1901. Barrington & Moffat. — Wasps in Wicklow. 201 



At Fassaroe the nests of the tree-and bush-building wasps 

 are not nearly so common as thirty to forty years ago, and 

 those which nest in the ground appear to have increased dur- 

 ing the same interval. As no specimens were preserved in 

 the earlier years, the species cannot be referred to more 

 definitely. 



To Mr. Carpenter and Mr. Kdward Saunders we are in- 

 debted for the identification of the specimens tabulated in this 

 paper. They would all be called "wasps : ' by the general public 

 — who only recognize one species. One of the most recent and 

 far-fetched applications of the name "wasp," which has come 

 under our notice, occurred in the letter of a Light-keeper who 

 forwarded " a remarkable-looking wasp " on August 25th 

 from Old Head, Kinsale. It was a Death's-head Moth ! 



Fassaroe, Bray. 



NOTES. 



BOTANY. 



The Moss Exchange Club. 



We have received the Sixth Annual Report of the Moss Exchange 

 Club, which shows steady progress. The number of members is now 

 thirty-seven. The copious critical notes and reports on plants sent in to 

 the distributer should be of much value to students of bryology. 



Another station for Lastrea Thelypteris in Co. Westmeath. 



This interesting and rare fern grows luxuriantly over a small area of 

 the very wet marsh at the south-east end of Lough Owel. I noted it 

 there last August. Some of the fronds which I gathered were con- 

 siderably over two feet in length. 



Charges P. D'Arcy. 



Belfast. 



Hypopithys multiflora near Roscommon. 



Mr. S. V. Coote sends me fresh specimens of this rare plant from his 



demesne, Carrowroe Park, Roscommon, collected on September 16; he 



describes it as being "fairly common in the beech and fir woods" 



there. 



R. Lloyd Praejger. 

 Dublin. 



