I902. Notes. 173 



Early appearance of Vanessa io, 



Last month I recorded a very late capture of thivS butterfly by Rev. C. 

 Iv. Garnett, M.A., at Tynan, Co. Armagh ; 1 have now to record the cap- 

 ture by the same gentleman of the same butterfly on April 26th, at 

 Ardtrea Rectory, Co. Tyrone. Considering the season and the position 

 of Ardtrea this capture is remarkably early. 



Mr. Garnett notes the appearance of Parage egeria on April 25th, and 

 Eztchloe cardaviines and Pieris napi on April 28th. 



W. F. Johnson. 

 Poyntzpass. 



Monohammus confusor at Belfast. 



A specimen of this fine North American Longicorn was sent to me by 

 Mr. W. H. Patterson, M.R.I.A. It was captured in a garden in the vicinity 

 of Belfast. A quantity of wood that had come as ship's dunnage from 

 Texas was carried to the garden in question, and the gardener, who was 

 cutting up the wood, noticed three cocoons, or " cops"' as he called them, 

 and threw them away ; soon after the beetle was captured near the same 

 spot. 



W. F. Johnson. 



Poyntzpass. 



Vertigo edentula on Furze bushes. 



I discovered a strange habitat for this species a few days ago. As I 

 was beating some Whin bushes to dislodge weevils I had folded my 

 handkerchief round a forked twig to form a beating tray (this presented 

 a surface less than 7"+ 7")- 1*h^ weevils were plentiful, but I was sur- 

 prised to find several small shells knocked down with them. I continued 

 my operations for fully ten yards along the fence and the rain of shells 

 continued all this distance. 



Considering the size of my tray the colony must have been a fairly 

 large one. I secured sixteen shells, but many more were blown away 

 before I could secure them. 



I had not previously found this species except on the surface of the 

 ground, and then generally under moss or leaves, while in this case they 

 were between two and three feet from it. 



Hugh I,. Orr. 



Belfast. 



