84 The Irish Naturalist. 



Festuca sylvatica in Co. Cork.— Mr. R. W. Scully writes to 

 the Journal of Botany that he has added this handsome grass to the flora 

 of Co. Cork, having found it in 1891 growing in a rocky wood overhang- 

 ing the Glanmire estuary. 



The Flora of Donegal— A Correction.— Mr. H. C. Hart, F.L.S., 

 writes us, as follows: — "Kindly correct an error on page 15 of your last 

 [January] issue. — 'The flora of Donegal, I am informed by Mr. H. C. 

 Hart, comprises about 720 species.' I informed Mr. Praeger that I had 

 not decided at what figure to place the flora of Donegal, as it depended 

 on how far liuhi and Hieracia were to be admitted as counting towards 

 the total. If I count each form of bramble and hawkweed as a ' species,' 

 my total will very considerably exceed Mr. Praeger's estimate." — EdS. 



Mr. Hart wrote me, re flora of Donegal, imder date September 23rd, 

 1892 — " If I adopt new London catalogue, it would be a good lot over 700, 

 if I adhere to Hooker it would reduce the total, but certainly not below 

 the 700." The figure I quoted {720) was based on this statement, coupled 

 with Mr. Hart's numerous published papers on the Donegal flora ; I 

 regret if it is below the mark. My phrase "I am informed by Mr. Hart," 

 should read " I infer from information supplied by Mr. Hart." — R. Li^oyd 

 Prae;ge;r. 



ZOOLOGY. 



MOLLUSCS. 



Additional Localities for Irish Land and Freshwater Mol- 

 lusca. — I record a few localities in which I have taken Land and 

 Freshwater Mollusca, not included in Dr. Scharfif's most interesting 

 articles (/. N. vol. i.). I am much indebted to Dr, Scharff for help in 

 identifying specimens of which I did not feel sure. Vitrina pdlucida occurs 

 in Districts I. and XI. From my experience of the variety of surround- 

 ings in which this is found, I am sure District III., the only blank at 

 present, will speedily be included in its distribution; Hyalinia cellaria is 

 abundant in XL; H. crystal! ina occurs not rarely in XL ; H. fidva, abun- 

 dant in certain localities in II.; H. excavata occurs in II.; Arion hortensis is 

 abundant in X., the blank districts of this widely-distributed slug almost 

 certainly indicate simply that it has not been looked for; A. intermedins 

 occurs in II. on Waterford side of river Suir; Li max Jlavns I found in my 

 lodgings in X., a decidedly unpleasant fellow-lodger; Amalia so7.verbyi is 

 not uncommon in X. ; LLelix pnlc]iella occurs in District X., as usually, in 

 my experience, on sand-hills; H. aeuleata, half a dozen specimens in Stra- 

 bane Glen, X.; H. lamellata is abundant in one small glen in X., similar 

 glens close by seemed destitute of it; LL. hortensis occurs abundantly as a 

 recent fossil in marl in District II, I have taken it alive in XL, which 

 Dr. Scharff marks (?); Bulimin^is ohsciirits, I saw and examined one speci- 

 men of this taken in IL, but entirely failed to procure specimens myself; 

 Balea pej-versa is widely distributed in IL; Snccinca elegans is, I think, quite 

 as common as S. pntris in II. ; CarycJiinm minimum occurs in X. ; Limmca 

 stagnalis abounds in Co. Tipperary (II.) in certain small isolated ponds, it 

 also occurs in River vSuir; L. auricularia is found in one pond in Co. Tip- 

 perary (IL), it abounds (or used to) in the water-lily tank in Glasnevin 

 Botanic Gardens; Bythinia teniaculata occurs in Killarne}^ lower lake (I.) ; 

 Valvata cristata in several running streams in II. ; and Fisidiu?)i ajunicu?n 

 is common in River Suir (IL). From my own experience I have little 

 doubt that close search would show that the distribution of Irish mol- 

 luscs is by no means as local as the present state of these records would 

 imply. For example, it is surely rather from lack of observation, than 

 poverty in molluscs, that District III. makes so few appearances in these 

 lists. I hope that a series of papers may appear ere long in The Irish 

 Naturalist dealing with our marine mollusca. Such if written in a popular 

 form would be a great boon to collectors who are unable to procure the 

 expensive authorities on this subject. — A. H. Dei<ap, Faniiett, Letter- 

 kenny. 



