242 The Irish Natvrahst. November, 



Cichorium Intybus and Mimulus guttatus in Co. Armagh. 



lu Julj' last, I noticed some plants growing in hay fields which were 

 strange to me. Presently the hay was cut and the plants flowered and 

 were available for examination. They proved to be Cichorium Intybus L. 

 I observed it in several places near Poyntzpass and it seemed to me to be 

 introduced with grass seed. 



Along the canal bank between ( Po^-ntzpass and Goraghwood I have 



observed quantities of a Mimulus which I presume is Mimulus guttatus, 



DC. It is growing very freely and seems quite established though I 



did not observe it till lately, and as I have been along that part of the 



canal many times it could hardly have escaped me. 



W. F. Johnson. 

 Po3'ntzpass. 



ZOOLOGY. 



Hymenoptera in Ulster and Oonnaught. 



My captures of aculeates this year adds no species new to the Irish List. 

 The following are, I believe, all new county records. I am indebted to 

 Mr. Edward Saunders, F.R.S., for their identification : — 



Crabro dimidiattis , Gleuade, Leitrim ; C. cephalotes, Bloomfield, Down ; 

 Vespa vulgaris, Asseroe Abbey, Donegal ; V. austriaca^ Cave Hill, Antrim ; 

 Odyjterus pai'iatum. Cave Hill, Antrim ; Sphecndes affinis, Strandtown, 

 Down ; Halictus cylindricus, Strandtown, Down ; H. leucopus, Strandtown, 

 Down ; Andretia clarkella, Shaw's Bridge, Antrim ; Belmont, Down : 

 Psithyrus rupestris^ Mullaghmore, Sligo ; P. vestalis, Donaghadee, Down ; 

 P. campestris, Belmont, Down ; Bombus smithianus, Donaghadee, Down ; B. 

 agrortim, Glenade, Leitrim ; Richhill, Armagh ; B. horfensis, Glenade, Lei- 

 trim ; B. derhamellus, Mullaghmore, Sligo ; Richhill, Armagh ; Rostrevor, 

 Down ; Cave Hill, Antrim ; B. jortellus, Cave Hill, Antrim ; Knock, Down ; 

 Mullaghmore, Sligo ; Gleuade, Leitrim ; B. turrestris, Mullaghmore, Sligo ; 

 Glenade, Leitrim ; Asseroe Abbey, Donegal ; Richhill, Armagh. 



Hugh L. Orr. 



Belfast. 



Paludestrina confusa in Kilkenny and Clare. 



During the past month (June) I have seen this species in abundance 



below Rosbercon, on the Kilkenny side of the Barrow, and on the Clare 



side of the Shannon below Limerick. 



Cork. 



R. A. PHii^rjPS. 



Helix nemoralis in North-West Donegal. 



Mr. Edward Collier contributes to the July number of the /omnal of 

 Conchology a paper on this subject, dealing with the forms of the 

 species found on an excursion with G. W. Chaster, C. E. Wright, and 

 A. W. Stelfox last September. 



