Death's-Head and Convolvulus Hawk-Moth in 1945Source: The Irish Naturalists' Journal, Vol. 8, No. 9 (Jan., 1946), p. 336Published by: Irish Naturalists' Journal Ltd.Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25533415 .
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336 The Irish Naturalists' -Joukxal. [Vol. VI11.
No doubt it was somebody's oet which had escaped from captivity or had been introduced with merchandise.
National Museum, Dublin. -73.1.1946. A. \V. STELFOX.
THE GREATER WEEVER, TBACH1MS DBACO GUV., FROM DINGLE BAY, GO. KERRY.
On HMi December, 1945, a ua.wler from Dingle captured a tint1
specimen of the Greater Weever, which is somewhat rare ofl Ireland.
The specimen was 41 cms. long (weight 420 grms.) and has since
been tdeposital ',in the National Museum, Dublin ; it is the only
specimen preserved -there.
Thompson, 1856 (.Var. Hisi. he., 4, p. 70), states That the Greater
Weever has not been discovered on the Irish shores. Andrews (1854),
however, in itiwo papers in the Dublin Nat. Hist. Soc. Proc, 1, pp. 122,
127, states -that a few specimens have been noted in Dingle and
Ventry Bays. Couch (I860); A History of the Fishes of the British
Islands, HI, p. 43, states that it is most abundant "
in our islands "
in Ahe West of England and Ireland but gives no localities. The
present specimen was captured about one mile from the mouth of
Veratry Harbour on the fishing bank known as the 4i
Near Ground."
That the Greater Wseever, which has the same power of inflicting
painful stings with the spines of its dorsal fin as its small relative,
T. vipera, is a rare fish around Ireland oau be shown from the fact
.that my colleague, Mr. G. P. Farran, after over fonty years' experience of fisheries work in Ireland, had not seen a previous specimen.
Thanks are due to Mr. M. Long, Din#ie, Go. Kerry, for sending
this specimen to the Fisheries Office. ARTHUR E. J. WENT.
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries Branch, Dublin.
DEATHS-HEAD AND CONVOLVULUS HAWK-MOTH IN 1945.
The following records have been received for the appearance of
the Death's-head Hawk-moth, Acherontia alropos L. and Convolvulus
Hawk-moth, Sphinx convolvuli L., in 1945:
A. atropos. 6th September. Go. Dublin. (A.W.S.)
27th ,, In house at Whitewell, Co. Antrim (near Belfast). Female. (Miss E. C. Simpson.)
28th ,, (about) Cliftonville, Belfast. Female. {\Y. Hamilton.)
S. convolvuli. 30th August. Kimmage Road, Dublin. (A.W.S.) 30th ? Sandymount, Dublin. (A.W.S.) 31st ,, Beersbridge Road, Belfast. Female. (Ernest Huey.
4th September. Naas, Co. Kildare. (Miss M. F. Connolly.)
10th ,, (about) Midleton, Go. Cork. (D. P. Sullivan.)
tath ,. Gorey, Co. Wexford. (James E. Oooke.)
19th ,, (about) Bull Rock Lighthouse, Go. Kerry. (George M. James,
Light-keeper.)
BATH WHITE BUTTERFLY IN IRELAND.
When a<t Waterville, Souaih Kerry, Vast, momh, October, 1045, I saw
four specimens of the Bath Whiste, Pontia daplidice L, Oh the 18th,
I knocked two down with my hait and I have given the better (a male)
of these to the National Museum, Dublin, as I was informed by Mr.
Stelfox that there were no Irish-itaken specimens known. On the'same
day there was a large migration of Painted Indies and many hundreds
of Red Admirals were about.
17 Kensington Park Gardens, London, W.ll. 7-11-1945.
(Col.) R. ME1NERTZHAGEN.
[Although Coi. Meinenzhagens specimen is The first Irish Bath
White to reach the National Museum, Dublin, there are several old
records of it having been taken in Ireland. A* this butterfly is now
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