Convolvulus Hawk-Moth at LondonderryAuthor(s): D. C. CampbellSource: The Irish Naturalist, Vol. 12, No. 12 (Dec., 1903), p. 318Published by: Irish Naturalists' Journal Ltd.Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25522467 .

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3 18- The Irish Naturalist. -December,

ZOOLOGY.

Irish Copepod Crustaceans.

These Crustaceans are of such vast importance to our sea fisheries sinice many of our food fishes depend on them for their daily ratiois, that any increase in otur knowledge of these minute creatures helps us to solve some weighty fishery problems. .To a large measure the amount of our countrv's income is dependent on the habits- of the Copepoda, and no one need wonder, therefore, why Mr. Farran, at the instance of the Fishery Inspectors, has taken in hand the study of this

difficult group of animals. 11

(Record of the Copepoda taken off

Cleggan, Co. Galway: " Report on Sea and Inland Fisheries of Ireland, 1901, pt. 2.) Mr. Farran has observed about 40 species on the west coast, one

of which, new to science (Ccetanuspileahts), is described and figured.

Convolvulus Hawk-moth near Belfast.

I have had given me to-day (September 4) a live specinien of S15kinx

convolvuli in fine condition, which was captured at Knock, Belfast. From its fresh appearance I should say it had not long einerged from its

pupa case. H LAMONYT ORR.

Belfast.

Convolvulus Hawk-moth at Londonderry.

On 8th September a specinien of Sphinx convolvuli was brought to me.

It was picked up in the city by a lad. It is the first occurrence I know

of in this district. D, C. CAMPXiLL.

Londonderry.

Lepidoptera taken near Limerick.

When at Limerick on the Dublin Field Club Excursion I had the opportunity of looking over a small collection of lepidoptera taken by the Rev. R. M'Clean in that neighbourhood, and among commoner

species the following are worthy of note:-Leucoy5asic iaf is; %5ione

advenaria, not rare in Cratloe Woodc; Eurymene dolobraria, several; Perica//ia

syrin;aria, three; Se/edna lunaria, one at Cratloe Wood; Acida/ia candidata,

do.,; BagSa ternerata; Panagra petraria, numerous at Cratloe; Lobophora

ha/tera/a and L. viretata, not rare at Cratloe; Me/anitpe wris/ata and Eucosmia

undulats, Cratloe, a few. Of the above, Pp/one advenaria (already recorded

by Mr. Carpenter, A, Nat., vol. xi., p. i9) seems the most important

discovery, only one other locality in Ireland' being known, but the

Pericallia and Selenia are most welcome additions to the hitherto known distribution.

W. FRAS. Dn VISMES KANE.

i)rUmreaske, Monaghan.

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