1905. 



NOTES. 



ZOOLOGY. 



Irish Zoophytes and Sea Anemones. 



A paper, valuable to students of our marine fauna, has been published 

 by Miss Jane Stephens in the Proc. R. Irish Acad.^ vol. xxv., section B., 

 No. 3 ; this is "A List of Irish Coeleuterata, including the Ctenophora." 

 The Irish marine area is defined and divided into regions, as in Mr. 

 Nichols' faunistic papers, and the distribution of each species is recorded 

 with great care and accuracy, with references to an exhaustive biblio- 

 graphy. An index in genera and species makes the list easy in use. Miss 

 Stephens calls attention to the mingling of northern and southern forms 

 of life off our western shores among the Coelenterates as among other 

 groups of marine animals. 



New Marine Crustacea. 



In the British Association Report for 1904 (pp. 602-603) is a paper on 

 " Some new Copepoda from the Atlantic Slopes," by G. P. Farren. Dur- 

 ing the dredging cruise of the " Helga " to the Porcupine Bank a number 

 of new species of Copepods were obtained. These are briefly described 

 here, but a fuller account is promised for the forthcoming Report of 

 the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland. 



In the same Report (pp. 601-2) Mr. W. M. Tattersall contributes a 

 paper on " Some new and rare Isopoda taken in the British Area." The 

 species dealt with were captured during two cruises of the " Helga " oflF 

 the west coast of Ireland and in Ballinakill Harbour, Co. Galway. Eight 

 species new to science were found, four of them belonging to new 

 genera, while two have been made types of new families. Full descrip- 

 tions, with figures, of these Isopoda will appear in the Reports of the 

 Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland. 



Melitsea aurinia in Co. Eildare. 



On June 12th, at Leixlip, I saw several " Greasy Fritillaries," and 

 secured a specimen. 



Francis N^ai^r. 



Dublin. 



Notes on Thecla rubi. 



I am greatly pleased to be able to add to the list of butterflies found 

 here the Green Hairstreak {Thecla rubi). Among British butterflies I 

 have seen no more beautiful example of mimetic disguise. It is in all 

 respects a true "leaf-insect," not only in colour, size, and form, but in 



