1S4 The Irish Naturalist. 



^Professor Grenyiixe Coee, F.G.S., Vice-President Dublin Naturalists' 

 Field Club, in response to a request from the Chair, gave a short account 

 illustrated by diagrams and maps, of the geology of the district. Subse 

 quently he spoke of the success of the present excursion, and of the 

 advisability of holding more of such meetings. He spoke in compli- 

 mentary terms of the Irish Naturalist, which he considered fulfilled the 

 very want Mr. Neale spoke of, and to which every member of the several 

 Clubs should subscribe. 



Mr. John Iy. Copeman, Secretary Cork Naturalists' Field Club, thanked 

 the members for their kind appreciation of his efforts to render the 

 excursion a success. The Cork Club were quite in favour of the proposed 

 excursion next year, for which Athlone and Gal way had been suggested 

 as suitable rendezvous. 



Mr. R. Lxoyd Praeger, Secretary Dublin Naturalists' Field Club, on 

 behalf of the editors of the I. N., assured the meeting of their anxiety to 

 give information and to publish records, and to act as a means of com- 

 munication between the Irish Field Clubs. As to the proposed Field 

 Club conference, he read a letter from Mr. Bigger, Secretary of the 

 Belfast Club, advocating such a meeting, and the meeting having now 

 definitely approved of the scheme, he thought the matter might be 

 safely left in the hands of his fellow-secretaries to carry out ; he felt no 

 doubt that it would have a stimulating and beneficial effect on Irish 

 Science. 



The meeting then broke up. 



Early on the third morning a start was made in wagonettes down 

 the beautiful Blackwater Valley for Lismore. On the way a few plants 

 were noted — Verbascum Thapsus, Arenaria trinervis, and Euphorbia hiberna 

 (one plant by road-side — planted ?). Arrived at Lismore Castle, the 

 " hanging gardens " were appointed a rendezvous, and members were al- 

 lowed two hours to engage in their favourite pursuits. The botanists 

 found good ground in the woods and neighbouring magnificent glen, and 

 returned with Milium cffusum, Festuca sylvatica (second record for Co. Cork), 

 Lastrea uvuula, and Orobanche Hederce. 



The entomologists found Lismore an admirable collecting ground. 

 The very rare moth Grophria quadra was taken by Mr. F. Neale on the 

 bark of an oak tree, while the wings of Dasychira pudibunda were found in 

 a spider's web. Beetles included Bcmbidium pimctulatum, Deronectes dtpressus, 

 Elmis Volkmari, Crepidodera helixines, Leiopus nebulosa, Athous niger, Galerucelia 

 lineola, Lagria liirta, CcutJirorliynchus litura, Cassida equestris, C. viridis, and C. 

 Jlaveola. Among the Hemiptera were Palomcna prasina, Salda sanatoria, 

 Calocoris strialidus, and Sigara minutissima. The dragon-fly Caloptcryx virgo 

 and the stone-fly Perla maxima were taken near the river. A complete 

 list of the insects taken will be published in due course. Among spiders 

 Prosthesima Latreillei and Linyphia moutaua were noteworthy; also OligolopJius 

 cphippiatus among the Harvestmen. 



At lunch, which was ready in the gardens, specimens of Orobanche 

 rapum, found in the neighbourhood by the forester of the estate, were 

 shown, and a house-spider, Pholcus phalangioidcs, new to Ireland, was dis- 

 covered by Mr. D. W. Freeman in a room. The return drive to Fermoy 

 was made along the southern bank of the Blackwater, where Hypericum 

 dubium grew in great abundance on banks by the roadside. Fermoy was 

 reached punctually at 5.0, when dinner was ready, after which the party 

 proceeded to the railway station and departed to their several homes, 

 amid mutual expressions of satisfaction and pleasure at the success of the 

 excursion, and the enjoyment derived from it, and at the beautifully fine 

 weather with which they were favoured. 



