i274 ^^^ Irish Nattcralisi. [Oct., 



do with its scarcity. I may mention that the larvae of Melitaa aurinia^ 

 which I mentioned in a former note {I.N., vol. v., 190) duly pupated and 

 emerged, giving me a very handsome series of this pretty butterfly, some 

 being very dark. 



W. F. Johnson, Acton Glebe, Poyntzpass. 



MOLLUSCS. 



Marine MoIIusca of Co. Galway.— In April last, the following 

 species were collected on the extensive strand between Bunowen and 

 Slyne Head, Connemara, in addition to the many commoner ones that 

 characterize the shell-sand of Roundstone (see LJSf., ^895, pp. 264-5). 

 The shells have been kindly determined by Dr. Chaster. 



Aclis minima^ Jeff. ; A. stipraniiida ; A. unica ; Scalaria communis ; S. 

 dathratuta ; Houialogyra atomus ; H. rota ; Odostoniia rissoides ; 0. nivosa ; 0, 

 insculpta I (9. diaphana ; O. Warreni ; 0. nitidis si>na ; Eulima incut va ; 

 Cerithiopsis concatenata {~-puhhella^ Jeff.) ; Rissoa Jtdgida ; R. obiusa (==.soluta, 

 Jeff.); Cyclostremaserpuloides ; C, nitens. 



R. We;i,CH, Belfast. 



MoIIusca of Cavan Excursion.— Land and Freshwater Shells 

 collected near Cavan, loth to 13th July, 1896: — Vitrina pellucida, Kilmore 

 graveyard ; Hyalinia cellaria^ Kilmore graveyard ; H. Draparnaudi^ Kil- 

 more graveyard; H. allariuy Kilmore and Farnham woods; H. fulva^ 

 old quarry at Crossdoney; H, crystallina^ Kilmore, on old mossy wall ; H» 

 nitidula^ Kilmore graveyard ; Ation ater, Limax maxiniusy Agriolimax agres' 

 tis, in woods and shore of lake near Killykeen ; Helix rotundata^ a few 

 only under fallen trees in Farnham demesne, and at Crossdoney and 

 Killykeen ; H> hispida, H. rufescens^ almost everywhere ; H. nemoralis, 

 Killykeen ; H, ncnioralis var. iniernipta^ Farnham demesne ; H. aspersa^ 

 Trinity Abbey ; Cochlicopa lubrica^ everywhere in damp moss and under 

 stones, Kilmore ; Pupa cylindracea^ everywhere on old mossy walls and on 

 Beech trunks near Derrywinny bog, some very light-coloured specimens ; 

 Vertigo pygmcza^ on fallen leaves in old quarry near Crossdone}^ plentiful ; 

 V. aniivertigo^ on lake-shore, Killykeen ; Clausilia laminata, common on 

 Beech trunks in Farnham woods ; C. Indentata, damp walls and old trees 

 almost everywhere ; Succitua putris, on shore of Trinity Island, and fine 

 large specimens on small island near Killykeen ; Carychium miniinu/fi, 

 lake-shore near Killykeen, a few ; Li/nncea stagnalis, a few on cause- 

 way at Trinity Abbey ; L. peregra^ Trinity Abbey, and on lake-shore near 

 Killykeen, and Lough Cuttragh ; L. palustris, a. few in rejactamenta on 

 Lough Oughter shore ; L. truncatula, Lough Oughter, and in old quarry, 

 Crossdoney ; Physa fontinalis, locality not noted ; Planorbis vortex^ cause- 

 way at Trinity Abbey, very plentiful ; P. contortusy P. albus, P. fontanusy 

 Lough Cuttragh ; Bythinia tentaculata, Trinity Island shore, and 

 rejactamenta at Killykeen; Valvata //jY««a/z.j-, Trinity Island shore, and 

 rejactamenta at Killykeen ,• Pisidium nitidumy Trinity Island. 



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