r^S The Irish Nahiralist. May, 



ZOOLOGY. 



Orthoptera from South Kerry. 



When enumerating the Insects collected by our party, in the March 

 Irish Naturalist, I forgot to include the Orthoptera named by Mr. 

 Malcolm Burr. They were ver}' few, including the Earwigs Forficula 

 anriiularia and Labia minor, and the little Grasshopper Teirix bipiDictatiis, 

 which occurred plentifully on roads and rocks around Caragh Lake, the 

 colour being exactly like that of the rocks, so that the insects could 

 hardl}' be seen when at rest. 



HORACR St. J. DONISTHORPE. 



Kensinsfton. 



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Hybernia aurantiaria in County Wicklow. 



From one of a miscellaneous lot of larvae got in the Glen of the 

 Downs last June, I reared a richly- coloured imago of the above in 

 December. This is the first record, I believe, for Co. Wicklow. I am 

 indebted to Mr. Carpenter for confirmation of the specific name of this 

 variable moth. 



BaIvFour Bruce. 



Dublin, 



Irish Land Mollusca. 



The current number of the "Journal of Conchology " (vol. x., no. lo) 

 contains a short paper by R. Welch, on the association of Helix nemoralis 

 and H. hortensis in Ireland, and a note by the same worker on Clausilia 

 hidtntata and Balea perversa in Ireland. J. R. le B. Tomlin contributes a 

 notice of his finding of Ve>tigo Heidi in Ireland, as recorded in our last 

 issue ; but, from a note appended to his article, we gather that the 

 identification cannot yet be looked upon as final. The same number 

 contains a plate and explanation of the vice-counties of Great Britain 

 and Ireland, as employed for recording the distribution of Mollusca : 

 Babington's sub-division of Ireland is here erroneously attributed to 

 H. C. Watson. 



A Winter Song-Thrush's Nest. 



A nest of the Song-Thrush, containing eggs, was seen by a reliable 

 friend of mine near New Ross, Co. Wexford, on about the 14th of 

 November, 1902. Although not unique, such winter nests are probably 

 worth recording in the pages of the Irish Naturalist. 



G. E. H. Barrktt-Hamii^ton. 

 Kilmauock, Arthurstown, Waterford. 



