1 68 . The Irish Naturalist. [June, 



were laid down in a sea upon this older series, and were in turn 

 upheaved along the line of the Leinster Chain, in Silurian, or more pro- 

 bably, lyower Devonian times. The granite intruded into the great 

 arch of strata thus produced during the progress of the movement. 

 Subsequently, on the worn-down edges of this ridge, the Carboniferous 

 Limestone was laid down, in a still later sea. 



The other section went on by car to the Calary Bog for field work. 

 Both sections met later and drove through the Glen of the Downs 

 where Dr. E. J. M'Weeney found a fine specimen of Peziza reticulata, 

 Grev. — a fungus hitherto unrecorded for Ireland — on a mossy bank. The 

 party then returned to Bray. 



Dr. C. J. Patten and Messrs. Connellan and Knox were elected 

 members of the Club. 



May 15. — A large party of members and their friends visited Powers- 

 court, and through the kindness of Lord Powerscourt, K.P., were 

 enabled to visit various parts of the demesne to examine and to collect 

 different objects of natural history interest. One section had the advan- 

 tage of ascending Douce Mountain (which proved somewhat barren), 

 under the guidance of Mr. Anton, the keeper of the deer park. All were 

 loud in their praise of the beauty of the waterfall and surrounding parts, 

 not a little of the beauty of the Park being due to the many fine 

 conifers, oak, beech, and other trees. 



Mr. Palmer up Douce, Mr. Knox in the demesne, and their parties saw 

 many interesting birds, including Redstarts, Crossbills, Siskins, Stock- 

 Dove, Ring Ousel, and a Sparrow-Hawk's nest. The Redstarts and 

 Crossbills were evidently nesting, but could not be located. It is 

 pleasing to be able to record the steady annual increase of the Stock- 

 Dove and Blackcap warbler, several pair of which breed every year in 

 Powerscourt. 



Mr. Greenwood Pim noticed Vibrissea iruncorum, a curious subaquatic 

 fungus allied to Peziza, which has occurred for several years on dead 

 branches in a stream not far from the fall. Another fungus of the 

 same group, but much commoner — Mitrula paludosa — was also collected. 

 The Bird's-nest Orchid {Neottia Nidus-avis) was noticed near Powers- 

 court House, and Corydalis daviculata on the rocks near the Waterfall. 



Mr. Bullock collected a number of beetles on Douce Mountain : — 

 Calathus piccus, C. melanocephaliis v. nubi^ena, Patrobus assimilis, Pierosti- 

 chus vitretis, Nebria Gyllenhali, Bradycdlus distinctus, B. cognatus^ Philonthus 

 decorus^ Tachinus elongatus (a specimen of this rare beetle was also found at 

 Powerscourt), Byrrhiis fasciatus ; and at Powerscourt — Cicindela campeslris 

 and Anchomenus junceus. 



Liverworts were well looked after by Mr. M'Ardle, who found Cepha- 

 lozia curuifolia (a very pretty plant in fruit), ftingennania incisa, Schrad., 

 /. ventricosa, Dicks., Scapania undulata^ L. Dum., S. aquiloba, Schw., Nardia 

 emarginata^ Ehrht. , and N. scalariSy Sch. 



