1900.] 'Notes. 233 



ZOOLOGY. 



ANNELIDS 



Irish Nephthydldae. 



In his notes from tlie Gatty INIarine Laboratory of St. Andrews, Prof. 

 W. C. M'Intosh, Ann, and Mag, Nat. Hist. (7), vol. v., March, 1900), reviews 

 the British Nephthydidce, a family of marine worms. Of the nine British 

 species several are known from the Irish coasts, and one, vi/,, N. hystricis 

 is new to science. The latter was obtained at Castletown-Berehaven 

 during one of the Royal Irish Academy dredging expeditions. Another, 

 N. incisa, procured on the shores of Connemara by the late Mr. A. G. 

 More, is not known from any English or Scottish stations, but also occurs 

 in Scandinavia. 



INSECTS. 



Achcrontlaatropos off the Wexford Coast. 



Mr. A. B. Wall, Master of the Coningsbeg Lightship, ten miles off the 

 south coast of Co. Wexford, has just presented to the Dublin Museum 

 through me a Death's-head INIoth, caught on board the lightship on 

 June nth. Within the past eighteen years I have received about a 

 dozen specimens of this moth from Irish lighthouses, but always from 



mainland stations. 



Richard M. Barrington. 



P'assaroe, Bray. 



MAMMALS. 



Bats In the North of Ireland. 



Perhaps the following notes may be of interest as helping to add a 

 little to our knowledge of the distribution of Bats in Ireland. 



In 1898 I received four species of Bats from the undernoted localities : — 

 Plecotus anritus (Long-eared Bat).— Belfast, Co. Antrim. Kilkeel, Co. 



Down. Clough, Co. Down. Cootehill, Co. Cavan. Castlederg, Co. 



Tyrone. Limavady, Co. Londonderry. 

 Vesperugo pipistrelhis (Common Bat).— Belfast. Co. Antrim. Rostrevor, 



Co. Down. Donaghcloney, Co. Down. Annalong, Co. Down. 



Strandtown, Co. Down. Holy wood, Co. Down. Cootehill, Co. 



Cavan. Limavady, Co. Londonderry. Sligo, Co. Sligo. Granard, 



Co. Longford. Castlederg, Co. Tyrone. 

 Vfsperugo Leisleri (Hairy-armed Bat).— Whitehouse, Co. Antrim. Marino. 



Co. Down. Belturbet, Co. Cavan. I also saw a specimen got at 



Belmont, Co. Down, in September, 1896. 

 Vespertilio mystacinus (Whiskered Bat).— See Irish Naturalist for June, 1900, 



p. 162. 



Robert Patterson. 



Belfast. 



