1897-] JamKSON. — The Bats of Ireland. 43 



Tearaght Ivighthouse (9 miles off coast of Kerry).— On 17th November, 

 a Long-eared Bat flew into one of the houses at dusk. Mr. Barrington 

 received this specimen on January 23rd, 1892. 



1892. Drogheda, N. light: May 13th — "Two bats in evening, flying 

 close to station ; wind light, S.W. ; first seen here." June 9th — "Three 

 bats flying about station at 10 p.m." (Lighthouse at end of sand-hills 

 near shore.) 



1894. Drogheda, N. : June 12th — " Several bats flying about at 9.30 

 p.m. Wind moderate, N. Weather gloomy. First seen for a long time.'' 



I regret that I can procure no information as to the occur- 

 rence of Bats on the islands off the Irish Coast ; possibly some 

 readers of the Irish Naturalist can produce some such records. 



A PI,UMK-MOTH NEW TO THE BRITISH ISI.ES. 



BY CHA.RLES G. BARRKTT, F.K.S. 



Among some Micro-lepidoptera recently sent to me for 

 examination by Mr. W. F. de V. Kane are several specimens 

 of Platyptilia tesseradactyla, ly. {Fischeri, Z.), a very pretty 

 little ** plume" moth not previously known to occur within 

 the limits of the United Kingdom. It is much like Platyptilia 

 g07iodactylus — the species found among Tussilago farfara^ but 

 less than one-half its size, yet having a very similar form of 

 wings and dark triangular blotch on the fore-wings before the 

 fissure. Outside this blotch we find white transverse bars 

 on the dark grey-brown ground-colour, and before it are two 

 or three dark spots. The hind wings are dark smoky fuscous, 

 with a yellowish dash in the cilia at the tip of each fissure, 

 and a blackish spot on that of the hind lobe. 



These specimens were taken by Mr. Kane and the Hon. R. E* 

 Dillon, near Clonbrock, and elsewhere in the County Galway, 

 flying about a species of Gnaphalium on dry banks near bogs. 

 The insect is widely distributed on the Continent, and it is 

 somewhat remarkable that it has not yet been discovered in 

 Great Britain. I think that the occurrence of so interesting a 

 novelty in Ireland should be recorded at once in the Magazine 

 conducted in Dublin, and beg therefore to forward this note 

 at the same time as I record the discovery in W^ E7itomologists' 

 Monthly Magazine. 



