1922. Irish Societies. i^c) 



view the .sciisuu was elrawiug rapidly to a close, and better results might 

 have been obtained had the excursion been held about a fortnight sooner. 

 The part}' were afterwards very hospitably entertained by Mrs. Brambell, 

 at Ashbury, Bray 



BELFAST NATURALISTS' FIHLD CLUB. 



September 30. — Greyabbey. — Thirty-four members motored to 

 Gre3'abbey and Ballywalter. On arrival at Greyabbey the conductor 

 (A. M'l. Cleland) gave an address on the history and principal points 

 of architectural note in the beautiful ruins. 



Having thoroughly inspected the ruins, the members proceeded to 

 Ballj^'walter, where tea was served. At the business meeting the Chairmari 

 (S. A. Bennett B. A., B.Sc.) briefly outlined the programme for the coming 

 winter session, and gave his experiences as delegate to the British Asso- 

 ciation meetings in Hull. 



NOTES, 



ZOOLOGY. 



Qy nandromorphs of Huchloe cardamines in East Tyrone. 



On May 27th last I had the good fortune to capture the two aberrations 

 of tins species described helow. The late .Air. \Vm. F. de V. Kane in his 

 Catalogue did not know of any Irish gynandromorphous examples of this 

 species. 



No. I, female ; upper side, left fore-wing with a broad stripe of orange 

 extending from the discoidal into the apical blotch, right fore-wing normal ; 

 underside, left fore-wing has a large orange patch from discoidal to 

 apical blotch covering almost two-thirds of the wing in this area ; right 

 fore-wing with three parallel streaks from discoidal to outer margin ; 

 sub-costal veins broadly streaked with yellow. 



Xo, 2 var caidosticta, Wms., upperside right fore-wing with irregular 

 orange streaks from discoidal to outer margin, another broader stripe 

 just below this extending into the apical blotch ; posterior wings witli 

 well defined discal spots ; luiderside, left fore-wing with three parallel 

 stripes of orange, the first above discoidal, the second just below, and 

 the third near the anal angle ; right fore- wing with a triangular patch of 

 orange extending from and enclosing the discoidal, to apical blotch ; 

 sub-costal area yellow. 



Thomas Greer. 



Stew^artstown. 



