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roots of grass availed to reveal its whereabouts. Two days afterwards I 

 returned, full}' equipped with net aud bottle, and there was my friend in 

 exactly the same place sitting as before on the end of a blade of grass. 

 This time I was successful in capturing it and found it to be Lochrnaa 

 crataegi, Forst. ? This was on April 27th, and though I often returned to 

 the place I got no other specimen till June 2nd, when I beat another off 

 hawthorn blossom. A fine female Smerinihus popitli emerged in my 

 breeding cage on April 26th. The larva had been taken on a poplar tree 

 at the foot of my lawn. 



On April 28th I took a trip to Greenore, but a cold easterly wind 

 prevented my meeting as man}- insects as I had hoped. Though Mrs. 

 Johnson and I worked ever}' likely spot with all care we took 

 but little. The best capture was Anthiais scoticiis, of which we 

 captured a good many crawling on the shingle. On former 

 occasions I took it about Honckenya peploides, but though the plant was 

 there the beetles seemed to prefer the stones. Besides this we obtained 

 Befnhidium femoratitm, Qitedius sefunrjieus, Cafiiis xajifholof?ia, Saprinus (Dicus, 

 and Cassida nihilis, this last under stones and evidently either newly 

 emerged or just awakening from winter's sleep, 



I saw the first Anthocharis cardamines on May 5th, and towards the end 

 of the month captured a very small male in one of my fields ; it measures 

 27 m.m. in expanse. The present month promises well in point of 

 weather, and insects are beginning to show themselves, I captured some 

 Telephonts nigricans, Miill., on grass and hawthorn blossom, aud by 

 sweeping Byltiriis tomentosim^ Hister negledits, EpurcEa florea, Anthonoimis 

 pediciilarius, Phyllobius argiUatus^ See. On the nth inst. a nice specimen of 

 Chierocampa porcelhis emerged ; Mrs. Johnson took Hadcua thalassina, aud I 

 obtained a dark Spilosoma nienthastri. 



W, F. Johnson. 



Poyntzpass. 



MOLLUSCS. 



Land IVIoIIusca of Co. TIpperary. 



During a day's visit to Cashel early in May, I spent about an hour or 

 less collecting on "The Rock," and a few minutes at Holycross Abbey, 

 near Thurles, obtaining the following species : — Hyalinia cellaria and var. 

 albina, H- alliaria, var. viridula, Arion ater, Limax flavtis^ L. viarginnftis. LJelix 

 rotitndata, H. ritfescetis, H. intersecta, Vertigo edejitiila ; the foregoing at 

 Cashel only. Arion hoj-tensis, Agriolimax agrestis (mostly very light coloured, 

 but one very dark purple var. on Rock of Cashel), Helix riipestris, H. 

 iiemoralis (latter plentiful on the Rock, sheltering in tufts of the Wall 

 Pellitory high up on Cormac's Chapel, &c.), H. aspersa, Pupa cylindracea 

 and Clausilia bidentata ; all common at both Cashel and Holycross. Arion 

 circumscriptus at Hol3'Cross only, one or two on river-bank. 



R. Welch. 

 Belfast. 



