J24 The Irish Naturalist. [Dec, 



additions to the ust of irish acui.eatb 

 hymknoptp:ra during 1897. 



By Percy B. Freke and H. K. Gor« Cuthbert. 



Formica fusca cunlcularla (Latr.)— Ballybunion, Co. Kerry — 

 Cuthbert. 



Crabro aphldum (Lep.)— Borris, Co. Carlow— Freke. 



Odynerus sinuatus (Fab.) — Borris, Co. Carlow— Freke. 

 '.^. Nomada Jacobseae (Panz.)— Ballybunion, Co. Kerry— Cuthbert. 



Besides these, some insects were taken which were desiderata 

 though not new to our fauna. 



Sal I us exaltatus (Fab.) — Has hitherto remained on our list c.f^ 

 t)r. Foot {Proc. Dublin Nat. Hist. Soc.) without locality. It has been 

 taken this season at Tramore, Co. Waterford, by Freke ; and at Bally- 

 bunion, by Cuthbert. 



Andrena anaIIs(Panz.) — Is reported as occurring in Ireland, without 

 locality, by Smith (Cat. Brit. Bees., 1871, p. 65). It has been taken at 

 Ballybunion, by Cuthbert. 



NOTES. 



BOTANY. 



PHANEROGAMS. 



June and December. 



On October 24th, riding to Rathdrum, I noticed a Holly-bush by the 

 roadside at Glenealy covered with berries, already bright scarlet, and fes- 

 tooned with a copious garland of Honeysuckle in full blossom, and de- 

 lightfully fragrant — a pretty combination of mid-summer and mid- 

 winter. 



R. IvI^OYD PRAEGER. 



ZOOLOGY. 



MOLLUSCS. 



Helix erlcetorum, Mull., reversed. 



In view of the extreme rarity of this monstrosity, it may be worth 

 while to record its occurrence — possibly for the first time — in Ireland. 

 The example belongs to the var. alba, and was sent me in October from 

 Bundoran. It is, however, recent, though a dead shell, and not semi' 

 fossil like the sinistral H, nemoralis of that locality. 



B. Tom 1,1 N. 



