1899.] Notes. 25 



PHANEROGAMS. 



~ Late Wild-flowers. 



Each one of the wild-flowers in the following list has been found 

 fairly out in blossom between October 22nd and November 22nd- All 

 these flowers were found within a few miles of the city of Waterford, 

 and are very common in this district, excepting Viola aivensis, Anagallis 

 ccerulea, and Merairialis annua : — 



Ranunculus repens, Papaver Rh&as, Brassica Sinapis, Viola arvensis, Polygala 

 vulgaris, Ceraslium vulgatum, Malva sylvestris, Linum cathariicum, Geranium 

 molle, G. Robertianum, Ulex europaius, U. Galiii, Medicago lupulina, Trifolium 

 procumbens, Rubus fruticoszis, Fragaria vesca, Polentilla Tormcntilla, P. reptans, 

 Daucus Carota, Conopodiwn denudatum, Hedera Helix, Lonicera Peticlymenum, 

 Sherardia arvensis, Aster Tripolium, Scabiosa arvensis, Bellis perennis, 

 Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum, Alatricaria inodora, Senecio vulgaris, S. 

 Jacobcea, Sonchus arvensis, S. oleraceus, Centaurea nigra, Hypocharis radicata, 

 Crepis virens, Taraxacum officinale, Ei-ica cinere'a, Calluna vulgaris, Anagallis 

 arvensis, A. ccerulea, Chlora perfoliata, Erythraa Centaurium, Symphytum 

 officinale, Alyosotis arvensis, Lin aria Cymbalaria, L. Elatine, Veronica agrestis, 

 V. Buxbaumii, V. arvensis, V. Chanuedrys, Brunella vulgaris, Stachys sylvatica, 

 S. palustris, S. arvensis, Lamium purpureum, Euphorbia Peplus, E. exigua, 

 Capsella Bursa-pastoris, Convolvulus sepium, Sagina procumbens, A/ercurialis 

 annua, Lapsana communis, Trifolium pratcnse, Sisymbrium officinale, Viola 

 tricolor, Achillea Millefolium, Cnicus arvensis, Geum urbanum, Heracleum 

 Sphondyliiun. 



Waterford. A. M. Greenwood. 



Juncus obtusiflorus In the Aran Islands. 



In looking over plants collected during the Galway Field Club 

 Conference in 1895, I find Juncus obtusiforus from Inishmore. This Rush 

 does not appear to have been recorded from Aran in any previous 

 list. 



R. LlvOYD Praeger. 



ZOOLOGY. 



INSECTS. 



Entomological Notes from Poyntzpass, &c. 



Since my last notes {I.Nat., vii., p. 168) I have not done very much 

 entomological work. At the end of June I took Cleora lichenaria and 

 Eupithecia castigata at Scarva, Co Down. 



When walking to Tanderagee early in July I noticed the web of some 

 gregarious larva on the hedge. I searched, but failed to get anything 

 except a couple of pupa-cases, and from thess emerged Hypjnomeuta 

 cognatella Shortly after this I went over to Loughgilly Rectory to pay a 

 visit to my friend, the Rev. H. S. M. Harpur. In the garden I noticed 

 some plants of Scrophularia nodosa, and recollecting Mr, H. L. Jameson's 

 capture of a Cionus on Scrophularia nodosa at Loughgilly some years ago, 



