48 The Irish NaiuralUt. March, 



Bailej says, " from the European species C. utriailata is separated by- 

 grosser habit, lack ofstoloniferous character, broader and proportionately 

 shorter leaves, heavier and more scattered spikes, of which the lower 

 are less peduuculed, and much sharper scales " {I.e.). Bailey notes that 

 Schkuhr in the index to his '* Nachtrag," (1806) makes " C. rostrata 

 Weith " a synonym of C. atnpullacea. '•' Weith " is undoubtedly meant for 

 " With." 



In the United States C. idrkulata occurs " In bogs entirel}- across the 

 continent north of Ohio" (Bailey I.e.) In Canada, "Avery common 

 Carex in marshes and streams from the Atlantic to the Pacific "' (Macoun 

 " Cat. Canadian pi.," pt. 4 (1888), p. 171. 



Arthur Bennett. 



Croj'dou. 



Erica MackaiiO) in Donegal. 



I have received from Miss Lily Croftou, specimens of a Heath, which 

 she found last summer growing in quantity on the shores of a lake near 

 Gweedore. It most nearly approaches E. Maekaii, previously known only 

 from a limited area in Connemara and in Northern Spain ; but it differs 

 from typical Maekaii in some important characters. Miss Knowles and 

 I hope to investigate the plant's standing during the coming summer. 



R. Ll^OYD PraeGER. 



Dublin. 



ZOOLOGY. 



Nyssia zonaria in Co. Mayo. 



When on a visit at Bingham Castle last May, I observed this insect 

 abundantly on the sandhills on Blacksod Bay, also on the Atlantic 

 shore, and on sandhills on the adjoining coast. 



Thomas Greer. 



TuUyhogue, Co. Tyrone. 



Aculeate Hymenoptera at Poyntzpass. 



I took specimens of the following species near Poyntzpass during last 

 year: — Salius exaltatus, F., 9 , in a lane south of [Poyntzpass with high 

 sheltering banks. It seems a favourite locality for Salius, as I have 

 taken S. fuseiis there several times. This species does not seem to have 

 been recorded from Ulster. Pemphredon lethifer. Shuck, ? , taken at the 

 end of July in my own grounds. I have also taken it at Coolmore. 

 This species makes its nest in the stems of the bramble, and like others 

 of the genus provisions them with Aphides. Passaloeeiis corniger, Shuck, 9 , 

 taken in my own grounds in beginning of October. I was much puzzled 

 about this species owing to the scantiness of the hairs upon it, but Mr. 

 E. Saunders very kindly determined it for me. Like the preceding 

 species it makes its nests in bramble stems, also in decaying wood. It 

 does not appear to have been recorded from Ireland previousl}-. 

 Halietus nitidiusculus, Kirby, taken on the roadside a short distance from 

 Poyntzpass ; there was a small colony in a bank. As these Halicti are 



