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received specimens from the island of Rugen, in 

 Germany, and that it will be described in the next 

 part of his " Memoir " under the above name. The 

 following description is taken from one of two 

 females found on a Vole at Painswick, in Gloucester- 

 shire, in 1893, kindly sent me by Mr. C.J. Watkins, 

 who also gave me photographs of a nymph and 

 larva, evidently of the same species, from the collec- 

 tion of the Hon. C. Rothschild. Both the females 

 have been mounted in balsam. The one is in my 

 possession ; the other is in the British Museum. 



Length partly distended 3-78 mm. Coxae of all 

 legs without spines or tubercles. Palpi long and 



narrow, second joint twice the length of the 

 third joint. Capitulum prolonged laterally to a 

 prominent point on each side (fig. 17), from near 

 the ends of which spring the palpi, which are thus 

 set widely apart at the base. Coxae of fore legs 

 developed to tit into the angle thus produced. 

 Shield oval, with two posterior marginal indenta- 

 tions. Sexual orifice between the third pair of 

 legs. Tarsi of fore legs cylindrical, truncate, and 

 with very slight indentations. Body finely and 

 shield coarsely and sparsely punctate. Male un- 

 known. 



(To be continued.') 



IRISH PLANT NAMES. 

 By John H. Barbour, M.B. 



{Continued from Vol. VII., page 366.) 



Scrophularinae (continued.) 



Lusan giolla. giolla, " a lackey," hence " fol- 

 lowmen " ; " louse plant." Riabac or Lus rtabac. 

 riabac, "brindled," "grey," "louse - coloured." 

 Pedicularis palustris and P. sylvatica. lousewort. 



Bodan NA cloigin. bod, " tail," " fire " ; 

 bloigin, " a little bell." Muilcion. mill, "many"; 

 cion, " head." Mhinanthus crista-gaUi. yellow 

 rattle. 



Sriumbna saog (?). Antirrhinum majus. snap- 

 dragon, bor-biter or boar-biter in Co. Tipperary. 



Orobanchaceae. 



Sior. Siorralac. Sior, " continual," " per- 

 petual." Orobanche. species (?). broom-rape. 



Lentibularieae. 



Bodan measgan. Uacdar, " blister tops " ? 

 Broga na cumaig. W. garoine, Pinguicula vid- 

 garis. butterwort. 



Verbenaceae. 



Cruba leoin. " lion-like claw." Verbena offici- 

 nalis, simpler's joy. 



Plantagineae. 



Cruac padruig. "St. Patrick's pile." Plantago 

 major. waybread, great besom plantain, cocks, 

 groundsel in Tipperary, King's and Queen's Cos. 



Lusan tslanugad. ts-anugad, " healing." 

 Slanlus. " healing herb." Plantago lanceolata. 

 ribwort, ribgrass. 



Labiatae. 



Lusan piobair. " pepper herb." Cartloinn. 

 cart, "tree bark"; " loin," " impetuous " ; "pungent 

 bark." Meantus gairdin. Mentha sativa. spear- 

 mint. 



Cartloinn. Misimin dearg. Mionuac. 

 Mentha paludosa. bogmint. 



Feoran curraig. feoran, " marsh land " ; 

 currac, " a cap " ; " marsh caps." gipsy-wort. 



Oragan. or, "gold"; orad, " gilding " ; "gold- 

 tipped flower." Seatbog. "tender queen." 

 Origanum vulgare. marjoram. 



Lusmic RIAG breattuin. son of Britain's 

 king? Tim. time. Thymus serpyll urn. thyme. 



Calameilt. Calamintha officinalis, calamint. 



Atair liat. hoary father. Saisde cnuic or 

 coille. saisde, "sage," from sais, "arrow," cnuig 

 and cnuic, same probably, "worm." "mite,' 

 hence " wood sage." Salvia verbenaca. clary. 



AlGNEAN talmiun. aignean, " ivy " ; talmiun, 

 " of the ground." Atair lus. " father plant." 

 Eidnean talmiun. " ground ivy." Nepeta 

 gleehama. tun-hoof, cat's-foot. 



Ceanaban beag. " little moor favour." Duban 

 muit, or Duban ceancorac. duban, " hooks " ; 

 muit, " dumb." ceancorac, " favouring justice," 

 hence " dumb hooks," " hooks which favour 

 justice," possibly referring to cures effected. 

 Caubsadan. cab, "mouth," "head"; sad, 

 " dagge " ; " daggered mouth." Prunella vulgaris, 

 self-heal. 



Grafan ban. grafan, " a grubbing axe." 

 " white grubber." Orafoirt. Marrulnum vulgare. 

 white horehound. 



Lusmic betaig. Glasair coille. Staahys 

 betonica and 8. sylvatica. wood betony. 



Lusra na scor. scor, "marks made by a 

 sword." Staehys palustris. clown's wound wort. 



Neantog. Neantog ban. Neantog caoc. 

 Neantog marb. neantog, "nettle"; ban, 

 "white"; caoc, " blind " ; marb, " dead." Lamiuni 

 album, white dead nettle. 



Neantog dearg. dearg, "red." L. purpureum. 

 dee-nettle. 



Neantog caec. caec, " blind." L. amplexi- 

 caule. great hen-bit. 



Grafan dub. " black grubber." Ballota nigra. 

 stinking horehound. 



Meacan dub fiadain. dub, " black " ; fiadain, 

 " wild " ; " wild black " or " dark plant." Glassar 



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