Q2 The Irish Naturalist. September, 



quite justifies his prediction. The fact of it having escaped 

 detection for so long a time leads one to think that its 

 Irish distribution must be strangely local for a butterfl}^ 

 so common in England. 



Clooncoose is situated in the barony of Burren, a district 

 well known to naturalists for its immense tracts of limestone 

 mountain, crag and " pavement," interspersed with patches 

 of dense scrub and rich pasture, and its remarkable fauna 

 and flora. 



Other butterflies seen in the locality at the time were, 

 the Orange-tip (Euchloe cardamincs), the Speckled Wood 

 (Pararge egeria), the Meadow Brown (Epinephile janira), 

 the Small Heath {Ccejionympha pamphilus), the Little 

 Blue [Zizera minima), and the Common Blue [Lyccena 

 icants) ; but these were all outnumbered b}^ the Pearl- 

 bordered Fritillary. 



The captured specimen of Argynnis Euphrosyne is now 

 preserved in the National Museum. 



Cork. 



IRISH SOCIETIES. 



DUBLIN NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB. 



November 9, 1922. — J. de W. Hindi (Vice-President) in the Chair. 

 The evening was devoted to exhibits, among which were an interesting 

 series illustrative of the character of ice action during the Glacial Age, 

 shown by the Vice-President ; also a number of Irish birds shown by W. 

 R. Brambell ; leaves of various Poplars showing variation m autumnal 

 colouring b}^ C. B. Moffat, and some Tree-Frogs and Japanese Toads 

 by Miss E. Wilson. A short discussion took place on each set of exhibits. 



December 14. — The Vice-President in the Chair. A paper was read 

 by Athole Harrison, on the nesting habits of the commoner Irish Gulls, 

 and was followed by an informal discussion in which many members 

 took part. Nominations for Officers and Committee for the ensuing 

 session were read out in accordance with Rule VIII. 



JanIjary II, 1923.- — -Annual General Meeting.' — The Vice-President 

 in the Chair. The annual report and statement of accounts for 1922 

 were submitted and adopted. The Officers for the preceding session were 

 declared to have been re-elected, and the three vacancies in the Committee 

 were filled by the election of Miss Cooper, A. W. Stelfox ajid M. J. Gorman. 

 Dr. Carpenter, the news of whose retirement from Dublin had been 



