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"Journal of Botaii}' " for August last. We are much pleased that our 

 remarks have had the effect which we desired, of settling the question 

 of the occurrence of the Mountain Avens in Co. Antrim ; and we heartily 

 congratulate Mr. Lett on adding this interesting Alpine to the local flora. 



The Record of Callltrlche truncata in Co. Cork. 



One of the localities given for this species in Babington s Manual, ed. 



VII. and VIII. is Glansiskin, Co. Cork, but we do not know of any other 



record of its occurrence in Ireland. Mr. Scully recently sent us a Callitriche 



from the late Mr. A. G. More's herbarium, collected at Glansiskin, which 



was supposed to be the plant, but upon examination we found it to be C. 



hamiilata. By the kindness of Professor Marshall Ward we have since had 



the opportunity of examining the specimen in the Cambridge Herbarium, 



collected by Mr. J. Carroll at Glansiskin, and labelled C. tnmcata by 



Professor Babington, and this also proved to be C. hamulata. There does 



not therefore appear to be any evidence that C. truncata is an Irish plant. 



It is, however, quite likely that it may yet be found on the South or 



West, inasmuch as it occurs in the South of England, Guernsey, and the 



West of France. 



H. & J. Groves. 



ZOOLOGY. 



INSECTS. 



Supposed Occurrence of American Beetles in Ireland. 



I have sent a note to the Entoniolists' Monthly Magazine to record the 



fact that in an Ash-tree which was being cut up in the yard of Messrs. 



Bass and Co., Burton-on-Trent, were numerous larvae and a few perfect 



specimens of two North American longicorns, viz., Neodytus caprea. Say., 



and N. erythrocephalus, Fab. As this tree was stated to have been felled at 



Carrick-on-Suir, it might be worth the while of any one collecting in 



that district to search for other specimens. 



Phii^ip B, Mason. 



AMPHIBIANS. 



The Frog In Ireland. 



As an argument for the comparatively recent introduction of the Frog, 

 I can state that the natives of Cape Clear say it is unknown there, and in 

 four or live excursions to that island in various years I have failed to 

 find a trace of it in any stage, though there are very suitable localities 

 for it to breed in. I wonder if it is absent from our other islands, all of 

 which have, I suppose, been detached from Ireland more recently than 

 Ireland from Great Britain. 



Jo JIN J. Woi,KK. 



