252 The Irish Naturalist. [Sept., 1897. 



CEnlstls quadra In Co. Waterford. 



I found a caterpillar, unknown to me at the time, of this rare moth 



crawling on the trunk of an elm-tree in Curraghmore on June 30th. The 



full-fed larva spun a whitish cocoon, and pupated on July 3rd, and the 



moth, a female example unfortunately with crumpled wings, emerged on 



the 15th of the same month, thus only remaining twelve days in the pupa 



state. I believe there are only two or three known records of this 



insect's occurrence in Ireland. 



L. H. Bonaparte-Wyse. 



BIRDS. 



The Blackcap Warbler breedlngr at Lucan. 



This interesting warbler revisited Lucan last spring. On the nth of 

 May I found a nearly completed nest built in a wild rose bush ; visiting it 

 again shortly after, it contained four eggs of the ordinary colour and 

 markings, which were left undisturbed. This was the only nest found 

 this year. On the 12th of May, 1896, I found four nests; three were 

 empty, and the other contained eggs of the beautiful brick-red type. The 

 birds built in exactly the same part of the demesne this year as they did 

 in the previous spring. 



K. M. DUNI^OP. 



Mr. J. F. Shackleton records, in the Zoologist for 1878, p. 256, the 



occurrence of the Blackcap Warbler at Ivucan. It was observed by him 



on two occasions feeding on cherries in his garden during the second 



week of June. 



J. N. Hai^bert. 



The Yellow Wagtail In Ireland. 



To the Zoologist for August, Mr. Robert 'Warren contributes a useful 

 paper " On the Breeding Range of the Yellow Wagtail in Ireland." The 

 writer narrates the history of the discoveries by which the home of this 

 species, in Thompson's time confined to Lough Neagh, has been 

 extended to the lakes" of Galway and Mayo, so that the bird is now known 

 to have a continuous breeding range along the lakes of Carra, Mask, and 

 Corrib. , 



** Shore Lark" In Co. Dublin: a Correction. 



In my notes on Ireland's Eye in last month's issue, I used the above 

 local name accidentally for the Rock Pipit ; the Shore Lark being an 

 extremely rare bird, and hitherto unknown in Ireland. 



E. Bi,AKE Knox. 



Grouse Disease. 



If any of the readers of the Irish Naturalist can forward to me at the 

 Pathological Laboratory, Trinity College, Dublin, specimens of grouse 

 affected by disease, sent as fresh as possible for pathological investig- 

 ations, I shall be much obliged. 



E. Bi^AKE Knox. 



