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these curious little animals. Though wo have long known that there 

 was a subterranean Fauna in Austria and in America, few have sus- 

 pected that there was anything similar existing in our own islands ; 

 and albeit only a few species have been discovered, it yet remains to bo 

 seen how far we may find this hidden creation really extends. 



" "Well shrimps" are now known to exist in three adjoining shires, — 

 Berks, "Wilts, and Hants ; it is probable that they live in many more. 



They are interesting subjects of study from their high organization, 

 their active habits, strange movements, and still more strange abodes. 

 Created to live in the most profound darkness, and unlikely ever to 

 fall under the eye of man by any natural means, we yet find them most 

 directly connected with us, by their location in those waters from which 

 we derive a vital portion of our sustenance ; surely, then, it is right to 

 seek, and it is reasonable to expect to find, in these animals some special 

 evidences of the wonder- working goodness and all-careful foresight of 

 Him whose handiwork and power are shown "in darkness and in 

 light" both alike. 



Me. E. Burchall read the following — 



LIST OF LEPIDOPTERA CAPTURED IN IRELAND DURING THE SUMMER OF 1858. 



During the past summer the following species of Lepidoptera have been 

 captured in Ireland, not previously recorded as indigenous : — 



Notodonta licolora, Killarney. July. 



Leucania Uttoralis, Sandhills, Malahide. 



Luperina ccespitis, ditto, ditto. 



Noctua ditrapezium, Galway. 



Agrotis corticea, ditto. 



Hadena dentina, Sandford, near Dublin. 



Rwina tenebrosa, Powerscourt. 



Xantholeuca croceago, Sandford, near Dublin. 



Boty% terrealis, Howth. 



Chlorochroma cestivaria, Galway. 



Thera variaria, ditto. 



Cabera strigillaria, Killarney. 



Eupithecia subnotaria, Sandford, near Dublin. 



,, pumiliaria, ditto. 



„ spanaria, ditto. 



