Spartina townsendi H. &J. Groves at the North Bull, Co. DublinAuthor(s): Joseph DoyleSource: The Irish Naturalists' Journal, Vol. 5, No. 6 (Nov., 1934), p. 158Published by: Irish Naturalists' Journal Ltd.Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25532379 .

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158 The Irish Naturalists* Journal. [Vol. V.

it was put on the shore, but did not seem able to move. It was then held up with its wings out, and it at once flew out to sea and disappeared. Presumably this bird had been carried inland by the gale 50 or 60 miles, as the wind was due north at the time.

Galgorm Castle, Ballymena. A. O'N. 0. CHICHESTER.

RECORDS OF IMMIGRANT INSECTS, 1934.

Clouded Yellow Butterfly, Colias croceus Four. One seen at Timoleague, Co. Cork, on 2nd October, 1934.

Clouded Yellow Butterfly, Colias croceus var. helice. One captured by Mrs. G. E. Lucas at Timoleague, Co. Cork, on 28th August.

Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui L. I saw one perfect specimen on the

Causeway Headlands, Co. Antrim, on 5th September, a, breezy, cloudy afternoon with good sunny spells.

Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta L. The first one was seen in, my own

garden on 23rd August, and on most sunny days after that I saw from one to three at a time, the last one occurring on 15th September, though one or two were reported to me after that date.

Convolvulus Hawk-Moth, Sphinx convolvuli L*. I have received five reports of this insect: 31st August, Timoleague, Co. Cork (Mrs. Lucas) ; 2nd

September at North Parade, Belfast (C. W. R. M'Creary); 5th

September from Bangor, Co. Down; 18th September from Omagh, Co. Tyrone; and 6th October froan Finaghy, near Belfast (W. E.

Rogers). Most were reported as being in poor condition. Death's Head Hawk-Mpth, Acherontia atropos (L. One female caught out

of two seen on 14th September at Lisburn (per Mr. O. R. Nodder). American Wainscot Moth, Leucania unipuncta Haworth.?A faded male

taken at Timoleague, Co. Cork, on .19th October. [An account of this rare moth, by Mrs. Lucas, appeared in I.N.J., vol. II, p. 178.]

58 Marlborough Park South, Belfast. W.M.CRAWFORD.

BOTANICAL NOTES,

ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS L. IN CO. WEXFORD.

Asparagus is to be found in the north of Wexford growing sparingly on the dunes just south of Cahore Point. This extension of its range in Wexford links up the long known centre for the plant at Ballyteigue and Tramore . in the south, with the Co. Wicklow area, recorded by Mr. Brunker (I.N.J., vol. IV, no. 12, 1933).

Botany Dept., University College, Dublin. JOiSEPH DOYLE,

ECHINOCHLOA CRUS-GALLI Kj. IN CO. DOWN. This cosmopolitan grass seems to have been recorded but rarely as an

alien in Ireland and is not mentioned in the Flora of N.E. Ireland. It

appeared this summer (,1i934) in a field of potatoes at Campbell College, Co. Down. There were several plants which produced a quantity of seed.

Campbell College, Belfast. , C.D.CHASE.

SPARTINA TOWNSENDI H. & J. GROVES AT THE NORTH BULL, CO. DUBfLIN.

Spartina Townsendi Groves is growing in the salt-marsh at the North

Bull, Dublin. It occurs in the middle zone of the marsh, the Triglochin Armerietum zone. It is in a series of scattered clumps running for a distance of about 400 yards, more or less in a straight line, starting a short distance

beyond the level of the golf-house of the Royal Dublin Golf Club. The

regular line of its occurrence suggests that it has been planted, but enquiries made from various sources, including enquiries published in the press,, have failed to discover the planter. As it does not seem to occupy the habitat

most suited to its best development, it will be interesting to see how it will progress.

Botany Dept., University College, Dublin. JOSEPH DOYLE,

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