February, 1923. The Irish Naturalist. 9 



A FORTNIGHT'S ENTOMOLOGY 

 IN CO. WATERFORD. 



BY OLIVER E. JANSON, F.E.S., AND L.H. BONAPARTE WYSE. 



Having spent a pleasant holiday collecting insects in 

 Kerry, chiefly in the Killarney district, in June, igig, of 

 which we published an account in the Irish Naturalist,^ 

 we were desirous of resuming our activities there the 

 following season, but the troubled state of affairs in the 

 South of Ireland rather discouraged us, and the projected 

 trip was postponed indefinitely. This year, however, we 

 decided to take our courage in both hands, and havmg 

 received reassuring letters from correspondents in Ireland, 

 our minds were soon made up. But instead of returning 

 to Kerry, we proposed breaking new ground and visiting 

 Waterford and Lismore, which had the merit in our eyes of 

 being comparatively little worked. And here it may be 

 remarked, that all our fears of disagreeable incidents were 

 happily without foundation, that during our brief visit we 

 met with unfailing court es}^ from all with whom we came 

 into contact, though towards the end of the second week 

 of our stay the political situation had already assumed 

 such a menacing aspect that we thought it prudent to 

 return home without further delay. Under more normal 

 conditions we should have Uked to have stopped on a week 

 or two longer. 



We left London on the evening of June 23rd, taking 

 train from Paddington to Fishguard, and from thence by 

 steamer direct to Waterford, which we reached early next 

 morning. We soon found suitable accommodation at the 

 Adelphi Hotel, and after a wash and a good breakfast, 

 we set out immediately for Milepost, a long Irish mile 

 north of Waterford. The weather was overcast, but the 

 general duhiess was relieved by occasional gleams of sun- 

 shine, and we were full of hope of seeing that local butterfly 

 the Greasy Fritillary [Melitcea artemis) in its native haunts ; 

 but, although we spent much time tramping up and 



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