292 The Irish Naturalist. [December, 



On visiting the shopkeeper in question, Mr. Alexander Wallace, grocer, 



Scotch-street, I found that the "bat " was a fine Death's-head moth. It 



had flown into his kitchen, whither I think it was probably attracted by 



a bunch of bananas that were hanging there. In my last note {ante, p, 



184), I mentioned the appearance of numbers of theHemipteron, Piezodorus 



h'iuraiits, Fab., in May, and remarked that the time of appearance was 



different from that given by Mr. Saunders. I wrote to Mr. Saunders on 



the subject, and he replied that in indicating autumn he merely meant 



that the insect was most usually met with at that time. I have this day 



(October iSth) found the autumn brood in abundance on gorse, evidently 



just out. 



W. F, Johnson, 

 Poyntzpass. 



Vanessa !o in Co. Down. 



Perhaps the following may be of use to you: — A friend of mine, when 



at Newcastle, Co. Down, about the third week in October, saw several 



of the Peacock Butterflj', Vanessa to, and captured one. Mr. W. Gray saw 



one in his garden 'at Belfast. One was brought to me got here, but this 



may have been an escape, as I had a quantity of larvae feeding, which I 



got sent from Donegal. I see by the guide book there is only one 



specimen recorded. 



J. HaMITvTON. 

 Holywood, Co. Down. 



Gnophrla quadra In Co. Wexford and the Isle of IVIan. 



The rare moth, Gnophria quadra, occurred in some numbers about 

 Ballyhyland this year. I came across two females and (I think) four 

 males between July 28th and August loth. These were all picked up 

 after heavy rains, the males mostly in a very bedraggled state, and both 

 the females dead, and I made no attempt to preserve them. I have since 

 seen, with regret, that there is no specimen of this moth in the Irish 

 collection in the Museum. It has previously been recorded for Co. 

 Wexford. 



Since writing the above note I have had a letter from my friend, Mr. 



H. Shortridge Clarke, F.E.S., of Sulby, Isle of Man, who has a splendid 



collection of Manx lepidoptera, the result of many years' work, and he 



informs me that the same species turned up this year for the first time 



in the Isle of Man, where three specimens were taken. I think this is a 



very interesting coincidence, when we consider how closelj^ the fauna of 



the Isle of Man resembles that of Ireland. 



C. B. Moffat. 

 Ballyhyland. 



FISHES. 



Porbeasrle Shark and Tope In Klllala Bay. 



About the middle of October, when walking along the sands of Ennis- 

 crone, looking out for any storm-worn birds that might have been driven 

 ashore by the N.W. gale of the previous days, I came across a specimen 



