens of Argutor erythropus, Anchomenus albipes, laevis, 
Agabus bipustulatus, and Orectochilus villosus. 
Mr. Haliday has furnished the following notes of proceedings along the southern 
shore of Dingle Bay, &c.:— 
A. H. H. crossed in a small boat from Ventry to Coolnanna Creek, near Cahir- 
civeen; the favour of the wind quickly failing, and the current setting fast down 
the bay, caused a rather tedious pull across, under a heavy drizzle, which nearly 
hid the coasts. This left time only for a walk to Yalentia ferry about sunset; the 
evening wet and blustery; neither time nor tide favouring entomological researches. 
The only beetle seen on the shore was Anchomenus laevis. The shingle swarmed 
with the usual Diptera, Ccelopa, Orygma, Halithea, Limosina. On some tufts of 
sea-pink, yet spared by the fretting tide, a few Aphrosylus ferox ; and among the 
wet gravel a single specimen of Ciunio marinus* was observed, which, however, 
eluded capture in its slippery habitat. The only locality where this species had 
been found previously having been since cut off and altered by a railway embank¬ 
ment, its occurrence in another and very remote part of the coast, was not without 
interest. Proceeding next morning to Rossbegh, a few days were spent in renew¬ 
ing acquaintance with the varied and lovely scenery around that sequestered spot. 
Some entomological notes were made, though several species found on a former 
visit, at a later season of the year, were missed on this occasion. On the shore 
at Carragh Creek, Cillenus lateralis occurred—the first recorded instance of its 
western range in this island; Diglossa mersa and larva, Cercyon littorale and 
depressum.f Diptera were numerous; Campsicnemus loripes in profusion; 
C. alpinus occurred on the wet rocks, with Hydrophorus nebulosus ; Porphyrops 
cirripes along with pulicarius, Aphrosylus ferox, Ccelopa sciomyzina, Medeterus 
jaculus, truncorum, muralis, Glenanthe ripicola.f In the bed of little runlets of 
the ebbing tide, Scatella aestuans in myriads, rising with an audible buzz; with 
these, in smaller numbers, Canace nasica* and Anthophilina gracilis. Nanodes 
lythri was in abundance on Lythrum, and Haltica lutescens on Labiatae. At the 
mouth of Glanbegh river, Bembidium tibiale; Sericostoma collare, rather common 
among the bushes; and Hilara flavipes in clouds over the stream. Rossbegh sands 
produced Tetanops myopina (1), Chersodromia incana; Anthrocera filipendulae, 
Leucania impura, Agrotis tritici (in several instances dead, adhering to the heads 
of the sea-reed), A. fumosa, Gelechia marmorea, with its parasite Bracon marmo- 
reus, n. sp. (of the same division as B. stabilis, Wsm.) ; Colletes fodiens, 
Crabro dimidiatus; Onthophagus fracticornis, and nuchicornis, Saprinus aeneus, 
nitidulus, with other coprophagous beetles, especially Cercyones and Aphodii, 
among which the small yellowish var. of A. fimetarius, which is proper 
to the downs, merdarius and sordidus; Dromius foveolus, and Corticaria 
cylindrica, Mnhm. (?), at the roots of the sea-reed; Apion - (?) on the 
stems. At the extreme point of the sands, connected by an isthmus of gravel, 
overflowed by the tide, the hollows are deeper, and the reeds more luxu¬ 
riant, intermixed with Serratula arvensis, Pteris aquilina, and tangled, in parts, 
* Figured. 
t Described and figured. 
