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with the creeping Rosa spinosissima. Here Cryptophagus ulicis was common in 
the flowers of Serratula, no furze being near; Lycasna alexis and Camptogramma 
bilineata flitted among the reeds; Oxybelus uniglumis nestled in the hollows, and 
a new Dolichopus was found.* Along the inner edge of the sands, where a flat 
grassy margin bounds the tide, two specimens of Hydrophorus prascox appeared, 
but not H. lacustris, of which several specimens had been found in September of 
a former year. Rhaphium maritime was abundant, and singularly variable in 
size. 
The next halting-place was at Milltown, near the Castlemaine river, the “ slob” 
(silt,) of which, banked off from the marshy meadows that skirt it, offered very 
tempting spots ; here a waving forest of tall reeds, among which the rising tide was 
noiselessly stealing ; again, a reach bordered with Carices and Aster tripolium, the 
consolidated mud outlying strewed with river waifs, with here and there a gravelly 
bank guarding a flat patch of sward; the embankment rank with a variety of 
herbage, and the drains fringed with tall Umbelliferse. But the produce was not 
proportionate to the promise. The Coleoptera were few, chiefly Homalotae, 
Steni, and Ochthebii, O. bicolor, rufomarginatus,f on the mud among the 
stems of the reeds, O. punctatus at the confluence of the Laune and Castlemaine 
rivers. Coccinella 7—punctata and 13—punctata in plenty on Aster; 
Strophosomus retusus, Apion craccae on the herbage of the embankment. Loricera 
ccerulescens, L., Bembidium concinnum, seneum, obtusum, assimile, Pterostichus 
erythropus, on the slob; Anchomenus micans by the bed of the Laune. 
Neither Amara convexiuscula nor Paederus riparius occurred, which were 
taken previously by Mr. Purlong in this neighbourhood. Of Lepidoptera, 
Harpalyce populata, Crambus culmellus, and aquilellus were the most abundant; 
Cerapteryx graminis, Aparnea didyma, and Leucania pallens, also occurring 
among the reeds. On the spikes of Carices, &c., a Phlceothrips was common, which 
might have passed for P. statices, did not the paler colour of the larva, occurring 
with it, mark specific difference. A large Arytsena (sonchi, Frst?') was common on 
an umbelliferous plant on the shore. Diptera were abundant, but not in great variety. 
Chrysops relictus as frequent as the Hasmatopota?, Empis livida, Scatophaga 
scybalaria, Notiphila uliginosa, Myopa ferruginea, Sericomyia borealis, Helophilus 
pendulus, Dolichopus diadema, plumipes, nubilus, Rhaphium maritimas, flavicolla, 
pallipes, pumilum, Porphyrops spinigerellus, pulicarius, cirripes, Chrysotus spp., a 
Geomyza,J seemingly nondescript, among the reeds on the slob. Culex detritus was 
abundant; Corethra plumicornis less so. Towards the bay, Glochina stigmatica was 
not rare on the short herbage, with Symplecta stictica, similis (?). Between Killorglin 
and Glen Carragh there are a number of small lakes, with peaty and gravelly bottoms. 
Here Gyrinus marinus and minutus were in profusion, with Hydropori of common 
kinds; but Gyrinus bicolor, found here by Mr. Furlong, was sought for in vain ; 
G. natator was scarce, and G. celox not observed at all; Corynoneura minutissima, 
Mg., abundant along the borders. The only specimen of Carabus clathratus found 
(living) during this excursion, was here; Anchomenus marginatus also. 
From Rossbegh, a visit to Blackstones, reached by a short and romantic ride 
over the hills, afforded a few hours collecting among the native woods of the valley. 
Coleoptera were singularly scarce here; a few Cyphones, Halticae, and Coccinellas; 
little beside. Phryganidas abundant, Chimarrha marginata the most striking 
among them. Among the gnats, Aedes cinereus occurred here first. Wiedemannia 
bistigma was hawking about the foaming edges of the “ black stones” above the 
bridge. In an open, marshy spot, among the bushes, occurred Eriocephala 
allionella, Encyrtus scutellaris, Dolichopus notatus, &c., and Aleuodes quercus 
and Phibalocera quercana on the oak. The best capture of this day was a specimen 
of Melicerta ochroleuca, Steph ., on an oak, another having been taken a few weeks 
before at Blarney, which, with one found many years since at Holywood, in a like 
situation, and the mutilated specimen in the late Mr. Stephens’s collection, upon 
which the genus was founded, are all the examples known of its occurrence 
hitherto. § 
* Described and figured, D. prsetextus. f Figured. t G. cingulata, described and figured. 
§ Described and figured in the present No. (Heptamelus ochroleucus.) 
