P2 [March, 



localities. Ceuthorrhynchvs lUura, a species of which only a few specimens had been 

 occasionally met with, was exceedingly abundant on thistles, in June, all over the 

 district. Clonus scrophularice and C. pulchellus, the former new to the district, and 

 tlie latter only recorded once previously, were by no means rare on Scrophularia 

 and Verhascum i-especlively. 



The above are some of the most noticeable features of the past year, as repre- 

 sented by the local Coleoptera. Of course, none of the species mentioned are by any 

 means generally rare, but their occurrence may be, perhaps, interesting, as showiuj^ 

 how a local fauna may be modified by iiillucnces probably climatic. — W. E. SiiAUP, 

 Ledsham, Cheshire : February, 1897. 



A'epophilus Bonnairei, Sign., on the Irish Coast. — The south-western distribution 

 in England of this interesting marine Hemipteron would naturally lead to an ex- 

 pectation of its occurrence on the south coast of Ireland. It is satisfactory, 

 therefore, to be able to record the capture of a specimen by my friend and colleague 

 Mr. A. R. Nichols. While engaged in collecting marine invertebrates near Dun- 

 garvan, Co. Waterford, for the Royal Irish Academy Flora and Fauna Committee, 

 he found the insect under a stone below high-water mark. — Geo. H. Caepentee, 

 Science and Art Museum, Dublin : January, 1897. 



Food-plants of riatyptilia tesseradactyin, L. — I am afraid that in my notice 

 of the occurrence of this insect in Ireland {ante p. 25) I inadvertently gave one of 

 its food-plants two difPerent names — deriving that portion of my information, of 

 course, from continental authors. My old friend the Kev. E. N. Bloomfield writes, 

 quoting Mr. Hemsley of the Kcw Herbarium — " Onaphalium dioieum is a synonym 

 of Antennaria dioica. The name Gnaphalium arenarium has been applied to at 

 least four different plants, various species of Helichrysnm, and Gnaphalium luteo- 

 albiim, probably the plant intended. This (Jersey cudweed) grows in Jersey and 

 Guernsey, but is not wild in Britain. 



With respect to Gnaphalium (Antennaria) dioieum, Bentham says, ''Abundant 

 in Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and many parts of England, descending occasionally 

 nearly to the coast level ; general habitat, mountain heaths, common in Northern 

 Europe, Asia and America to the Arctic Regions, and in the great mountain ranges 

 of Central and Southern Europe and Russian Asia." 



I am greatly indebted to my friend for this correction ; the group of plants is 

 obscure, and the species often hard to determine. Little doubt need, I think, be 

 felt that the latter plant (Gnaphalium dioieum) is the food of this little "plume " 

 in its newly discovered Irish localities. — CnAS. G. Barrett, 39, Linden Grove, 

 Nunhead, S.E. : February, 1897. 



Colias Hyale in Scotland. — I took a specimen in a clover field on August 5th 

 last. I saw it flying in the field, and was at once struck by its unusual colour, so 

 gave chase, but was not at once able to capture it. It did not, however, leave the 

 field, and after waiting some time my chance came at last. It settled on some clover 

 near, and with a cautious approach and a quick down sweep of the net I landed it 

 all right. I need not say that I was astonished when I saw what I had got, but I 

 misnamed it C. Edusa, and have not before mentioned the capture because my book 



