Notes. 157 



G. More) been found in three other localities in District i. I have, my- 

 self seen it growing at one of these localities, viz., in the wood nearLickeen 

 House, Lough Caragh ; but in 1891 there were only a few plants. It has 

 also (Journ. Bot., 1889) been found about half a mile east of Brickeen 

 Bridge, Muckross (i.) A new station is mentioned in the June number 

 of the Irish Naturalist viz., Hare Island, Lough Ree, Westmeath, 

 which also adds another District (vii.) 



In his description of the plant, Bentham (5th edition, revised by Sir 

 J. Hooker, p. 438) says: — " The bracts very short, mostly one to two lines 

 long, or the lowest rarely as long as the ovary." The lowest bract in one 

 of tlie specimens that I gathered is slightly more than half an inch longer 

 than the ovary. — William W. FlEmyng, Coolfin, Co. Waterford. 



ZOOLOGY. 



CRUSTACEA. 



Ligia ocean ica on the Calway coast.— Mr. R. M. Barrington 

 has obtained a specimen of this isopod on the " Stags of Broadhaven," Co. 

 Mayo. This is the first record lor any of the Irish islands, and the 

 second for the west coast. (For description and figure of this species 

 see my paper on the Irish Woodlice in January and February numbers 

 of the Irish Naturalist, 1894).— R. S. Scharff, Dublin. 



INSECTS 



Leucophasia sinapis and IYlelitaea aurlnia in the Co. 

 Waterford. — Of the first-mentioned butterfly I was fortunate enough 

 to capture two specimens on the 16th of May. I have never before seen 

 them here. Five years ago, my friend, Mr. R. Reynett, an excellent 

 entomologist, took one specimen here. He has already got seven this 

 year. Of Mditcea aurinia 1 found, on the 26th of last month (April), three 

 larvae. They were feeding on one of their usual food-plants, viz., Scabiosa 

 succisa. Two of them have already (May 22) changed to pupae. — William 

 W. FlEmyng, Coolfin Rectory, Portlaw, Co. Waterford. 



Larvae of Vanessa atalanta. A correction .—A friend suggests 

 that I should correct a slight error in a note on larvae of Vanessa atalanta in 

 the March number of the Irish Naturalist (p. 67). The larvae referred 

 to as sent in January by me to the Kditor of the Entomologists' Record, were 

 not found then, but had been reared indoors from about November 1st. 

 I have had V. atalanta emerging freely from pupae up to Christmas, and a 

 few much later ; but in no case have I found larva or pupa alive after 

 November 1st, about which time last year we had some heavy hoarfrosts, 

 and I do not believe that even in our mild climate it is possible for the 

 butterfly to survive the winter save in the perfect state Pupae seem 

 more easily destroyed by cold and damp than larvae, and I found con- 

 siderable difficulty sometimes in procuring nettles for them through the 

 winter. — John J. Wolfe, Skibbereen, Co. Cork. 



Wasps at Bray. — Mr. R. M. Barrington has kindly sent me a lot 

 of queen wasps, as he did last year (Irish Naturalist, vol. ii., p. 199). 

 The great majority again prove to be Vespa vulgaris ; only two V. rufa 

 were to be found, while there were fifteen specimens each of the two 

 tree-building species — V. sylvestris and V. norvegica. I was glad to find 

 eight examples of V. germanica, a species not in last year's consignment. 

 The rare V. arborea, however, which so agreeably surprised us last year, 

 was not to be found on the present occasion. — Geo. H. Carpenter. 



