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NOTES, 
ZOOLOGY. 
Aromia moschata at Glengariff. 
In August, 1915, I received a pair of fine specimens of this handsome 
longicorn. They had been taken by Dr. and Mrs. Geo. Connor of Warren - 
point, in a wood behind Eccles' Hotel, and Dr. Connor very kindly forwarded 
them to me. They are rather darker than other specimens in my collection 
which are mostly from England. Mrs. Connor told me that there were 
quite a number of the beetles about on the trees where these were taken. 
On enquiry, Dr. Connor says he is not quite sure but thinks the specimens 
were taken on Hazel. There is an old record of Mr. Furlong's for this 
beetle at Glengariff, and it is very interesting to have this recent capture 
to show that the beetle is still in its old haunts after a lapse of fifty years. 
W. F. Johnson. 
Poyntzpass. 
Frogs Spav/ning in January. 
I was glad to see Dr. Scharff's note on this subject in the March number 
(p. 52). It is curious that spawning of Frogs in January has not more fre- 
quently been recorded from other localities, particularly in the south. The 
following are the dates on which the first frog -spawn has been observed at 
Ballyhyland during the years in which any notes on the subject were 
taken : — 1882, Feb. 4th ; 1884, Jr n. 12th ; 1896, Jan. 17th ; 1897, Jan. 
iith; 1898, Jan. 2ist ; 1901, Jan. 30th ; 1902, Jan. 25th ; 1904, Jan. 28th; 
I905> Jan. 31st; 1906, Jan. 28th; 1908, Jan. 25th; 1910, Feb. 4th; 
1912, Jan. 12th; 1913, Jan. 24th; 1915, Jan. 15th; 1916, Jan. nth. 
The omitted years, in which no notes were made, probably did not differ 
in average, and it will be seen that in fourteen out of sixteen seasons, 
spawning here took place in January, while in the two remaining years it 
was no later than February 4th. Near Dublin I have never seen it earlier 
than February 12th, and I believe even that would be thought an 
exceptional date in almost any part of England. Most of the spawning 
is done at night, and it is frequently the noise of the croaking that first tells 
me it has begun — sometimes from a distance of 50 yards. The spawning 
pool to which Mr. Harrington referred in the note quoted by Dr. Scharff 
would accommodate a much larger number of Frogs than any of the 
resorts in which they assemble here. 
C. B. Moffat. 
Ballyhyland, Co. Wexford. 
