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var, obtusis, Er. } common in moss, etc. 

 Dromius linearis, 01. — MiiUinure in moss— pretty common. 

 D. meridionalis, Dej. — Palace Demesne, Miillinnre, Dean's Hill, under 



bark. 

 D. quadrimaculatus,Iv.— Palace Demesne, Miillinnre, Castledillon, under 



bark. 

 D. quadrinotatus, Panz.— Palace Demesne, under bark. 

 D. melanocephalus, Dej. — Common throughout district, in moss, etc. 



(TO BE CONTINUED.) 



NOTES 



BOTANY. 



Cuscuta epithymum. Mr. A. G. More contributes to the Joiirnal af 

 Botany for Januar}^ a note on this plant, of which he has received a fine 

 series of specimens gathered by Mr. J. Ernest Grubb at the west end of 

 the sand-hills at the Rabbit Burrow, near Tramore, Co. Waterford. It is 

 here parasitical chiefly on 7 hymns, but also on Lotus corniculatns, Trifolhnn 

 repens, and Galiiivt. Mr. More considers that this plant ma}' now definitely 

 take its place in the Irish flora. He is inclined also to refer to this species, 

 the Ctiscuta, gathered by Mr. R. W. Scully in 1887, on the Banna sand-hills 

 in Kerry, and recorded as C. trifolii ; and also the Cuscuta major recorded 

 by Threlkeld as " growing in great plenty in the dry sandy banks near 

 Mayden Tower, near Drogheda." At the station last named, however, 

 Mr. More searched for the plant unsuccessfully. The localities of Bally- 

 brack and Fassaroe, ISIr. INIore refers to C. trifolii. 



Vaccinium vitis-idcsa. In the Journal of Botajiy for March, Mr. A. G. 

 More draws attention to several existing low-level records for this species, 

 in the hope that a renewed search on some of our large inland bogs may 

 lead to its discovery at low elevations. The records which he quotes are 

 "large bog near Backlin, Co. Westmeatli " {Herb. D. iMoore) ; "bog in 

 Crevetenant, near Ballynahinch, Co. Down," and "bogs at the southern 

 extremity of Eough Neagli " (Templeton, Catalogue of the Amative Plants of 

 Ireland). 



ZOOLOGY.- 



C R US TA C E A . 



Galathea strigosa ox Co. Down Coast. A specimen of this Crusta- 

 cean was sent to me from Donaghadee on the 21st January. It appears 

 to be somewhat uncommon round the Irish coast, as Thompson only 

 mentions a few localities where he had obtained it, and he characterises 

 it as being in " limited numbers." — Robert Patterson, Belfast. 



INSECTS. 



C01.EOPTERA AT HoL\'\vooD, Co Down. On Jan. 20th I was enabled 

 by the kindness of Mr. R. L. Praeger to capture a few beetles near Holy- 

 wood. The main locality was in Cultra Wood. Owing to the severity 

 of the weather there were not as many beetles about as might have been 

 expected. The specimens were obtained from under stones, in moss (of 

 which I brought a bagful home), and in water. Under stones were 

 Pterostichus strenuus, Qiccdius fuliginosus, Philonthus laminatus, Othius fulvipennis, 

 and Lathrolnu7n brunnipcs. The water net brought me Ilalipbis lineatocollis, 

 Hydroporus atriceps, Crotch itnorio, Dej.) //. pubesccns, H. discretus, II. niorifa, 



