294 The Irish Naturalist, [Nov., 



ADDITIONS TO THE UST OF IRISH ACUI^KATK 



HYMKNOPTERA. 

 BY pi:rcy e. frkke. 



The collecting season for Aculeate Hymenoptera being now 

 practically over for this year, it may be well to sum up the 

 results in a list supplementary to mine published last year. 

 I regret that the records which have come to my knowledge 

 are very few indeed. 



Hal Ictus punctatlsslmus, Schenck.— Borris, co. Carlow. Freke. 

 Andrena rosae, Panz. (not var. trimmerana). — Borris, co. Carlow. 



Freke. 

 Megrachlle marltlma, Kirby— Lambay and Killiney, co. Dublin. 



Cuthbert. 

 CoBlIoxys acuminata, Nyl.— Armagh. Rev. W. F. Johnson. 

 Psithyrus quadrlcolor, Lep.— Borris, co. Carlow. Freke. 

 Bombus smlthlanuSy White— Poyntzpass, co. Armagh. Rev. W. F. 



Johnson. 

 Bombus soroensISf Fabr. — Mullinure, co. Armagh. Rev. W. F. 



Johnson. 



I have also taken here at Borris a female of Boinbus hortorum 

 agreeing in coloration with var. siibterraneics, Auct., the only 

 variation from the hortorum type that I have yet met with in 

 Ireland, 



PROCEEDINGS OF IRISH SOCIETIES. 



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RoYAi, ZodvOGiCAi, Society. 



Recent donations include three Bleeding-heart Pigeons from J. F. 

 D'Arcy, Bsq. ; a Badger from J. F. Shackleton, Ksq. ; three Japanese 

 longtailed fowl, a goat, and three Spinning Mice from J. B. O'Callaghan, 

 Esq. ; a Parrot from D. P. C. Smyly ; two Otters and a Gannet from W. R. 

 Joynt, Esq. ; four Guinea-pigs from Col. Plunkett ; ten Guinea-pigs 

 from Messrs. J. and W. Robertson. Four Lemurs, two Squirrel- 

 monkeys, and a Gapuchin have been purchased. 



12,330 persons visited the Gardens in September. 



