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the necessity of investigating closely all statements made of cases of the latter, 
that, when he was a boy, an old relative, and very acute sportsman, on a discus¬ 
sion on the subject arising, said, “ I often got swallows in winter asleep in a dark 
cave, and brought out clusters of them.” This statement having awakened Dr. 
Ball’s attention, he asked the old gentleman what kind of swallows they were; he 
seemed annoyed as if a doubt of his veracity was raised, and said, U I do not know 
whether they were swifts or martins, they were the fellows with the leathern wings, 
that’s all I can tell (bats, of course).” Dr. Ball remarked, that another relative 
had told him that, when a midshipman, off the coast of Africa, a very large num¬ 
ber of martins covered the rigging of the ship; of these he captured a considerable 
quantity, which he stowed away in the binacle. The old functionary, whose busi¬ 
ness it was to light the lamps at sun-down, on opening the door of the binacle, was 
astounded by the flight of swallows into his face, and fell back, upsetting his oil, 
&c. The youngster was mast-headed for the freak. 
After some interesting conversation, in which Dr. Allman, Mr. Dowden, Dr. 
Kinahan, and others, took a part, the Rev. Joseph Greene read the concluding por¬ 
tion of his 
LIST OF LEPIDOPTERA HITHERTO TAKEN IN IRELAND, AS FAR AS THE END 
. OF THE GEOMETRGE. 
NOCTU2E. 
Semaphora psi. Common. 
,, tridens. This insect, in Mr. Tardy’s collection, is psi. 
*Apatela leporina. 
Acronycta magacephala. Pupse, under moss on poplars. 
„ rumicis. Bred by Mr. Hogan and Mr. Shield, and at Kingstown. 
*Ceropacha diluta. (?) 
* „ flavicornis. A fine specimen in Mr. Tardy’s collection. 
„ or. Dr. Ball. 
,, duplaris. Dr. Ball. 
„ ocularis. I took one pupa of this rare and beautiful insect, at the 
roots of an oak, in Povverscourt Demesne. 
Bryophila perla. Mr. Tardy’s collection. 
Caradrina cubicularis. Common. 
,, blanda. Common. 
Grammesia trilinea. Mr. Tardy’s collection; Mr. Haughton. 
Leucania lithargyria. Mr. Tardy’s collection; Mr. Hogan (Charlton), and at 
Kingstown. 
„ conigera. Mr. Tardy’s collection. 
„ pallens. Generally distributed. 
*Leucania impura. (?) 
* ,, comma. 
*Nonagria phragmitidis. (?) Near Belfast. 
„ fulva. Mr. Tardy’s collection. 
,, extrema. (?) 
,, typhse. Mr. Bristow. 
Gortyna micacea. Kingstown. 
,, flavago. Mr. Bristow. 
Hydrsecia nictitans. Mr. Tardy’s collection. 
,, leucostigma. Belfast Museum. 
Miana furuncula. Generally distributed. 
„ fasciuncula. Do. do. 
,, strigilis. Do. do. 
„ literosa. Mr. Bristow, Mr. Tardy’s collection, and at Kingstown. 
Apamea didyma. Common. 
„ ophiogramma. One fine specimen in Mr. Tardy’s collection. 
,, gemina. Mr. Tardy’s collection. 
Luperina infesta. Do. do. 
* ,, furva. Belfast Museum. One specimen at Kingstown. 
