20 The Irish Naturalist. [ January, 



by Mr. Dillon. It is probably not uncommon, but hitherto hud not been 

 definitely recorded. I^i'thyms barlmtelius, an inquiline humble-bee, was 

 taken on Hare Island, with the solitary species Halictus albipes, 11. villo- 

 suius, and Sphaodes similis. I'ormicafttsca was abundant on Hare and Quaker 

 Islands, as also the races rugiiiodis and scabrinodis of Myrmica rubra. 



Some solitary wasps, including Psen pallipcs, Pcniphrcdon Wesmocli^ Crabro 

 variiis, and Crabro leiicostontay were taken under bark along the west bank 

 of the river, south of Athlone. 



Among the more interesting spiders collected were Lycosa Icopardus, 

 abundant on the islands of Lough Ree, ixi\(\. Prosthesima lutcliana^ of which 

 a single female occurred on Hare Island. The latter is the first addition 

 to Mr. G. H. Carpenter's list of Irish Spiders published in the Prcc, R.I. A. 

 (3), vol. v., 1898, pp, 128-210. A Report on the Entomostraca dredged 

 during the excursion by Mr. Kane will be found on pp. 12-13 of this 



number. 



The result of shell-hunting was a list of 44 species. Of these the most 

 interesting were the large Claiisilia laminata, of which a few were found 

 iu the woods on Hare Island, and Hyalinia] nitida, which was very 

 numerous round the shore of the same place. 



Fossil-hunting was rewarded by the discovery of several forms which 

 have been named by Dr. A, H. Foord. The species are represented 

 mostly by immature specimens : — 



Brachiopoda. — Spirifera glabra, Martin ; .V. bisitlcala, vSowerby ; Orthis 

 resupinata, Martin ; Terebratula hastata^ Sowerby ; Rhynconella cordi- 

 for mis {!), Sowerby; Productus sp. 

 LamEI.I<IBRAXCHIAT.\, --Ztw//t77a, sp. ; Conocardiitm, sp. ; Edmondia, sp. 

 Gastropoda. —Loxonema, sp. ; Euomphahis peniangulatits, Sowerby. 



NOTES. 



ZOOLOGY 



/NSEC7\S. 



Insect Notes from County Antrim. 



The Rev. W. F. Johnson's entomological notes in the December 

 number are very interesting. My friend Mr. M'Calmont found Colias 

 cdtisa at Cultra in a clover field by the sea-shore. I found Pyraineis cardui 

 and P. alala)ita and llippanhiasafwk on the wing in M 'Art's Fort. I took 

 the larva of P. atalanta at Giant's Ring and at Castlereagh, from which I 

 reared out ten or twelve specimens. They commenced to emerge from 

 the pupa on 7th October, when a few came out, the weather having 

 changed; the remainder did not emerge until a week later ; one was 

 alive on 30th October. 



The moth M-uroglossa stdlalaniin I observed at the following places : — 

 Newtownbreda and Campbell College, Belfast, and at Doagh, County 



Antrim — in all nine specimens. 



H. L. Orr. 

 Belfast. 



