212 The Irish Naturalist [August, 



HEMIPTKRA. 



The following species were taken in Glenmalur Wood : — Acanthosoma 

 JiodDiorrhoidaJe, Calocoris striatclliis off Oaks, Cyllocoris histrionic us ^ Harpocera 

 ihoracica, Phylits i/ielaiwcephalus, Psalliis varians. In the valle}' and on the 

 lower slopes of lyUgnaquilla occurred: — Velia curretis, Miris holsatiis, and 

 Heterocordylus tibialis, the last abundantly off Broom. The sub-alpine 

 species Go-ris casta, H. S., occurred on small bog-pools at a considerable 

 altitude on Lugnaquilla in company with the common G. lacusiris. 



NOTES. 



BOTANY. 



Tccsdalia nudicaulis in Ireland. — On June 28th I had the 

 pleasure of receiving from Mrs. Leebody fine specimens of this plant, 

 which she had gathered on 26th inst. on the sandy shore of Washing 

 Bay, on Lough Neagli, in Co. Tyrone. This locality is at the south-w^est 

 corner of the lake, in a remote and unfrequented place, and Mrs. Leebody 

 reports that the plant grows in abundance there. Although Tcesdalia 

 is distributed all over England, and in Scotland as far north as 

 Elgin, it has not hitherto been known in Ireland, and furnishes an in- 

 teresting addition to our flora. 



R. L1.OYD PraegER. 



Lepidium Draba, L. — In the Journal of Botany for July, Mr. 

 Britten notes the receipt of a specimen of this alien from roadside near 

 Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford. The finder's name is not stated. 



Pinguicula grandiflora, Lam., introduced! in Co. Wexford. 



— I think it may be of interest to record the successful establishment of 

 a colony of Pingtiicida gratidiflora in Co. Wexford. About half-a-dozen 

 roots were brought from Co. Cork in 1879, and planted in a bog at the 

 foot of Blackstairs Mountain ; these have now increased to twenty-seven 

 plants, and they bloom beautifully every year in May. The only butter- 

 wort which is indigenous to these parts is Pinguicula lusitanica. 



E. V. Cooper, Killaune, Co. Wexford. 



IVlercurialis perennis in Co. IVIonag^han. — Mr. W. F. de V. 



Kane has sent me specimens of this plant from Bellanode near 



Monaghan, where it grows in a hedge-bank. It has long been known 



to grow in the adjoining county of Armagh, but is local and rare in 



Ireland. 



R. Ll,OYD PRAEGER. 



