The Seag u 11 Bog , Tu I la m o re. 175 



Sphagnum making up the bulk of the vegetation, assisted by 

 Andromeda, Cranberry, Cotton-grass, and the two Sundews 

 previously mentioned. But where the gulls have settled an 

 abrupt change is noticeable. All the above plants disappear 

 and they are replaced by dense and luxuriant beds of rushes 

 (./• effusus and J. acutiflorus), Sorrel (Rumex acetosd), and Soft- 

 grass (Holcus lanattts), among which grow many plants which 

 do not normally affect the centre of an extensive and very wet 

 bog, such as the Chickweed (Stellaria media), Heath Groundsel 

 (Scnecio sylvaticus), Rape (Brassica Naptis), Creeping Crowfoot 

 (Ranunculus rcpens), Pearlwort (Sagina procumbc?is), Broad- 

 leaved Mouse-ear (Cerastium glomcratum), Small-flowered 

 Willow-herb (Epilobium parviflorum), and so on. That the 

 original flora is killed off by the continued trampling, and by 

 the accumulation of guano, there can be no doubt ; while other 

 stronger plants which love wet manured ground, and others 

 again whose seeds have been eaten by the birds, spring up to 

 take their place. It was late in the afternoon ere we again 

 reached the edge of the bog, and drove back to the hospitable 

 rectory at Geashill, where a few botanical notes were gleaned 

 from Canon Russell and his sisters, such as the occurrence of 

 the Toothwort (Lathreca squamarid) in some abundance not 

 far off, and of the Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris) in Clonad 

 Wood, where it is thoroughly naturalized, if not native ; I was 

 shown specimens of the Fly Orchis (Ophrys musciferd) collected 

 in the county. An evening drive to the station, and a couple 

 of hours train journey in pleasant company, completed a most 

 interesting day, made doubly enjoyable by the kindly hospi- 

 tality that was extended to me. 



NOTES. 



ZOOLOGY. 



INSECTS 



Deilephila livornica in Co. Meath. — On Sunday, June roth, 

 1894, about 9.45 p.m., I took on the wing, near a clump of rocket plants 

 in bloom, in the garden of Riverston, Trim, Co. Meath, a fine fresh 

 specimen of this handsome hawk-moth. The insect was flying with the 

 wind, which was blowing pretty sharply from about north-north-east. — ■ 

 Louisa E. Cuppage, Riverston, Trim. 



[It appears from the catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Ireland by Mr. 

 W. F. de Vismes Kane, now being published in The Entomologist, that 

 there are records of captures of this insect on six or seven previous oc- 

 casions in Ireland. The number of specimens taken before the present 

 are amounting in all to twelve — i.e., two at Youghal, two at F,nnis, and 



