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covering nearly the whole body ; cervical grooves 

 deep, short and wide in front ; numerous punctua- 

 tions over its whole surface. Eleven indentations 

 on posterior margin of body ; peritremes lighter in 

 colour, large, and somewhat comma-shaped. The 

 three anterior pairs of legs with a short spine on 

 the haunches ; the fourth with a very long one 

 directed backwards, and being at least as long as 

 the haunch. 



Nymph. Length, 2-50 mm. to 3'00 mm. Body 

 oval, varying from light yellow to dark red-brown. 

 Dorsal shield rounded, with a few punctuations, 



otherwise like that of the female. Ventral face 

 like the female, but the sexual orifice nearly obso- 

 lete. No spur on the tarsi. 



Larva. Body short, oval. Length, 1-20 mm. 



This species is somewhat widely distributed, but 

 is not common anywhere. The specimens taken 

 are never very numerous. It is found on sheep, 

 especially behind the ears ; on goats, cattle, horses, 

 etc. British specimens were recently sent to me 

 by Mr. Pocock. taken from a hedgehog at Dun- 

 geness, consisting of a male and distended female. 

 (To be concluded.') 



IEISH PLANT NAMES. 



By John H. Barbour, M.B. 



{Concluded from page 42.) 



ALISMACEAE. 



Cor COPOO. copog. '• any large leaf like dock " ; 

 cor, " weir," " weir dock.'' Alisma plcnitago-aqua- 

 t'tcn. water plantain. 



G-RAMINEAE. 



Biorrac LAGAN. biorrac, " marshy place " ; 

 laca. " duck." " marsh duck's plant." Cruis 

 giorxac. Phragmites communis, reed. 



Durfer fairge. dur, " hard '* ; fairge, ' ; sea. - ' 

 Festuca rotiboellioides. sea hard grass. 



Bruimseax. Fiotran bruimseax. Agropyron 

 repens. quitch grass. 



Oxxakes. Hordeum murinum. way bent grass. 



Eorxa. Orxa. Hordeum vulgare. common 

 barley. 



Puxglas. punc, "point," "joint"; las, "flame," 

 " fire " ; " flame points." Melica uniflora, melic 

 grass. 



Raidlead. Breallax, breall, knob at end of 

 a flail. Lolium perenne. darnel grass. 



Traitxix. This name is usually applied to any 

 stem or stalk of grass such as we see standing up 

 in poor ground ; it is also used for Geum urbanum, 

 which cf. ante; but in Co. Clare it has been specially 

 restricted to C'ynosurus cristatus. crested dog's- 

 tail grass. 



Cyperaceae. 



Boguix, Bogbuixe, or Boiguix. boig, " a teat " ; 

 buine, " stream." Bog seimix. Luacir. Scirpus 

 lacustris. bulrush. 



Brod. strand, round-rooted bastard Cyprus. 



Cruac luacair. cruac, "red"; luacair, "club 

 rush." Scirpus caespitosus. deer's hair. 



Ceaxaban mona or Caexac xa moxa. caenac, 

 ■■cotton"; moin, " moss," " bog." CONA. con, gen. 

 cu, "hound." Scatog fiadaix or fiox. sgat, 

 •• bundle of rods" ; fiadain, "wild." Fioda A MONA. 

 moor will. Eriophoron vaginatitm. bogdown. cats' 

 tails. 



M.UTTRIXE, MUIRIUXAC. MUIRXEAC. MEAHAIN. 



fond.' 



delicate." Carex arenaria. 



muirmeac. 

 sedge. 



Seimix. sibxe. Schoemis nigricans, black-headed 

 bog rush. 



Liliaceae. 



Bliocax. Narthecium ossifragum. bog asphodel. 



Acarac. "useful," "respectful." Lusxaecixle. 

 Butamuic or Ftjtamtjtc. buta, "a boot"; muic, 

 " sadness," or may be from muc, " pig." Scilla 

 festalis. bluebell. 



Farax. Gairleog muire. Allium vineale. crow- 

 garlic, leek, in Tipperary. 



Juxcaceae. 



Brog braige. brog, "stone" ; braig, "mountain." 

 Jxincus conglomeratns, and J. effusus. rush, seaves. 



Feada coille. f eada, " wild" ; fead, " rushes " : 

 coille, " sylvan." Luzula sp. ? woodrush. 



Typhaceae. 



Bodax DUB. bod, " tail " ; dub, " great." Coi- 

 geal or Toigeal xa MBAN sige. toig, " agree- 

 able " ; sege, "fairy"; man, "hand"; "fairy's 

 hand." Typlia latifolia. great reedmace. 



Bodax. Typlia angustifolia — lesser reedmace. 



Eig seisg. rig, " king." W. rhi. seisg, " sedge." 

 W. hesk. " royal sedge." Sparganium ramosum. 

 bur-reed. 



Lemxaceae. 



Abrax doxag. Grax lacax. Ros lacan. 

 gran, "corn"; ros. "pleasant"; laca, "duck"; 

 "pleasant duck's nest." Mac gan atair. mac. 

 " sow " ; gan, " without " ; atair, " father," " grand- 

 son"; hence "lesser" in English. Lemna minor. 

 lesser duckweed. 



Naiadaceae. 



Duileasg ma habax. duileasg. a marine or 

 water plant; aban. "river." LlAC BRTfiiDE or 

 LlAC RODA. LlAC BRI.VDA. LlAC RO]>A BAX. 



liac, "spoon"; rod, "water-edge"; briad, "frag- 



