52 The Irish Naturalist. [February, 1899. 



ZOOLOGY. 



ARTHROPODS. 



Notes of recent Captures. 



I hear that Sphinx convolvuli has been commonly seen at Valentia 

 Island, Co. Kerry, where members of the Rev. H. Delap's family have 

 captured four specimens at the flowers of QLnothera. 



The Water-spider [Argyroheta aqualica) has occured in my lake at 



Drumreaske. I have also to record the capture in Lough Gill, Sligo, of 



Leptodora hyalina, Lilleg. ; this species has been found by Dr. Creighton in 



Upper Lough Erne, and near Gal way. 



W. F. DE V. Kane. 

 Drumreaske, Monaghan. 



BIRDS. 

 The Rufous Warbler, a bird new to Ireland. 



I am happy to announce that the Rufous Warbler, Acdon galactodes, has been 



added to the Irish list. The specimen has been the supposed Nightingale, 



preserved for twenty years in the Museum of Queen's College, Cork, and 



now faded. It was shot by Mr. F. R. Rohu, at the Old Head of Kinsale, in 



September, 1876, and subsequently presented by him to the above 



Museum. Struck by the pallour of its colouring, and knowing so many 



rarities to have occurred at light-stations round Ireland, I suggested to 



Professor Hartog to take it to London for determination, and on his 



doing so Mr. Howard Saunders immediately pronounced it to be a 



Rufous Warbler. This species has now been obtained in the British 



Islands on four occasions. One on the 16th September, 1854, near 



Brighton ; a second on 25th September, 1859, at the Start in Devonshire, 



is now in the British Museum. The Kinsale specimen was the third, and 



the fourth was obtained the following mouth on 12th October, 1S76, at 



Slapton, in Devonshire. This last was probably driven to the British 



shores by the same wind or other circumstances to which we owe the 



Cork specimen. Mr. Saunders is to be congratulated on having within 



a few weeks determined two birds new to Ireland, the Woodchat Shrike, 



Lanius pomeranus (Barrington in Ibis, 1899, p. 158), and now Aedon 



gaiactodes. 



R. J. USSHER. 



Cappagh, Co. Waterford. 



MAMMALS. 

 The Long-Eared Bat In Co. Waterford. 



A fine specimen of this bat {Pleiotus auritus, Geoff.) was sent to me 

 by Mrs. E. A. Gibbon, on November 6th. It arrived quite uninjured, 

 having evidently hibernated during its journey — a method of travel- 

 ling much to be envied ! Although this species is widely distributed 

 throughout Ireland, it has not been previously recorded from Co. 

 Waterford. Its habits in captivity have been often noted. 



Dublin. N. H. Ai,cock. 



