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Barrett's record from Galway, it would seem likely that a diligent search 

 would produce this moth from other districts. On September 8th, I had 

 the pleasure of adding Orgyia antiqua to the Armagh list, by capturing a 

 fine male in the Mullinure meadows, when beating for Peroneal. These 

 last were anything but plentiiul, though I managed to get a couple of 

 nice white forms of P. variegana. — W. F. Johnson, Armagh. 



Smerinthus ocellatus in West Cork.— Referring to the list of 

 moths found in Ireland in Irish Naturalist, October, Smerinthus ocellatus 

 was taken in the County Cork, about seven miles west of Bandon, in the 

 month of May, 1893. — C. LongfiELD, Enniskeen, Co. Cork. 



Lithosia complana In Co. Antrim. — Early in June I took a 

 larva on Lady's Fingers (Anthyllis vulneraria), at Whitehead, Co. Antrim, 

 from which I bred a fine specimen of Lithosia complana. Mr. Barrett 

 kindly confirmed my identification of the species. I believe this is the 

 first record for the North of Ireland. — W. Howard Campbell, London- 

 derry. 



[Mr. Kane records the species from Co. Down.— Eds.] 



Cirrhcedia xerampelina and Triphosia du fa it at a in Co. 

 Dublin. — On September 6th, my brother and I had the good fortune to 

 capture a specimen of Cirrhoedia xerampelina at light, and on September 

 27th, Triphosia dubitala, on a window. Mr, Carpenter, who kindly deter- 

 mined the species for us, believes that the former is new to the Dublin 

 district. — G. P. Farran, Templeogue, Co. Dublin. 



Hymenoptera of Courtown, Co. Wexford. — The following 

 aculeates, additions to my list for the district, were taken at Courtown 

 Harbour, last August, by Mr. Freke : — Mynnica ruginodis, Pompilus rtcftpes, 

 Vespa germanica, Psen pallipes, and Ccelioxys elongata. Two species, Tachytes 

 pectinipes, and Colletes Daviesana, which I met with very sparingly in the 

 locality last year, were taken by Mr. Freke in some numbers there this 

 summer. Pompilus rufipes is a very local insect in Great Britain, and I 

 cannot find any previous record of its capture in Ireland. — H. G. CuTH- 

 bfrT, Blackrock, Dublin. 



FISHES. 



The Tunny (Orcynus thynnus, L.) in Irish Waters. — A young 

 Tunny was obtained on the 5th October, by Sir Thomas Brady, in 

 a mackerel net, at Baltimore, Count} 7 Cork. There have only been two 

 or three previous Irish records — only one of which was a full-grown fish. 

 The present specimen was 4 feet long, and weighed 57 lbs. In the 

 Mediterranean, where the Tunny is common, it frequently attains the 

 weight of 1,000 lbs., and preserved in oil with salt as "thon marind," is 

 a well-known dish in France. The Tunny seems to prey on smaller 

 fishes such as the Herring, Mackerel, and Pilchard.— R. F. Scharff, 

 Dublin. 



GEOLOGY. 



Kitchen Middens in Co. Donegal.— With reference to Mr. 

 Kinahan's note in the Irish Naturalist for June, the statement that there 

 is no pottery in the Rosapenna shell-mounds is incorrect. I do not say 

 that there is plenty, but plenty to prove that pottery was used there. In 

 March and in May last year, I found, in a few minutes, five or six pieces 

 exactly like the White-park pottery, on one of the sites about 100 yards 

 S. W. of the hotel. One of these pieces, the largest, I left with the 

 manager for a little museum he was thinking of forming ; it had the 

 impressed ornament near the rim, that is so common on the White-park 

 pottery also, evidently made with a twisted thong or fibre while the ware 

 was soft. — R. Welch, Belfast. 



