26o TJic Irish N'aturalist. December, 



capturing the Philoscia. On mentioning this to INIr. Beresford he told 

 me that P. Couchii occurred commonly at Howth. this species being one 

 of his recent interesting additions to the Irish fauna, and belonging 

 like the Eluuia, to the ancient Lusitanian group. 



Cyllsticus convexus, De Geer. — A rare species in Ireland, of which 

 I can record a single specimen from a heap of vegetable refuse on the 

 sea-shore near Howth, September 5th, 190S. 



ARIYIADILLIDIID^E. 



Eluma purpurasccns, Rudde-Lund. — In large numbers under 

 sods and in vegetable refuse in hedge-rows near Portmarnock station 

 September 4th and 6th, and a single example with Cylisticus at Howth. 



My specimens have been examined b\' Prof. Budde-Lund, of Copen- 

 hagen, and the Rev. Canon Norman, F.R.S., to whom ni}' thanks are 

 due ; and Canon Norman has also kindly sent me specimens collected by 

 himself in Madeira, pointing out that the Irish examples have decidedly 

 stronger pubescence. 



Armadillldium vulgare, I^atr.— Portmarnock ; with Eluma and 

 equally ccmmou. 



\Vi n latou-on-Ty ne. 



IRISH SOCIETIES. 



EOYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Recent gifts include two Kestrels from Mr. W. R. Woodrow, three 

 Doves from Mr, Buckland, a Peregrine Falcon from Dr. ]MacDowel 

 Cosgrave, a Landrail from Mr. Crawford Donnelh^, a Sparrow-hawk fron> 

 Mrs. E. C. Murphy, two jNIute Swans from Mr. Nathaniel Hone, two 

 Rabbits from Mr. C. Treacy, some Brown Trout from Mr. R. T. Black- 

 burne, a Muscovy Duck and Drake from Mrs. Newell, a Lizard from JNIiss 

 vSnowden, a pair of Pochards from Dr. Phillips, a Pluto Monkey from 

 Dr. Beauchamp Doole}-, an Angolan Vulture from Capt. Corsellis, a 

 Hedgehog with young from ]\Ir. V. Usslicr, a Siamese Cat from Mr. J. 

 N. Lentaigne. a IMarmoset from Miss Taylor, a Barnard's Parrakeet from 

 Mr. W. W. Murphy, a Badger from Mr. P\ Hughes, a pair of Barn Owls 

 from Mr. Rea, ten Golden and Amherst Pheasants from Lt.-Col. Butt, a 

 Ring-necked Parrakeet from Mr. Taplin, a Guinea-pig from ISIr. J. 

 Dolphin, a pair of Cayuga Ducks from Mrs. Morgan, a Buzzard from 

 ]\Ir. J. INI. Johnson, a Curlew from Capt. C. O. Ibbetson, a vSalamander 

 from IVIr. T. Carton, a young Barn Owl from Mr J. Caddow, four Doves 

 and two Pigeons from Mr. C. C. Sloaue, and a Green Plover from Mr. 

 V. Carton A Green Monkey has been temporarily deposited in the 

 (hardens, and two Toucans have been bought. 



The birth of a litter of three Pumas in September was a noteworthy 

 event, as these great '" American Lions "' have rarely bred in the Gardens. 



