264 The Irish Naturalist. 



The following lepidoptera also were in evidence— ia/j/rwj semcle and 

 Epinephile hyperanthes abundantly, a specimen also of Argynnis aglaia and 

 Tanagra atrata. 



At Bai,i,yvauGhan, Co. Clare, the stony district traversed was not such 

 as to reward a flying visit in search of lepidoptera. A few Argynnis aglaia 

 and Satyrus semele were noticed. Larvae oi DiantJuvcia ciicnbali and probably 

 some of D. capsophila were found in Silene maritinia and ^. inflata. A few 

 very pale Larentia cxsiata were observed conformable to the tint of the 

 grey limestone, and one Gnophos obscuraria too worn to distinguish its 

 character; Herbula cespitaUs abounded in the short herbage, and a few 

 Anaitts plagiata. The most interesting .species taken were one Anticlea 

 cucullata by myself on the wall of Gleninagh Castle, where the party 

 gathered for lunch, an insect almost unrecorded hitherto in Ireland ; and 

 one of Phothedes captiuncula by Mr. Carpenter, which was remarkable for 

 its dark and strongly marked delineation, differing thus from the English 

 form, but not so brightly coloured as those occurring near the town, and 

 elsewhere in the County of Galway. 



At InishmorE (Island of Aran) a pupa of Dianihcecia capsophila was 

 found. Satyrus semele and Argynnis aglaia turned up abundantly, as well as 

 Cainptogramma bilineata, which is here of a very pale and inconspicuous 

 type, a protective character already noted in the Larentia coesiata of 

 Ballyvaughan. 



At OuGHTKRARD, Mr. Wolfe found larvae of Thccla rubi feeding on 

 Erica Teiralix, an unusual food-plant for the species. 



MOLLUSC A. 



BY R. STANDEN, 

 Hon. Curator, Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 



Marine Moi.i,usca. 

 The subjoined catalogue of 112 marine species collected by Messrs. 

 A. R. Nichols, R. Welch, Fred. Bigger, E. Collier, Miss Kelsall, and my- 

 self, embraces the usual common littoral forms found living everywhere 

 in the district, together with a number of scarcer species from shore 

 drift at Dog's Bay, Connemara. This drift, of which Mr. Welch and I 

 brought home a large quantity, has proved most prolific, and we are 

 indebted to Dr. Chaster, of Southport, for much valuable aid in sorting 

 material, and in determination of minute species. It contains, in addition 

 to adult examples, a vast number of embryonic specimens in beautiful 

 condition. Ovciun glabrum with spiral attached is common, and separate 

 spirals are plentiful. Patella vulgata, Helcion pelhicidiim, and Tectura virginea 

 with embryo spiral cap are all common. Most of the bivalves are represen- 

 ted only by valves, but the univalves are, as a whole, in good condition 

 and abundant in individuals— /'/<?«w<c7wa and Rissoa especially so. 



