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Duudalk; 7ori7/s nodosa, at Dromaiitce; Vacciniio/i vitis-idcea, Mclui/ipynon 

 />faL'/isc' var. nwuiamiDi, and I'ini;niii(Ia lusitaiiiia, on Slievc OiilHoii ; Cinica 

 alpina and Trifolium mcdhun, base of Carlini^ford mountain; rolypodiutn 

 phegopftris, HyDienophyJhim ivilsoni, and Scdum rhodiola, near summit of 

 Carlingford mountain; CheiK^dinn bonics-hcnrkus and Malva rolundifolia, 

 Carlingford town; Erynghwi^friaritimitm, Claiicium flavum, Torilis nodosa, 

 Polyoomim raii, Atriplex arenaria, Silene anglica, Sinapis alba, Cyuoglossiin: 

 oJ/icinaL; Linaria viinoy, Euphorbia exigiia, Papaver argetnone and Carduns 

 crispus, at Greenore; Lastrea a'/iiula, L. oroptcn's, and Hynienophyllitm titn- 

 bridgense, on Ferry-hill; Statice bahiisicnsis,an(\. Obionc portidacoidcs. Narrow- 

 water ferry; and Thrincia Jiirta, on lawn at Narrow- water castle. The 

 mosses, hepatics, and fungi are in the hands of Dr. McWeeney and Mr. 

 M'Ardle, who will report on them later, when the material collected is 

 worked out. In the department of zoology, the beetles taken include: — 

 Noiiophilus bigiittattis, Ehtphrus citpreiis, Phicdon tumidulus, ErirrJiimis 

 acridiihis^ Dundalk; Silpha siibrotitndala, Lochnicea suturalis. Fathom 

 mountain; Cafhis xantholonia, Gastroidca polygoni, Ilypcra polygoni, at 

 Greenore; Serica bninnea, Oiiorrhynchus iiiaiiriis, Carlingford; Barynotits 

 schonhetri, Slieve GuUion: while among the rarer Ilcniipiera are: — Gerris 

 costtc, in small pool near top of Slieve GuUion; Salda ortlwchila, Slieve 

 Gullion; Pithaniis viaerkeli, Dundalk; Calocoris 7-oseoinaailaUis, Carlingford; 

 Lygus liicoi-um, Duudalk and Fathom; N^otoncda glauca, in lake at 1,800 feet 

 on Slieve Gullion. L,epidoptera were yer}- few in number, and of no special 

 interest. 



NOTES 



BOTANY. 



FUNGI. 



Fung:! from the South -West. — On the Royal Irish Academy 

 excursion to the neighbourhood of Castletown Bere, Co, Cork, I collected 

 the following as well as other species : — Tremclla induratu, Sommerf., 

 Dunboy Castle ; Coniophora, sp. indet., ibid. ; Marasmhis, sp. indet., ibid. ; 

 Ceratium hydnoides, A. and S., abundant in Dunboy wood ; Dadylium 

 roscum, Bk. ; Stachyhotrys atra, Ca., growing in conjunction with Chcetomium 

 cJiartaruni, Khrb. ; Puccmia saxifragce, vSchlecht, on S. umbrosa. Hungry 

 Hill; Melampsora helioscopice, Pers., on Eup)horbia hiberna, everywhere; 

 Sphcerotheca castagnci, Lev., abundantly on Euphorbia hiberna. (As the con- 

 ceptacles were not perfectly ripe, some doubt remains as to the identity 

 of the species.) Nibrissea margarita, White, on dead heather stems in 

 boggy places, at altitudes above 1,000 feet on Hungry-hill, Co. Cork ; 

 Lachnea scutcllata, Linn., Dunboy; Arcyrca incarnata, P., ibid. In conclu- 

 sion, it should be stated that two circumstances were especially unfavour- 

 able to the collection of large numbers of fungi — the dryness of the 

 weather, and the rapidity with which it was necessary to proceed, I 

 have no doubt that had I been able to devote several days to Dunboy 

 wood, I should have been able to record a much greater number of 

 interesting species.— Ed. J. M'WeenEY, Dublin. 



Fungi from Altadore, Co. Wicklow.— Towards the end of 

 June I paid a visit to this beautiful little glen along with Dr. ScharfF and 

 Mr, Praeger, and found the following species : — A. (Pluteus) cervinus, 

 ScharfF; A. (Myccna) cpi2)terygius, Scop,; Caluccra cornea, Fr. ; Hydniim 

 ahdaceum, Fr. ; 3IoUesia discolor, Mont,; Lachnclla schumacheri, Fr., var. 



