44 The Irish Naturalist. February, 



Our knowledge of the extent of the distribution of the 

 woodlice in the British Isles seems to be somewhat limited, 

 which is rather surprising, since the situations in which 

 they mostly occur— such as outhouses, &c. — usually produce 

 some good beetles. There seems to be an opening here for 

 some of our coleopterists. 



Anyone wishing to identify the British species of woodlice 

 can readily recognise them from the excellent descriptions 

 given by Dr. Scharff in a monograph published in the b'ish 

 Naturalist in Februar}^ 1894. 



My warmest thanks are again due to Mr. J. N. Halbert, for 

 very kindly naming and verifying a large number of beetles. 

 Mr. G. C Champion and M. Fauvel have also kindly verified 

 a few of the more critical species. 

 Belfast. 



NOTES. 



BOTANY. 

 Mosses of Northern Ireland. 



When writing the notes which appeared in this Journal, p, 10, supra, 

 I inadvertently omitted to consult Rev. C. H. Waddell's interesting paper 

 on " iMosses and Hepatics in Ulster," Ir. NaL., vol. vii., p. 157. In that 

 for Hypmim chrysophyllum and H. poly^amiim, Mr. Waddell gives prior 

 records from Co. Armagh ; and H eugyrmm is mentioned as having been 

 found by himself and Canon Lett in Co. Louth. 



Hypmim polygamiini is frequent in the vicinity of Lisburn, where I have 



since noticed it in other localities than those previously given. One of 



them is clayey ground at the Bog Mills, Co. Down, apparently a new 



county record. It occurs there with abundant Dicranella rufescens. 



J. H. Davies. 

 Lisburn. 



A Rare Variety of Lady Fern. 



:. I have seen a specimen of Athyrium Filix-famina, var. Fieldia\ gathered 

 in a lane near Newtowncunningham, Co. Donegal, by Miss J. 

 Cunningham. In this curious form the pinnae are cruciate, each dividing 

 at the base into two divergent branches. The original form, found by a 

 Miss Field in England, is well known to fern -lovers. I do not know of 

 the variety having ever been obtained since. 



R. Li,. Praegkr 

 Dublin. 



