1897.] Notes. 171 



The adoption of the Report and Balance Sheet was moved by Mr. J. L. 

 CoPEMAN, seconded by Mr. E. B. HuGHES, and passed unanimously. 

 The following office-bearers for 1897-8 were then elected — President, W. 

 H. Shaw, M.E., J.P. ; Vice-Presidents, Prof. M. Hartog, D.Sc, F.L.S. ; 

 T. Farrington, M.A. ; Miss H. A. Martin, M.R.C.P. ; J. H. Bennett, John 

 Gilbert, and J. Iv. Copeman ; Secretary and Treasurer, E. Brooke Hughes ; 

 Curator, R. A. Phillips ; Committee, Mrs. E. B. Hughes, Mrs. T. Russell, 

 F. R. Rohu, H. Lund, J. Noonan. 



It was decided to hold the first summer out-door meeting at Fota on 

 May 8th. A discussion then followed relative to other places suitable 

 for excursions. 



On the motion of Mr. R. A. Phii^i^ips, seconded by Mr. E. B. Hughes, 

 a hearty vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Copeman for the able and 

 efficient manner in which he had at all times during his five years of 

 secretaryship advanced the interests of the Club. 



NOTES. 



ZOOLOGY. 



INSECTS. 



Entomological Notes from Poyntzpass. 



The excessive wetness of the spring has made insect life very scarce. 

 On the few warm fine days that we had in April some Bombus terrestris 

 appeared and a few Aphodius prodromus and yi. Jimetarius. Vanessa urtica 

 was as usual the first butterfly to appear, but I did not see it out of doors 

 till April i8th, Pteris napi appearing on April 26th. I have seen a few 

 Andrena cineraria and A. albicans ; while a solitary Nomada which is 

 probably borealis was captured crawling on the ground. A few Vespa 

 vulgaris have appeared but all were dull and sluggish, the earliest was 

 noted on March 9th, and Apis mellifica was seen on the wing on March 

 16th. Beetles have not been more plentiful than other insects. In a 

 boggy drain I got Hydroporus umbrosus, H. obscurus, H. nigrata and A^abus 

 unguicularis. In moss I took Homalota graminicola, Staphylinus erythropterus ^ 

 Quedius rufipes^ Lathrobium fulvipenne^ Stenus tarsalis, Trichopteryx lata, Fteni- 

 dium evanescens, Halyzea xviii-guttata^ Barynotus moerens, &.C. In ha3'stack 

 refuse among other things I met with Homalota sordida, Marsh, Ephisiemus 

 gyrinoides, Typhceda fumata, and Cononimus norifer. I was disappointed at 

 not meeting with better things, as haystack refuse is usually rather 

 prolific. Geotrtipes is not as much in evidence this spring as last, though 

 I have heard his "drowsy hum" occasionally and one sunshiny day 



