1896.] Notes. 167 



Lathraea squamaria In Klngr's Co,— Lathraa squamaria \s ioun^ 

 growing freely in this county. It is well developed on the lawn of 

 Geashill Rectory under Beech-trees, and quite lately I found it about 

 nine miles from here on a ditch along the road through Glonad Wood 

 The plant fastens itself to the roots of the Beech by small attachments 

 or discs ; but it also grows round the roots, forming a sort of envelope or 

 outer sheath ; a section which I have prepared shows well the way in 

 which the cellular tissue of the plant passes into that of the wood. 



C. D. RUSSEI,!., Geashill. 



Lathraea squamaria. — I see an inquiry inyourMaynumberasto the 

 occurrence of Lathraa sqttaviaria. It is found at Heywood, near Clonmel ; 

 my impression is that it is parasitic upon Elm there. It also grows in 

 Strabane Glen, Co. Tyrone, on the roots of Hazel. 



A. H. DEI.AP, Strabane. 



Allium triquetrum, L., in Co. Cork. — This interesting South 

 European plant occurs in at least two stations in this county. In 1890 I 

 found it (about 20 or 25 plants) in a grassy hollow near Dunkettle on the 

 northern side of Cork Harbour, where it has since continued to hold its 

 own, and this year Surgeon W. G. Axford, R.N., has discovered it at 

 Monkstown, some eight miles south and on the opposite side of the 

 harbour. Though not a native, the occurrence of this species here in a 

 wild state is remarkable, as its British distribution, like that of many 

 other Cork plants, is limited to Cornwall, where it is thoroughly 

 naturalized, and the Channel Islands, while on the continent it is found 

 only in S. France, Spain, and Italy. 



R. A. Phii,i,ips, Cork. 



ZOOLOGY. 



SPIDERS. 

 Discovery of the grenus Atypus In King's Co. — A very interest- 

 ing addition to our Irish list of spiders has been made by the discovery 

 of the tubular nest of a female Atypiis by Rev. Canon Russell of Geashill, 

 near TuUamore. The specimen was kindly sent by him to the Dublin 

 Museum and has been authenticated by Rev. O. R Cambridge. Pending 

 the discovery of the maker of the nest the species must remain doubtful, 

 though it will probably be the less rare British form, Atypus piceus, Sulz 

 Aiyptis is the only British genus of the Aviciilariidx^ the family which 

 contains the great " bird-eating " spiders of the tropics and the trap-door 

 spiders of southern Europe. This spider constructs a long silken tube 

 in the earth, but there is no trap-door ; the end of the tube protrudes for 

 a few inches above the surface. The nest sent by Canon Russell con- 

 tained a caterpillar of Hepialus hunmli, which may have been dragged in 

 by the spider as prey. 



Geo. H. Carpeno^er. 



INSECTS. 

 Formica rufa. — This ant occurs sparingly in a wooded glen in the 

 Co. Waterford, near Clonmel, about two miles south of the town. 



A. H. DeIyAP, Strabane. 



