Vol. xlv^ No. 8. 



COISITENTS. 



August, 1905. 



Page 



A further Gb^ceria Hunt.— R. L1.0YD Praegkr, .. .. 169 

 Notes on some Hepatics of Ulster — Rkv. Canon H. W. Lhtt, 



M.A., .. .. .. .. .. .. 17^ 



Nkws GIvKAnings, . . . . . . . . . . 17.9 



Irish Societies:— 



Royal Zoological Society. Dublin Nat. Field Club. Belfast Nat. 



Field Oub, .. ... .. .. .. 180 



Notes :— - 



Irish Zoophytes and Sea Anemones, .. . . .. .. i8r 



New Marine Crustacea, . . ... . . . . ' . . 181 



Melitsea aurinia in Co. Kildare. — F." Nicai^k, . . . . . . 181 



Notes on Thecla rubi.— W. B. HarT, . . ... . . . . i8r 



Vespa austriaca in Co. Wexford. — C. B. MoffaT, .. ... 182 



Turnstones in the nesting season.— J. TrumbulIv, L.R.C.S., ... 182 



Quail in Co. Kildare.— F. NKAI.B, .. .. .. 182 



A light buff Skylark. —B. L. Iv. M*Gi.iNTOCK, .. .. .. 183 



Irish Cetaceans, . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 



The Wild Cat in Ireland.— R. Warren. R. F. Scharff, Ph.D., . . 183-4 



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