1898.] CuTHBBRT. — A?i E7ito7nologist at Ballybujiion, Cy 



of ants, — under stones and sods in the heather. Several 

 species of course are confined to the sand-hills, although a 

 collector misses some {Laco?i, Heliopathes) that are familiar 

 on the east coast, whilst others {Metabletus, Palorus), not com- 

 mon or not occurring in the east, may be taken here. A 

 curious feature was the apparent absence of Carabi^ notably 

 on Knockanore, a spot which would seem to be suitable to 

 them. 



The weather unfortunately was unfavourable, being wet 

 and stormy during much of the writer's visit. This seriously 

 hampered collecting, and prevented the pursuit of another 

 object, — the exploration of the caves. Other things, not con- 

 nected with the weather, made it hard to judge the full ento- 

 mological possibilities of the place ; but enough material, 

 even in an August holiday, was gathered to show that Bally- 

 bunion may have other features and attractions than its 

 bracing air and rolling surges, its sands and links, caves and 

 cliffs, not to speak of the most valuable factor of all, its 

 courteous and kindly inhabitants. 



INSBCTS COLLECTED OR OBSERVED. 



Lepldoptera. 



Butterflies only were noted or collected. 

 Pararge egeria. V. cardui. 



P. niegaera. V. urtica. 



Satyrus semele. Chrysophanus pklceas, 



Argynnis aglaia, Polyommatus icarus. 



Vanessa atalanta. Epinephile janira. 



V. to. E. tithoHus. 



Colias edusa, abundant in parts of the South during the summer and 

 autumn, was not observed. 



Hymenoptera-Aculeata. 



Forty-one species were taken, most noteworthy being : — 

 Formica fusca race cunicularia. Andrena analis. 



Leptothorax acervorum, Nomada jacobcea. 



Tj^ Salius exaltatus. Ccelioxys simplex. 



Pemphredon Shuckardi. Psithyrus rupestris. 



Vespa sylvestris. Bombus smithianus, 



Colktes picistigma. B. sylvarum. 



Sphecodes similis. B. derhamellus. 



Halidus hucopus. B. venusttts. 



Some of these, which are additions to the Irish list, have already been 

 recorded in the Irish Naturalist. 



