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the midland counties, he thought it was not rare in the sonth, and where it oc- 

 curred it was generally in great abundance. The capture of Thecla betuls was 

 of great interest, as it had been inserted in Mr. Greene's Irish list with a querj, 

 and even in England it was of rare occurrence. 



Mr. James Haughton, Jun., had also met it near Roebuck, county of Dublin. 



Mr. R. P. Williams thought that the occurrence in numbers of the brimstone 

 butterfly in Killarney was a matter of great interest, as this butterfly may be 

 looked on as one of the rarities of the collector's cabinet. In the Dublin collec- 

 tions he was only aware of two specimens: one in his own, collected by the late 

 Cooper Haffield, Esq., and one or two in the collection of the late Mr. Tardy, 

 now in the possession of Trinity College. Both these gentlemen were frequent 

 companions in entomological excursions, and the impression on his mind was, 

 that all the specimens alluded to had been captured in the Vale of Avoca, which, 

 at the time when the collections were made, was thickly wooded with large trees, 

 the underwood abounding in the common buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula;, which 

 is one of the trees on which the caterpillars of this moth chiefly feed. 



The ballot having closed, the Chairman declared the following gentle 

 duly elected as an ordinary member: — John Irvine Whitty, LL.D. 



EXTRA POPULAR MEETING. 



The third and concluding of this series of meetings was held oi» Thursday 

 evening, June 25, 1856, 



John Aldridge, M.D., M.R.I.A., in the Chair. 



Dr. C. Farran gave a long and exceedingly interesting paper on the mol- 

 Insca of Ireland, in which he detailed, in a graphic manner, the more remarkabe 

 of his discoveries among these animals — viz., Pholas papyracea. Teredo norva- 

 gica, Fusus antiquus var. carinatus, and others of great interest, illustrating his 

 remarks with a splendid series of shells, and in the conclusion of his paper ad- 

 verting to the dredge as the greatest help the conchologist can possess. 



COUNCIL FOR 1856. 



The following gentlemen were elected as the Council of the Society for the 

 ensuing year: — Sir Edward Borough, Bart., M.R.I.A. ; Thomas F. Bergin, 

 M.R.I. A.; F.W.Brady; Charles Croker, M.D., M.R.I.A.; J. R. Dombrain; 

 Charles Farran, M.D. ; Samuel Gordon, M.D , M.R.I.A. ; W. H. Harvey. M.D., 

 M.R.I.A.; Robert John Montgomery; James Edward Stopford, LL.D.; R. P. 

 Williams, M.R.I.A.; Gilbert Sanders, M.R.LA.; The Lord Talbot de Mala- 

 hide; John Aldridge, M.D., M.R.I.A. ; Joseph Todhunter; Robert Barklie. 

 Treasurer: Robert Call well, Esq., M.R.I.A. Secretaries: William Andrews, 

 M.R.LA. ; J. R. Kinahan, M.B. 



