136 The Irish Naturilist. July, 
DUBLIN MICROSCOPICAL CLUB. 
May 14. — The Club met at Leinster House. A. R. Nichols in the Chair. 
Prof. G. H. Carpenter showed the hypopharynx and maxillulae 
of an undetermined Helodine larva, discovered by Mr. H. Scott, in the 
West Indies, living in the water that accumulates between the leaf- bases 
of Bromeliaceous plants. The structures resemble those of the larva 
of an Irish species of Helodes latel}^ exhibited before the Club, but show 
some interesting differenced. An account with figures will be published 
in the forthcoming Report of the second International Entomological 
Congress (Oxford, 19 12). 
Dr. G. H. Pethybridge exhibited the seeds of Trijolium angulatuni 
W. et Kit., and T. pannflorum, Ehr., two species of clover which grow 
wild in the alkaline soil of certain parts of Hungary. The seeds of the 
former are strikingly similar to those of Alsike Clover, while those of the 
latter resemble seeds of White Clover. On the Continent these seeds have 
occasionally' been offered for sale for agricultural purposes, but the plants 
have little or no agricultural value, except for soils of the nature indicated 
where other clovers will not grow. Seeds of T. angitlatiim have not 
yet been found in samples of clover seed examined at the Department's 
Seed Testing Station, but on two or three occasions seeds of T. parviflorum 
have been found in samples of White Clover, although scarcely in sufficient 
quantity as to suggest that they were being used deliberately as an adul- 
terant. Botanists on the look-out for aliens might possibly find T. 
parviflorum in co. Wexford. A full account of these seeds will be found 
in Die landiv. Versuchs-Stationen, Bd. 81. 191 3, p. 433. 
CORK NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB. 
February 27. — R. J. Ussher delivered a lecture (illustrated) on 
" Our Native Birds, and their Breeding Habits." in the Assembly Rooms, 
to a very large audience. The meeting was held under the joint auspices 
of the Literary and Scientific Society and the Field Club. 
April 14. — The Club met at University College, W. B. Lacy in the 
Chair. Professor H. A. Cummins, c.m.g., delivered a lecture (illustrated) 
on " Maritime Plant Associations." At the close of the lecture, Prof. 
Cummins appealed to the members to forward specimens of seaweeds, 
more especially any collected between Cork Harbour and Bantry Bay. to 
the College for identification. Prof. Swain also invited members interested 
in geology or geography to assist in the preparation of a Glacial map of 
Cork and Kerry. 
April 28. — The twenty-first Annual General Meeting was held at 
15, South Mall, Prof. Swain (President) in the Chair. The Hon. Secretary 
(Jas. Noonan) and Hon. Treasurer (W. B. Lacy) read their Reports, which 
were adopted. A resolution was passed, tendering the warmest con- 
gratulations of the Cork Club to the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club on 
the occasion of the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the latter 
society's foundation. Miss B. Duke, b.sc, and Miss Dobbin were elected 
