228 The Irish Naturalist. [October, 



BOTANY. 



Cystopterls fragllls In Wlcklow. 



Last month I was in Co. Wicklow, and got Cystopteris fragilis growing 



abundantly on the walls of an old mining building high up on the 



side of Lugduff beyond the Waterfall, above the upper lake of Glen- 



dalough. As this fern is decidedly rare in Wicklow the record may be 



worth noting. 



Charges F, D'Arcy. 

 Ballymena. 



Chicory In Co. mayo. 



Cichorium Intybus grows at Cloghans, Co. Mayo, in great profusion, 



producing a very brilliant effect. It was unknown in the locality 



until late years. 



AucE C LEWIN. 

 Casttegrove, Tuam. 



ZOOLOGY. 



INSECTS. 



Collas edusa In Co. Cork. 



There seems a good sprinkling of these butterflies all round here. 



I saw one close by the cit}-, several along the line to Queenstowu, and 



on August 21st took five specimens, two males and three females, at 



Little Island, in a clover field, while several others escaped me. 



Macroglossa stellataram is also plentiful, while larger numbers than usual 



of Orgy la antiqua are flying about. Is there anything in the theory of 



these butterflies recurring every fourteen years, as stated in some books ? 



John L. Copeman. 

 Cork. 



Collas edusa In Co. Westmeath. 



I see in the last number of Irish Naturalist some notices of Colias edusa 



having been seen in Ireland. I saw a yellow butterfly bordered with 



black in the garden here, but did not capture it ; another of same 



description was seen on the shores of Derevaragh Lake about middle of 



August. I presume they were C. edusa. 



H. E. Rkyneu,. 

 Killynon, Co. Westmeath. 



Collas edusa in Co. Waterford and Co. Cork. 



On August ioth I captured a fine male specimen of the Clouded Yellow, 

 and saw another near Kilbarry. A few days later, on the 14th, I took 

 two more male specimens of it on the sandhills near Tramore, and missed 

 a third. Both these localities are in the Co. Waterford. I subsequently 

 spent a few days at Passage West, Co. Cork, and met with Colias edusa 



