184 '^ fic Irish Naturalist. October. 



Geological'Section. — September 2. Excursion to HillsportJsland- 

 MAGEE. — The party, numbering sixteen, left Belfast by the 2.15 train for 

 Ballycarry station, and drove thence to Gobbins Brae. After descending 

 to Hillsport, the railway company's path along the face of the cliffs 

 was taken, and the variations in the nature of the successive basic lava 

 flows, were noted. Fine zeolites were collected, including natrolite, 

 chabazite, gmelinite, levync and phillipsite. 



The Chalk, Greensand and Lias were examined near Hillsport. No 

 continuous sections are visible, but blocks of tlie various types are scattered 

 along the base of the undcrcliff. The " Chloritic Sands " yielded 

 Echinocorys scutatus, Camerospongia fungiformis, Scrfyiila filijormis, 

 RhynchoncUa robusta, and spines of Cidaris. Ventriculites and fragments 

 of Inoceramus were also plentiful in certain bands. Two outcrops of 

 the Lower Lias occur. The fossils most frequently met with here arc 

 Ammonites planorbis, Cardinia ovalis, and Astarte Gueuxii. 



Several caves in the Gobbins cliffs were observed, showing old sea 

 floors at a considerable elevation above the highest tides of to-day. 



NOTES. 



BOTANY. 



Spiranthes Eomanzoffiana in Co. Down. 



On July 29th, on the occasion of the Belfast Naturalists' Fiekl Club's 

 excursion to Ellis's Cut, when examining the shore of Lough Neagh, 

 townland of Kilmore, Co. Down, I had the good fortune to see growing 

 a few plants of the above, in fine form, and full bloom. 



Nathaniel Carrothers. 

 Belfast. 



Irish Uredineae. 



Mr. W. B. Grove would be much obliged if those Irish botanists who 

 take an interest in the Uredineae would send him specimens of all the 

 rarer species they collect, especially all that grow on grasses and sedges. 

 Every specimen must be accompanied by the name of the host, the locality 

 and the date. Address to the University, Botanical Department, 

 Birmingham. 



ZOOLOGY. 



Nagara nana -A correction. 



In my note on this woodlouse (page 156 supra) the insertion of a 



semicolon after the word " body " on line 25 renders the sentence somewhat 



obscure. It should read— Colour grey, with paler oblong spots on the 



body segments, forming a pale longitudinal line. 



Nevin H. Foster. 



Hillsborough, Co. Down. 



