120 The Irish Naturalist. Oct., i9i<>. 



IRISH SOCIETIES. 



ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Recent gifts include a Fox from Mrs. Pender, Rabbits from Mr. H. Glass. 

 Mr. H. L. Wrigley, Miss Bradshaw, and Miss Saunders, a Harnessed 

 Antelope from Mr. C. Lokko, a Sparrowhawk from Mr. Byrne, a Cereopsis 

 Goose from Mrs. Power, two Barn Owls from Mrs. Carney, three Linnets 

 from Mr. C. J. McCarthy, eight Chocolate Mannikins, four Spice Birds 

 and three Terrapins from j\Ir. Rogers. A female Chimpanzee, three Green 

 Monkeys, Mona and Patas ^Monkeys, a Hamadryas and a Guinea Baboon, 

 a Bonnet Monkey and a Brown Lemur, a Coati-mundi, two African Genets, 

 an Ichneumon, Leadbeter and Roseate Cockatoos, and three Cormorants 

 have been purchased. An Otter, a pair of Sulphur-crested Cockatoos and 

 a pair of Blue-fronted Amazon Parrots have been deposited in the Gardens. 

 Two Lion cubs have been born in the Roberts House, the parents being 

 " Oseni " and " Sheila." 



The new Chimpanzee (" Fanny ") is a great acquisition, as she is ex- 

 ceedingly active and \'ivacious, and able to perform a number of clever 

 tricks. 



DUBLIN MICROSCOPICAL CLUB. 



October 8. — The Club met at Leinster House, the President in the 

 Chair. D. McArdle showed portion of a stem and leaf of Eucalypta 

 streptocarpa with paraphylla, curious br:)wn-coloured rhizoids with jointed 

 filaments which retain and convey moisture to the moss plant, which 

 grows in dry places. When exposed to light and moisture they soon 

 develop chlorophyll, and grow into normal protonema filaments, whicii 

 may develop resting buds that may under favourable conditions produce 

 leafy plants. The plant is rarely found in fruit, and may reproduce in 

 this way. 



NOTES. 



ZOOLOGY. 



Colias edusa in Co. Cork. 



The Clouded Yellow Butterfly was fairly plentiful about Cork Harbour 

 during the end of August and the first half of September of this year. 

 The specimens were mostly in very good condition, and among then 

 was one female of the rare variety helice. 



W. S. D. Westropp. 



>s'ational Museum, Dublin. 



