*34 The Irish Naturalist May, 



Diplophyllum- albicans, L, Dumort.— Wood by the Slaney. Bank 



near Ferns, Dr.Greene. Oct., 1896. Killouglirim Forest. Ditch banks 



about Knockroe, common. 

 Lophocolea bidentata, I.., Dumort— Killoughrim Forest. Wood 



by the Slaney, common about Ferns, Dr. Greene, 1896, 

 Lophocolea cuspldata, Limpricht.-On decayed wood, Killoughrim 



Forest. 



PlaiTlochiia asplenloidesi I^., Dumort. - Rocky bank, Killoughrim 

 F'orest. 



Junsrermania ^Aplozia) crenulata, vSmith.— Bank of the Frrin 

 River. 



Jungrermania K^Aph^id) grracillitna, Smith.— Killoughrim Forest. 

 Nardea scalaris, Schrad. — Banks of streams about Knockroe, 



common. 

 Marsupella emarg^inata, Khrhart, Dumort.— On rocks, Urriu River. 



Streams on stones, Knockroe, common. 



var. minor, Carriugton. — On rocks, wood by the Slaney. 

 Saccog^yna viticulosa, L., Dumort.— Killoughrim Forest. 

 Blasfa pus! I la, Ivinn.— Killoughrim Forest. 

 Pellia epiphylla, L., Lindberg.— Near Ferns, Dr. Greene, Dec, 1895. 



Killoughrim Forest. Ditch banks about Knockroe, common. 

 Pellia calyclna, Tayl.— Marsh in wood by the Slaney. 

 Aneura multifida, L., Dumort— Wood by the Slaney. Knockroe. 

 lYIetzgreria furcata, L., Raddi.— On the bark of trees, Killoughrim 



Forest, 

 lYIetzgreria conjugata, Lindberg —Near Ferns, fertile, Dr. Greene, 



Dec, 1895. 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Dublin. 



IRISH SOCIETIES, 



ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Recent gifts include a baby Elephant and a Panther from the Duke 

 and Duchess of Connaught, which we are gratified to hear have safely 

 arrived in Dublin ; a White-crowned Mangubey from Mrs. Lloyd Foster, 

 a pair of Meerkats from Lieut. B. S. Stephenson, a Wigeon from Mr. R. 

 Warren, three Racoons and five Flying Squirrels from Mr. Horuady, 

 director of the New York Zoological Gardens; a Serin Finch and South 

 African vSparrow from Capt. Downing, five Flying Squirrels from 

 Mr. A. E, Goodbody, and a Chameleon from the Hon. Claude Brabaxon. 

 A pair of Black Apes have been purchased. 



Lord Iveagh has generously given ;^200 and Mr. J. Jrimeson £^0 

 towards defraying the expenses rendered necessary by the destruction of 

 cages during the recent storm, and many smaller donations have been 

 received. 



