62 The Irish Naturalist, April, 



On June 6, Rev. W. F. Johnson and Mrs. Johnson went 

 west, and carried out nearly four weeks' insect-collecting 

 in the Achill and Mallaranny districts. They were joined 

 two days later by W. F. dc V. Kane and T. Greer, who 

 did a week's work at Lepidoptera at Achill Sound before 

 crossing to the island. 



Prof. Cole and T. Halissy examined the geology, and 

 especially the glacial features, of the district between 

 Westport and Achill on June 14-15, when, after a day's 

 work on the island, they visited the Louisburgh district, 

 and thence home. 



On June 16, a large party crossed to the island, 

 comprising A. D. Cotton (Marine Algae), A. C. Forbes 

 (Forestry), T. Greer and W. F. de V. Kane (Lepidoptera), 

 H. Wallis Kew (Pseudoscorpiones, &c.), Paul Kuckuck 

 (Marine Algae), Pastor Carl Lindner and R. J. Ussher 

 (Birds), W. J. Lyons (Meteorology), R. Welch (Photography), 

 and R. LI. Praeger. Much collecting and observing were 

 done. Mr. Kane left on June 20 for a fortnight's collecting 

 round Louisburgh and Belclare, and Mr. Ussher and Herr 

 Lindner on the same day sailed to Belclare to join N. H. 

 Foster, who had arrived there three days previously, in 

 studying the breeding birds of the Clew Bay islands and 

 Belclare district. The majority of the rest of the party 

 returned from the island at tlie end of a week, A. D. 

 Cotton remaining there until June 24, when he proceeded 

 to Louisburgh for a week's work in company with J, 

 Adams, who had arrived there on the 22nd. Indeed, 

 during June our workers pervaded the whole district. 



In July also much work was done, especially in the 

 domain of entomology. J. N. Halbert went to Louisburgh 

 on July I for a fortnight's insect collecting. He was joined 

 on the I2th by Claude Morley, who worked there at 

 Hymenoptera, &:c., until the 20th, when he crossed to the 

 island in order to join Percy E. Grimshaw (Diptera), 

 N. Colgan (Marine Mollusca), Miss Stephens (Sponges), 

 Miss Knowles (Lichens, &:c.). Rev. Canon Lett (Mosses and 

 Hepatics), F. J. Lewis (Peat deposits), and R. LI. Praeger. 

 At the close of a busy week the party broke up. P. E. 

 Grimshaw collected at Achill, Mallai^anny and Westport 



