THE IRISH NATURALIST 



5V ijfctcmtliUr gottt'ttrtl 



OF 



GENERAL IRISH NATURAL HISTORY, 



the; official organ of 



The Royal Zoological Society of Ireland ; The Dublin Microscopical Club , 



The Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society ; 



The Belfast Naturalists' Field Club ; The Dublin Naturalists' Field Club ; 



The Armagh Natural History and Philosophical Society ; 



The Cork Naturalists' Field Club ; The Limerick and Clare Field Club. 



EDITED BY 



GEORGE H. CARPENTER, B.Sc, Eond. 



AND 



R. EEOYD PRAEGER, B.A., B.K., M.R.I.A. 



VOL. VIII. 



DUBLIN : EASON & SON, Limited, 

 85 MIDDLE ABBEY STREET, and 40 LOWER SACKVILLE STREET. 



BELFAST : 17 DONEGALL STREET. 

 LONDON : SIMPKIN MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & Co., Ltd. 



1899. 



