1924. * Notes. 9 



Among beetles captured during the 1023 season tlie following are 

 worth placing on record, the rediscovery of Amara consularis^ being of 

 special interest : — Amara consularis Duft. — Kilbarrack, 25th April, 1923 ; 

 Cholera chrysomeloides Panz. — Kilbarrack, 26th April, 1923 ; 1 lister 

 pHrpiirascens Hbst. var. niger Er. — Kilbarrack, 2Sth April, 1923 ; Xecrobia 

 riificoUis F. — Howth, loth April, 1923 (taken by Miss Boyle) ; Meloe 

 proscarabaeus L var. cyaneits AIi^. — Blackbanks, Raheny, 30th ]\Iarch, 

 1923. I am indebted to Mr. Halbert for the identification of the above 

 msects, the Meioe vars. being verified by Mr. G. C. Champion. 



E. 0']\Iahony. 

 Clontarf. 



Qalium ulig^'inosum in Co. Wexford. 



Early in August last the writer noticed the above plant growing 

 plentifuU}^ in a small marsh at the mouth of Wexford Harbour, not a 

 quarter of a mile from the sea. For the most part it was buried deep 

 in the tangled marsh grass, but its "stickiness " betrayed it to the touch 

 when a hand was plunged into the grass. The leaves on all specimens 

 examined were arranged in whorls of six, l)nt one with, a seven-leaved 

 whorl was found on a subsequent search. The writer is indebted to 

 ^Iv. Moffat for help in identification. 



Leslie Huggard. 

 Wexford. 



Geranium sylvaticum — A Correction. 



In the second supplement to " The Flora of Xorth-East Ireland," 

 recently published, it is stated, on page 18, that Geranium sylvaticiini L. 

 is naturalized in abundance in Hillsborough demesne. Doubt having 

 been expressed by Mr. Stelfox, who had lately seen the plant in situ, 

 as to its being Geranium sylvaticum, I asked ^Nlr. Foster to send me fresh 

 material for further examination. This shows that the plant is Geranium 

 Endressi Gay, a Pyrenean species frequently cultivated in our gardens. 

 The record for Geranium sylvaticum L. must therefore be withdrawn. 



M. C. KXOWLES. 

 National Hebarium. 



Rosa rug^osa as a Colonist. 



Rosa rugosa, Thunb., a handsome Japanese species, thrown out from 



a garden on the beach at Craigavad, Co. Down, has established itself, 



and has been spreading for some years. It now forms a patch of perhaps 



ten square yards in extent. 



R. Lloyd Praeger, 

 Dublin. 



1 See p. 34, second part, " Guide to City and County of Dublin," 1878 



