Notes. 
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EropMla praecox in Ireland. 
Early in April I found this little plant growing abundantly on walls 
and rocks at Eunistyinou and Kilfenora, Co. Clare, and a week or so 
later met with it again in the neighbourhood of Galway. It is quite a 
distinct-looking plant, and seems to be scarce in Ireland, as it is in 
England. I have not seen it in any other locality, although its near 
relation, E. vulgaris, which is apparently absent from the above districts, 
is common in most parts of the country. Without having any doubt as 
to its identity, I sent a specimen for verification to the Rev. E. F, 
Linton, whose kind reply states that it is thorough" prcecox. I can 
find no previous mention of its occurrence in Ireland, and have much 
pleasure in now recording it. 
R. A. Phijj^ips. 
Cork. 
Melittis Melissophyllum in Co. Cavan. 
Miss vSarah Blackwood has favoured me with a specimen of this fine 
labiate. She writes I found it last August in Co. Cavan beside one 
of the smaller lakes, about three miles from the town of Cavan, in the 
direction of Farnham. It was not near a village or cottage, so I do not 
think it can be a garden escape. There was not much of it growing 
where I got this specimen, and although I looked for it beside any other 
lake I came to, I did not find any more. It was growing quite near the 
water in the soft ground, and seemed in a healthy condition." 
The species is S. European and S. English, haunting woods and copses. 
It cannot, of course, be claimed as either native or naturalized on the 
present evidence, but the occurrence is interesting, especially as the 
plant has not apparently hitherto occurred in Ireland, even as a casual. 
It is to be hoped that its Cavan home will be further studied. 
R. IvIvOYD PRAKGKR. 
Dublin. 
ZOOLOGY. 
An Irish Geometrid Moth. 
In the Entomologists' Record (vol. xviii., 1906, pp. 85-9), Mr. J. E." R. Allen 
discusses the moth described by Mr. L. B. Prout as Oporabia dilutata, var. 
Chrisiyi, which he has found at two localities near Enniskillen, and gives 
reasons for believing that it should be considered a "good" species. 
Mr. Allen lays stress on the constant (if slight) difference of marking in 
the wings, and the extreme localization of the moth to a restricted 
habitat. 
