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 NOTES. 



BOTANY. 



FERNS, 



Hymenopliyllum tiinbridgense iisr Co. Wexford. Bearing on the 

 occurrence of this fern in Co. Wexford (/. i\^., p. 103), I may state that I 

 found a small patch on the western side of Taragh Hill, near Courtown, 

 on the loth Augiist last. Asplciiiuni marinum was ver>^ luxuriant on the 

 sandstone cliffs of the adjoining shore. — H. G. Cuthbert, Blackrock, Co. 

 Dublin. 



PHAXEBOGAMS. 



White Centaury (Erytlirsea centaureum). White-flowered speci- 

 mens of this plant, as noticed in last issue oi Irish Naturalist (p. 144), are 

 certainly not common, but we obtained several examples on the ex- 

 cursion of the Belfast Nat. Field Club to Ardglass on September 17th 

 last, and I have also seen it at Castlerock, Co. Derry. Many other wild 

 flowers occasionally occur with white blossoms. — R. Lloyd Praeger. 



Stachys betonica ix Co. Doxegai,. In the Journal of Botany for 

 September, Mr. H. C. Hart records this plant from Lough Fern near 

 Milford, where it was discovered by Mrs. Leebody. The same energetic 

 lady botanist has recently found Polygonum historta in the Frin Valley, and 

 Galium ruoUugo at Eglinton, Co. Derry. 



Ajuga pyramidalis ix THE Arax Islaxds. In the Journal of Botany 

 for October, Mr. N. Colgan records his rediscovery- of this rare plant in the 

 Aran Islands, where it has not been found since Dr. Moore discovered it 

 forty years ago, though sought for by various botanists. We are glad to 

 observe also that Mr. Colgan states that Astragalus hypoglottis is not so very 

 rare on the Aran Islands as recently described by Messrs. Nowers and 

 Wells {Journ. BoL, 1892, p. 180). 



ZOOLOGY. 



PYCNOGONIDA. 



Pycxogoxida from Kii,i,ai,a Bay. In the Irish Nat. for May (p. 42), 

 I recorded a supposed new species of Nymphon, received from Miss War- 

 ren. Prof. D'Arcy Thompson, when in Dublin, kindly examined the 

 specimen, and suggested to me that it was N. gallicum, Hoek. After care- 

 ful comparison with Hoek's figures, I have no doubt that this identifica- 

 tion is correct. Another example of this species was taken some years 

 ago on the shore at Roundstone, Connemara, by Mr. A. G. More, and is 

 now m the Science and Art Museum. Hoek described the species from 

 specimens taken near Roscoff, on the north-west coast of France. I have 

 lately received from Miss Warren Phoxichilus sjnuosus and Phoxichilidium 

 femoratum, taken in Killala Bay; these are the pycnogons recorded by 

 Mr. R. Warren in he Zoologist for October as "Nymphons." — G. H. Car- 

 penter. 



I N S E C T S . 



C01.EOPTERA FROM CouRTowx, Co. WEXFORD. The following (with 

 notes) is a list of beetles collected at Courtown Harbour and district, 

 during a short holiday last August, omitting a large number of species 

 which are more or less abundant ever^-^vhere : — Cychrus rostratus, Carabus 

 cateiiulatus, Nebria complanata, Harpalus puncticollis, Bradycellus distindus, 

 Aniara fulva, A. consularis^ Calathus mollis, ATichoruenus oblongus, Bemhidium 



