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V. Piste I. Limneus involutus.—Scrophularia Ehrharti. If. British Mollusca. III. Iluanthus Scoticus.—Snake-nut. IV. Vegetable Embryology. V. Polynoé scolopendrina. *IV. Nipadites Parkinsonis. * This Plate retains the Number (IV.) which it holds in Mr. Bowerbank’s Work. ERRATA. Page 76, line 8 from bottom : for latter read last. 31 5. — 14: for noticed read naked. — 363, — 8 from bottom : Jor isolating one specimen to a drop of, &c,, read isolating one specimen, To a drop of, &c, ANNALS OF NATURAL HISTORY. I.—On Scrophularia aquatica of Linnzeus and EKhrhart. By Cuarues Aspsot STEVENS, Esq., B.A., F.B.S.E.* { With a Plate. ] AN examination, through the kindness of Professor Don, of the specimens of Scrophularie in the Linnzan and Smithian Her- baria has confirmed a suspicion I have for some time had, that under the name of S. aquatica two distinct species have been confounded by botanists: one, the original S. aquatica of Lin- nzeus ; the other the S. aquatica of Ehrhart’s ¢ Plantae Offici- nales.’ Thus in his ¢ English Flora,’ Sir J. EX. Smith has com- bined the characters of the two under that name ; his diagnosis, which is merely a translation from that in Linn. ‘ Sp. PIl.’, be- longing to the former plant, while to the latter his description principally refers,—not entirely, as some of the characters of S. aquatica, Linn. are mixed up init. The fact of there being a specimen of each of the two species on the same paper in his Herbarium will account for the description having been thus drawn up from their combined characters, as he evidently considered the two as one species, and identical with S. agua- tica, Linn. By several German authors the plant of Ehrhart is described under the name of S. aquatica, while the true S. aquatica, Linn. is described as another species under the name of S. Balbisii. It seems not improbable that the combination into one of the two species by the late possessor of the Linnzan Herbarium may, for the very reason of that possession, have been the cause of their mistake. The inspection during the last season of a great number of specimens, amounting to not less than several hundred, of S. aquatica, Linn. afforded me no instance of any variation in Sy the integrity of the staminodium; nor have I ever seen any ©> specimen at all approaching S. aquatica, Ehrh. in the inflo- Lo rescence or in general habit. There can, I imagine, be no OS * Read to the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, Feb. 13, 1840. = Ann, Nat. Hist. Vol. 5. No. 28. March 1840. B —— — 2 Mr. C, A. Stevens on Scrophularia aquatica. doubt of their distinctness. Roots are, I understand, in the possession of an eminent British botanist, who, by cultivation thereof, will doubtless be enabled shortly to determine the point beyond dispute. In the mean time it may be useful to give the respective characters of the two plants. They are as follow: 1. S. aquatica, Linn. Foliis cordato-ovatis rotundato-obtusis cre- nato-serratis, inferioribus auriculatis, caule petiolisque alatis, panicula terminali, cymis lateralibus corymbosis multi-(8—15)- floris, laciniis calycinis subrotundis margine late scariosis, sta- minodio subrotundo-reniformi integro, capsula ovata subacuta. Betonica aquatica, Dalech. Hist. 1356. Ger. Em. 715. f. S. radice fibrosa, Moris. Oxon. ii. 482. s. 5. t. 8. f. 4. S. aquatica major, Raii Hist. 764. S. foliis conjugatis, &c., Hall. Helv. 618. Boehm. Lips. 66. n. 150. S. aquatica, Linn. Herb. Sp. Pl. 864. Curt. Fl. Lond. v. t. 44. Fingl. Bot. t. 854. Krock. Fl. Siles. ii. 393. Sibth. Fl. Oxon. 196. Sm. Fl. Brit. 663. Hook. Fl. Scot.189. Grev. Fl. Edin. 137. Sm. FE. Fl. iii. 139. (diagn. only). Sm. Herb. n.2. With Bot. Arr. (ed. 7.) il. 738. Hook. Br. Fl. (ed. 4.) 239. *Sebast. et Mauri Fl. Rom. 205. *Pollinus Fl. Veron. 325. S. scorodonia (aquatica? Sm. not.) Linn. Herb. (without ref. to Sp. Pl.) S. Balbisii, ‘‘ Hornem. Fl. Hafn. 1.577.” Bluff et Fingerh. (ed. 2.) i. p. 2.389. Koch. Syn. 515. *Guss. Fl. Sic. Prodr. ti. 172. Hab. Cambridgeshire, very common, Mr. H. Baber. Shropshire, common, Mr. W. A. Leighton. Very common in ditches and damp places in Kent, and probably general throughout England. Perennial, July—September. Root fibrous. Stem erect, from 2—8 feet high, branched below, mostly simple above, square, winged at the angles. Leaves ovate-oblong or elliptical, cordate at the base, very ob- tuse, uppermost occasionally subacute, the lower ones with one or a pair of variously shaped stalked or sessile accessorial leaflets, smooth or downy beneath, doubly-, the upper ones most simply-, crenate. Petioles winged, channelled, decurrent. Panicle of many distant, mostly opposite, dichotomous, many flowered, compact, corymbose cymes. Peduncles and pedicels glandulose. Bracts linear obtuse, rarely (as in the specimen in the Linnean Herbarium, which is, however, apparently * For these references I am indebted to Mr. C. C. Babington. Mr. Templeton on the Fungi of the North of Ireland. 3 of garden growth), developed into lanceolate acute Jeaves. Sterile filament rotundato-reniform, entire. Sepals with a broad membranous margin, torn at the edges. Capsules ovate, more or less acute. 2. S. Ehrharti. Foliis ovato-lanceolatisve basi subcordatis acutis serratis, caule petiolisque alatis, panicula terminali, cymis late- ralibus laxis pauci-(4—6)-floris, laciniis calycinis subrotundis margine late scariosis, staminodio bifido laciniis divaricatis, cap- sula globosa obtusissima. S. aquatica, Hhrh. Pl. Of. n.156. Sm. Herb. n.1. Fl. Dan. t. 507. Kunth, Fl. Berol. 11.60. Bluff et Fingerh.\.'c. Rcehb. Fi. excurs. n. 2562. Koch, Syn. 515. *Peterm. Fl. Lips. 459. *Host. Fl. Austr. i. 203. *Wimm. et Grab. Fl. Siles. ii. 226. Hab. Edinburgh, Mr. W. H. Campbell; Cramond Woods, West Lothian, Dr. A. Hunter. It has also, I believe, been found near Primrose Hill by Mr. J. D. C. Sowerby. Perennial ? Root fibrous. Stem erect, 2—? feet high, simple, square, winged at the angles. Leaves ovate, ovate-oblong or lanceolate, slightly cordate at the base, acute, simply and finely serrate. Panicle of many, mostly alternate, dichotomous few-flowered cymes. Peduncles and pedicels divaricating, slightly glandu- lose. Bracts foliaceous lanceolate acute, simple or tripartite, in which latter case the segments are lanceolate. Sterile fila- ment obreniform, bifid, the lobes divaricating. Sepals with a broad torn membranous margin. Capsule globose, very obtuse. REFERENCES TO PLATE I. fig. 1. aa. Single cymes of the two Plants. b b. Staminodia of ditto. c.c. Margins of leaves of ditto. I].—Catalogue of the Species of Fungi obtained in the North of Ireland, by Joun TEMPLETON, Esq., of Cranmore, Belfast. By THomas Taytor, M.D., M.R.1.A., F.L.S. Dunkerron, Kenmare, 12th March 1839. Tue following Catalogue of Fungi collected by the late Mr. John Templeton in the vicinity of Belfast, is drawn up from drawings and specimens left by him,and which Mrs. Templeton placed in my hands, with a desire that I should carefully ascertain the species and their modern names with a view to * For these references I am indebted to Mr. C. C. Babington. B2 4 Dr. T. Taylor on the Fungi collected publication. I have bestowed upon them my best attention ; and yet the list is deficient by a few of the drawings whose counterparts I have not yet met with in nature, and by a very few of the specimens from whose imperfect state no satisfac- tory conclusions could be drawn. Still I cannot but admire the industry and talents of one who, at least equally successful in all the other departments of zoology and of botany, dis- played so intimate a knowledge of plants difficult of investi- gation, at least before the termination of the last century, when the greater part of his collection was already made. 1. Acaricus, Linn. vaginatus, Batsch. muscarius, L. clypeolarius, Bull. cristatus, Bolt. eburneus, Bull. rutilans, Scheff. multiformis, Scheff. personatus, Fr. alutaceus, Pers. emeticus, Scheff. cilicioides, Fr. zonarius, With. giganteus, Sow. nebularis, Batsch. pratensis, Pers. puniceus, Fr. coccineus, Wulf. laccatus, Scop. pelianthinus, Fr. butyraceus, Bull. compressus, Sow. confluens, Pers. Clavus, Bull. Rotula, Scop. androsaceus, L. caulicinalis, Budl. galericulatus, Scop. purus, Pers. corticola, Bull. stellatus, Fr. umbelliferus, LZ. fragrans, Sow. flabelliformis, Bolt. applicatus, Batsch. fertilis, Pers. pascuus, Pers. evernius, Fr. gentilis, Fr. sublanatus, Sow. bulbosus, Sow. scaurus, Fr. aureus, Bull. squarrosus, Mill. mutabilis, Scheff. collinitus, Sov. fastibilis, Pers. flavidus, Scheff. scaber, Mill. geophyllus, Bull. tener, Scheff. involutus, Batsch. variabilis, Pers. Georgii, With. campestris, L. semiglobatus, Batsch. fascicularis, Huds. semiovatus, Sow. Boltoni, Pers. disseminatus, Pers. atramentarius, Bull. micaceus, Bull. cinnamomeus, L. personatus, Fr. fragilis, Batsch. dilutus, Pers. coheerens, Pers. cyathiformis, Bull. chalybeus, Pers. Bulliardii, Temp. 2. CANTHARELLUS, Adans. cibarius, Fr. lobatus, Pers. levis, Fr. 3. Merutivs, Hal. corium, Grev. lachrymans, Wulf. 4. Potyporus, Mich. lentus, Berk. squamosus, /Huds. perennis, L. giganteus, Pers. versicolor, L. pallescens, Fr. radiatus, Sow. medulla panis, Jacq. ferruginosus, Schrad. Tuos. TAYLOR. 5. Boxetus, Dill. luteus, Z. bovinus, LZ. piperatus, Bull. subtomentosus, L. edulis, Bull. 6. Fisrutina, Bull. hepatica, With. 7. Hypnum, Linn. repandum, L. 8. THELEPHORA, Ehrh. epidermea, Pers. ceerulea, Schrad. aurantiaca, Sow. calcea, Pers. purpurea, Pers. rubiginosa, Sehrad. hirsuta, Willd. laciniata, Pers. 9. Cravaria, Vaill. coralloides, L. rugosa, Bull. pistillaris, L, vermicularis, Sow. tuberosa, Sow. cornea, Batsch. inequalis, Mull. pratensis, Pers. 10. GroGLossuM, Pers. glabrum, Pers. 11. Mirruta, Fr. paludosa, Fr. 12. TypHuLa, Fr. erythropus, 7. 13. PISTILLARIA, Fr. puberula, Berk. in the N, of Ireland by Mr. Temjleton. 14. Hetve na, Linn. lacunosa, 4fz. 15. Leotra, Hill. Inbrica, Scop. 16. Peziza, Dill. vesiculosa, Bull. humosa, Fr. coccinea, Jacq. brunnea, 4b. & Schw. scutellata, L. stercorea, Pers. virginea, Batsch. calycina, Schum. inflexa, Bolt. Calyculus, Sow. citrina, Hedw. lenticularis, Bull. cinerea, Batsch. acicularis, Bull. aurantia, Pers. aquatica, DeCand. cochleata, Bull. lycoperdioides, DeCand. nivea, Hedw. fil. villosa, Pers. papillata, Pers. 17. Burearta, Fr. sarcoides, Jacq. 18. TREMELLA, Dill. mesenterica, Retz. albida, Smith. sarcoides, With. difformis, With. 19. Dacrymyces, Nees. stillatus, Nees. 20. ScLteRotium, Tode. complanatum, Tode. durum, Pers. 21. Nipuvaria, Bull. Crucibulum, Pers. 22. SpHZROBOLUS, Tode. stellatus, Tode. 23. Prtospouus, Tode. erystallinus, Tode. 24. Spozria, Hail. militaris, L. Hypoxylon, Z. carpophila, Pers. fragiformis, Pers. fusca, Pers. stigma, Hoffm. disciformis, Hoffm. flavo-virens, Hoffm. coccinea, Pers. aurantia, Pers. byssiseda, Tode. moriformis, Tode. Pulvis pyrius, Pers. ocellata, Fr. Tiliz, Pers. Gnomon, Tode. punctiformis, Pers. fEgopodii, Pers. Vaccinii, Sow. Taxi, Sow. rimosa, Sow. Nlicis, Schleich. lanciformis, Fr. spermoides, Hoffm. acuta, Hoffm. serpens, Pers. 25. Doruipea, Fr. typhina, Pers. Geranii, Fr. 26. RuyvismaA, Fr. Acerinum, Pers. 27. PHacipium, Fr. coronatum, Fr. 28. HystTerrum, Tode. pulicare, Pers. Fraxini, Pers. conigenum, Mong. et N. Rubi, Pers. Pinastri, Sehrad. Juniperi, Grev. 29. Bovista, Diil. nigrescens, Pers. 30. LycopEeRDON, Tourn. celatum, Bull. 31. ELAPHOMyYCES, Nees. granulatus, 4/b. et Schw. 32. ZrHauium, Link. septicum, L. 33. SPUMARIA, Pers. alba, Bull. 34. Dipymium, Schrad. physaroides, Pers. 35. Puysarum, Pers. sinuosum, Bull. 36 CRATERIUM, Trentepohl minutum, Leers. 37. StemonirTis, Gled. fusca, Roth. ovata, Pers. typhina, Pers. 38. Dicrypium, Schrad. umbilicatum. 39. Arcyris, Hill. incarnata, Pers. nutans, Pull. 40. Tricutra, fall. chrysosperma, DeCand. varia, Pers. 41. PErRicHaNA, Fr. populina, Fr. 42. Licra, Schrad. cylindrica, Fr. fragariformis, Nees. 43. ONYGENA, Pers. equina, Pers. 44. Stitpum, Tode, vulgare, Tode. bicolor, Pers. 45. Mucor, Mich. caninus, Pers. Mucedo, L. 46. Evrorium, Link. Herbariorum, LA. 47. CLaposporium, Link. Herbarum, Lh. 48. Dematium, Pers. ciliare, Pers. 49. ASPERGILLUS, Mich. glaucus, LA. 50. SracHyLipium, Lé&. diffusum, Fr. 51. Ceratium, Ald. et S. hydnoides, Ald. et S. 52. Borrytis, Mich. vera, Fr. 53. Montuia, Hill. racemosa, Pers. 54. Fusarium, Lk. tremelloides, Grev. 55. AREGMA, Fr. bulbosum, Fr. mucronatum, Fr. 56. Poptsoma, Lé&. Juniperi Sabine, Pr. 6 Mr. W. Thompson on the Fauna of Ireland. 59. HimMaAnTIA, Pers. ' candida, Pers. Senecionis, Schlecht. Violarum, DeCand. Ruborum, DeCand. 57. Pucctnia, Pers. Graminis, Pers. Epilobii, DeCand. 60. Urepo, Pers. Leguminosarum, Lk. : | Segetum, Pers. _ candida, Pers. 58. Aicipium, Pers. Caries, DeCand. | Lini, DeCand. Grossularie, DeCand. Labiatarum, DeCand. | Rubigo, DeCand. I11.— Additions to the Fauna of Ireland. By W.'Tuompson, Esq., V. Pres. of the Natural History Society of Belfast. MAMMALIA. Devpuinus MELAS, T'raill. This species is stated by Robert Ball, Esq. of Dublin, to be occasionally driven ashore in large herds on the southern coast of Ireland, and to be of frequent occurrence in the month of June at Youghal. Here a herd of seventy-five came ashore a few years ago, of which the average size was from 11 to 18 feet, but one individual had attained to 22 feet in length. When visiting the South Islands of Arran (off the coast of Clare) in June 1834, accompanied by Mr. Ball, a portion of the skeleton of a D. melas was found by us on the beach. On this gentleman revisiting the same islands in the following summer, he saw the remains of a herd of these animals lying where they had perished : the inhabit- ants speak of them as common. AVES. SoMATERIA SPECTABILIS, Leach. King-Eider. A female speci- men of this rare British bird was shot in Kingstown harbour near Dublin about the Ist of Oct. 1837, and a few hours afterwards came into the possession of Mr. R. Ball. When first seen it was accom- panied by two others. Lestris RicHARDSONII, Swains. Richardson’s Skua. An adult Lestris shot at Malahide, county of Dublin, in September 1837, and in the collection of Dr. Farren of Feltrim, exhibits characters much in unison with what are considered to be two species, the Lest. Richardsonii, and the Stercorarius cepphus, Leach, (Fauna Bor.-Amer. vol. il. p. 432.) agreeing with the latter in dimensions, and with the former in colouring. At the same time it in size approaches the L. Richardsonii as described by Jenyns (Man. Brit. Vert. Anim. p. 282.) as nearly as his does the original description in the ‘ Fauna Bor.-Amer.’ (vol. ii. p. 433). The following table contains the com- parative measurements :— Mr. W. Thompson on the Fauna of Ireland. 7 Lest. Richardsonii, L. Richardsonii, Stercorarius cepphus, Lestris, Irish Swainson. . Jenyns. Leach. specimen. in. fin. in, lin. in. lin. in. lin. Length, total............ OR. Se ee De ees ey hae 19 9 excluding cen- | . Sram. f $9.6 oxi eae: hats Giibes.&: 16 9 Of WING.......0000 13 (63s. EE ee ne ee ay ABR. oe 12°-6 of bill above...... Ps oar Ne RNh. ote peitnes ake Beal eit Bee Kk. .3t —— of bill to rictus . 110 ...... Th Bs hereon S5 Oi « 8. 1 10 Gf LaYSUS* «<2 .2<000 ty eee tS Wiper eee als seas Te eee Eg of middle toe i 1 y etd ras } 1; Oe Be eae he ee i oe 1-7 Two longest tail feathers very much acuminated, the others in- creasing gradually in length from sides to centre, those next in length to the two central ones exceeding the outer feathers by one inch; breadth of bill at base 6 lines. Top of head, back, upper surface of wings and tail blackish brown, varying in some places to blackish; entire under surface likewise dark-coloured, except the tail feathers which show a little white beneath; patch from the eye downwards pale straw colour. This colouring is in accordance with that of the L. Richardsonii of Fauna B. A. Mr. Jenyns remarks that the species is subject to consider- able variation of colour in the adult state:—his description of its plumage accords tolerably well with that of S. cepphus. I should have set down the Irish Lestris simply as a small indi- vidual of L. Richardsonii, had not its general accordance with S. cep- phus at the same time suggested whether it might not as well be considered this bird, and consequently whether these terms apply te two really distinct species. An examination of specimens would at once decide the question fF. ANSER FERUS, Steph. Wild Goose. In the collection of R. Ball, Esq. there is a specimen of this goose purchased by him in Dublin market early in the winter of 1837, and which was stated to have been shot in this country ; two others of this species were exposed for sale at the same time. Judging from its small size, the specimen is a fe- male: it displays the blackish markings disposed .irregularly over the lower part of the breast and the belly, which Temminck consi- ders indicative of very old individuals of both sexes (Man. d’Orn. lEur. t. 2. p. 819.). These markings have generally been unnoticed * Following the curve ; the others may have been measured in a straight line. + Since the above was written the 4th part of Temminck’s ‘ Manuel’ has been published, and here S. cepphus appears as asynonym of L. parasiticus (p. 502.). The description of S. cepphus would indeed seem about equally applicable to a small L. Richardsoni or a large L. parasiticus. 8 Mr. W. Thompson on the Fauna of Ireland. in the descriptions of the species. This is the first Irish specimen of the true Wild Goose or Grey Lag, that I have seen, the Bean Goose being in this country, as in England and Scotland, the common spe- cies, and with the White-fronted, to be seen in our markets every winter. Anser ferus is the scientific appellation bestowed on the wild-goose noticed in some of our county histories, but as it there appears to the exclusion of the two more common species just named and has not a place in Mr. Templeton’s catalogue of Irish Birds, I introduce it here. At the same time there is little doubt that the true A. ferus is the species alluded to in Rutty’s ‘ Natural History of Dublin’ as the “larger sort which stays and breeds here, particu- larly in the bog of Allen,” vol. i. p. 333 ; similar allusions to it ap- pear in one or two other county histories. , Mr. Jenyns considers it ‘‘ highly improbable’’ that the domestic goose has been derived from this species. (Manual, p. 222.) After a careful comparison of the individual under consideration with the domestic species, I cannot perceive any difference except in the su- perior size of the latter, the result I presume of domestication. The form of the bill in the A. ferus is quite identical with that of the tame goose, andat once distinguishes it from A. segetum and A. al- bifrons*. ReEpritia. Cuetonia Caovana, Schweigger. Testudo caretta, Linn. Loggerhead Turtle, Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. iii. p. 85, pl. 23. To the kindness of H. H. Dombrain, Esq. of Dublin, I owe the op- portunity of examining a turtle of this species hitherto unnoticed on the British shores, which was obtained on the coast of Donegal in May 1838, and soon afterwards came into his possession. The spe- cimen, about a foot in length, was taken by a man engaged in col- lecting sea- weed for manure, and who finding the hook at the end of the long pole used for ‘‘ hauling in the rack,’’ had caught in some- thing, carefully drew it towards him, when the captive proved to be a living turtle whose eye the hook had entered. Mr. R. Ball in- forms me that a turtle of this species in his collection was taken alive in the sea near Youghal, but he has been inclined to regard it merely * Totanus Glareola, Temm. Mr. R. Ball has described to me a species of J'otanus which he saw for several years about the month of June fre- quenting a stream in Glenbower Wood near Youghal, and believed to be this bird. In the late Mr. Templeton’s MS. a sandpiper considered to be of this species is noticed as having been seen in the neighbourhood of Belfast, but as in the previous instance in terms which do not warrant its introduction to the Fauna with certainty. Mr. W. Thompson on the Fauna of Ireland. 9 as an individual washed off the deck of a vessel, or one that had escaped from the cord which was intended to secure it, when (as is a common custom on board ship) it may have been committed to the sea for the benefit of a swim. However, as both the specimens which have been procured on the Irish coast are of the same species, and one which according to Dumeril and Bibron is very common in the Mediterranean, and of occasional occurrence in the Atlantic Ocean, they may by the natural influence of winds and waves have been car- ried to our shores. This remark would from the circumstance of its frequenting the same seas likewise apply to the much rarer species, the Leathery Turtle, Sphargis coriacea, which has been taken on the English coast. The Hawks-bill Turtle, Chelonia imbricata, now in- cluded in the British Fauna, may more probably than the other two species, have been washed off the decks of vessels or outlived their wreck, its native abode being so far remote from the British seas as the West Indies and the Indian Ocean*. Pisces. ScomsBer Tuynnvs, Linn. Tunny. Dr. Jacob (Professor of Ana- tomy in the Royal College of Surgeons) of Dublin, informs me, that during the herring season about twelve years ago he purchased a specimen of this fish about 2 feet in length, (and evidently a recent capture,) from a fisherman who supplied him with the rare species he procured, and whose ordinary fishing-ground was off Dublin Bay, within forty miles of the metropolis. Gosius unrruncTatus, Parnell. One-spotted Goby. ‘ Wern. Mem.’ vol. vii. p. 83, pl. 29. I have obtained this on the north-east coast of Ireland; and in Mr. R. Ball’s collection there is a specimen, 3 inches in length, which was procured at Glendore (county Cork) by Mr. Geo. J. Allman. Although well-marked individuals of G. unipunctatus may appear specifically different from G. gracilis and G. minutus, yet from having remarked some specimens intermediate in character between the two first mentioned, I am led to doubt whether in these days of refinement the old Godbius minutus has not been multiplied into too many species. CycLopreRus coronatTvus, Couch. Coronated Lamp: fish. ‘ Cornish Fauna,’ p. 47. ‘Annals Nat. Hist.’ vol. i. p. 382. Of this fish, considered by Mr. Couch distinct from the C. lumpus, I procured two specimens, rather exceeding 10 lines in length, by dredging in * All the localities noted by Dumeril and Bibron, except Havanna, are within, or bordering on the Indian Ocean.—Erpétologie Générale, tome ii. p. 551. 10 Mr. W. Thompson on the Fauna of Ireland. Strangford lough on the Ist of Oct.; the particular date is men- tioned in reference to the question whether the C. coronatus may no be the young of C. dumpus. Without offering any opinion on this point, it seems to me proper to notice the capture of this minute fish elsewhere than on the coast of Cornwall, where one individual only has been observed. Mo..vsca*. “ Nautilus calcart, Mont. Miltown Malbay (co. Clare), in sand.” W. H. Harvey, Esq. — levigatulus, Mont. Ditto.” Ditto. ‘ Vermiculum intortum, Mont. On a sponge from Strangford.” Templeton’s MS. ‘ Lagenula (Flem.) striata, Mont. Among sand at the Whitehouse Point [Belfast bay], Oct. 1810.” Temp. MS. globosa, Mont. Among Conferva pennata, Belfast Bay.”’ Temp. MS. «—______~ Jevis, Walk. M. Malbay, rare—in sand.” W. H. Harvey. ‘* Orthocera glabra. Flem. Ditto.” Ditto. trachea. Flem. Ditto. Ditto. Miliola ovata, Crouch, Illust. Lamarck, p. 40. pl. 20. f. 11. Com- mon on the north, east, and south coast. “ Loligo mediat. Specimens occasionally received from Dublin har- bour, Strangford lough, and other inlets.” Temp. MS. “ Octopus vulgaris, Lam. Not uncommon.” ‘Temp. MS. “« Arion ater, var. rufus, var. marginatus. Common.” Temp. MS. a «ae * These having been mostly communicated to me (in 1835) in the order and under the names in which they appear in Fleming’s ‘ British Animals,’ are chiefly so arranged, and thus some genera, &c. on which new light has been thrown, still appear under their old appellations. The multiplication of ha- bitats has not been thought of in an article like the present, in which I am particular only about noting the place (in so far as I am informed) where the species occurred to those who in this country first studied and deter- mined them. Notices of Irish mollusca are so widely scattered, that I may, after having taken considerable care, still be in error respecting the introduction of some species as ‘‘ additions ”’ to the Fauna. + Spirula australis, published many years ago as found by Mr. O’Kelly on the coast of Kerry, is mentioned in the late Mr. Templeton’s MS. as having been obtained ‘‘ near Whitehouse,” Belfast Bay ; and at Portrush near the Giant’s Causeway, by Mrs. Clewlow. Mr. R. Ball has procured it near Youghal, as Mr. W. H. Harvey once did on the coast of Clare. t This is indicated as Irish in the abstract of a paper by Mr. R. Ball just published in the Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy : with this expla- nation the species is here retained in consequence of the late Mr. Temple- ton’s note on it. Mr. W. Thompson on the Fauna of Ireland. 1] “ Arion hortensis, Fer. Common at Cranmore [Belfast].”” ‘Temp. MS. Coloured drawings of the var. of this species named A. circumscriptus by Dr. Johnston were made by Mr. Templeton in 1808. « Limaz agrestis, Gmel. Common.” Temp. MS. variegatus, Fer. (Hist. de Moll. p. 71. pl. 5. f. 1—6.) Youghal in Mr. Ball’s collection. Helix concinna, Jeff. Common in Ireland, especially in the north. Succinea gracilis, Alder. Widely diffused in Ireland. Mr. Alder, I believe, now rather considers this to be a variety of S. amphibia. Limneus lacustris. Gulnaria lacustris, Leach. Found in Lough Neagh and lakes generally. Lottia? pulchella, Forbes. ‘ Malac. Monensis,’ p. 35. ‘ Mag. Nat. Hist.’ viii. p. 591. f. 61. In Mr. Hyndman’s collection (Belfast) are a few small.specimens of this shell—the first obtained on the shore of Belfast Bay by Mrs. M‘Gee, the others found by Mr. H. adhering to oysters in Belfast market in 1831. Patella? Forbesii, Smith, ‘ Wern. Mem.’ vol. viii. p. 107. pl. 2. One of this species was found by Miss M. Ball several years ago in company with Orbicula Norvegica, Lam. on a stone dredged in very deep water at Youghal. ——? ancyloides, Forbes, MS. Obtained by Mr. Hyndman many years ago on oysters from Strangford lough. Length-3 lines, breadth 23, height 13. The great resemblance this shell bears to the Ancylus fluviatilis is not confined to external appearance, but internally it exhibits the same blueish cast. ‘« Dentalium striatulum. Found in sand near Cove.’”’ Mr. John Humphreys. Portmarnock, Mr. Warren. “ Chiton ruber, Linn. Among oysters from Killinchy, Down.” Temp. MS. Found by Mr. Hyndman and myself in different localities on the north-east coast. albus, Mont. As last. fuscatus, Brown. Ditto. Aplysia depilans, Linn. Youghal and Dublin, R. Ball, Esq. M. Mal- bay, W. H. Harvey, Esq. Obtained by dredging in Belfast and Strangford loughs by Mr. Hyndman and myself. “5 punctata, Cuv. Dublin.” R. Ball, Esq. “* Bulla catena, Mont. M. Malbay, rare. A beautiful little species about a line in length marked with elegant chain-like bands.” W. H. Harvey, Esq. striata, Brown, Illust. pl. 38. f. 41, 42. Bangor, co. Down. Mr. Hyndman. 12 Mr. W. Thompson on the Fauna of Ireland. Littorina sazatilis, Bean, MS. Northern and eastern coasts: common. Eulima Donovani, Forbes. ‘ Mal. Mon.’ p. 15. Youghal and Dublin, R. Ball, Esq. Dredged off Dundrum, co. Down, by Mr. Hynd- man and myself. Jeffreysii. Dublin coast, Mr. Ball and Mr. Warren. bilineata, Jeff. A Eulima so named by Mr. Jeffreys is in the collection of Mr. Warren, who found it at Portmarnock. ‘* Rissoa striatula. Turbo monilis, Turton. M. Malbay, rare.” W. H. Harvey, Esq. alba, var. Brown. Youghal, Miss M. Ball. Odostomia unidentata, Flem. Youghal, R. Ball, Esq.; M. Malbay, not rare; W. H. Harvey, Esq. Natica Alderi, Forbes, ‘Mal. Mon.’ p.31. Of frequent occurrence in north, east, and south of Ireland, and hitherto passing under the name of N. canrena. Marginella voluta. M. Malbay, rare; W. H. Harvey; Macgilligan (co. L. Derry) and Belfast Bay, G. C. Hyndman ; South Islands of Arran, R. Ball. Auricula bidentata, Fer. Youghal and Portmarnock, R. Ball. “« Buccinum ovum. [Turt. ‘ Zool. Journ.’ vol. ii. p. 366. pl. 13. f. 9.) Found in the intestines of a Red Gurnard brought to Cork market.””’ Mr. John Humphreys. “ Cerithium tubercularis. (Murex tubercularis, Mont.) M. Malbay, common.” W.H. Harvey, Esq. Cerithium Pennantii, mihi. Turbo tuberculata, Penn. ‘ Brit. Zool.’ vol. iv. p. 129. pl. 82. f. 111. Terebra fuscata, Flem. ‘ Brit. Anim.’ Cerithium fuscatum, Brown, ‘ Illust. Conch.’ p. 9. pl. 5. f. 67. Of this shell there is a specimen from Youghal in Miss M. Ball’s collection, agreeing with the descriptions of Fleming and Brown, but only tolerably represented in the above-quoted figures. Mr. E. Forbes having informed me that the Turbo tu- berculata of Linn. is a different shell, and that the Cerithium to which Costa applied the name of C. fuscatum is likewise distinct, I have considered it necessary to bestow a new name on the present species. « Fusus gyrinus. Clare and Youghal.” R. Ball, Esq. Lamellaria tentaculata, Mont. ‘ Linn. Trans.’ xi. 186. pl. 12. f. 5, 6. Johnston, ‘ Mag. Nat. Hist.’ ix. 229. f.25. In January 1835 two small individuals, about 4 lines in length, of this rare species were dredged in Strangford lough by Mr. Hyndman and myself. ‘«« Pecten glaber. Found in the intestines of a Haddock bought in Cork market.” Mr, John Humphreys. Mr. W. Thompson on the Fauna of Ireland. 13 ‘“ Anomia punctata. Youghal.” R. Ball, Esq. ‘ Hyalea trespinosa, Griff. Cuvier, Moll. pl. 3. f.7.” An individual of this species and the first Pteropode I believe that has occurred on the British shores, was found by Mr. R. Ball on the coast near Youghal some years ago. At the same time Spirule and Ian- thine occurred, but none of them in a living state. “ Arca fusca. Coast of Galway.” R. Ball, Esq., who considers its rank as a species doubtful. Nucula tenuis. Found at Portmarnock by T. W. Warren, Esq. — nitida, Sowerby. Coast of Dublin. Pinna fragilis, \ 'Turt. Bivalves. The three first named noted by papyracea, Mr. John Humphreys as found at Cove ; the two pectinata, first and P. muricata by Mr. R. Ball as obtained muricata, from the same locality. As species they are looked upon with much doubt. Cardium nodosum*, Mont. North and east coasts. This shell is noticed by Mr. Smith as fourd in the newer pliocene deposits in Ireland. ‘ Wern. Mem.’ vol. viii. part 1. Anodon intermedius, Lam. I have found this in the rejectamenta of the river Lagan near Belfast. — cellensis, Pfeif. River Shannon and Grand Canal. The dn. anatinus and An. cygneus have been recorded as Irish. Although enumerating these, I am not disposed to take the views of au- thors who make so many species in this genus. “ Amphidesma distortum. Youghal.” R. Ball, Esq. ‘“* Donax complanata. Bantry Bay, rare.” Mr. J. Humphreys. “ Tellina similis. Dublin.” R. Ball. . bimaculata. Bantry.” KR. Ball. This species is given doubtfully as Irish in Mr. O’Kelly’s catalogue. Tellimya ovata, Brown’s ‘ lust. Brit. Conch.’ pl. 14. f. 20, 21. Spe- cimens of this shell from the southern coast are in Mr. Hynd- man’s cabinet. Myrtea spinifera, Turt. Bantry Bay. Miss M. Ball. Marked with doubt by Mr. O’Kelly as a Portmarnock shell. It has been in- dicated as an Irish species by Mr. Jeffreys when noticing the mollusca he obtained at Oban in Argyleshire: he remarks that * Mytilus edulis, Linn. The variety? M. subsaxatilis, Williamson, ‘ Mag. Nat. Hist.’ vii. 8353. has been found at Youghal by Miss M. Ball. The var. M. incurvatus monopolizes, almost to the exclusion of the other forms of this species, the shores of Ireland that are exposed to the swell of the ocean. Venus virginea, Linn. The var. V. Sarniensis, Turt. dredged on the Dub- lin coast by Dr. Lloyd of Malahide. 14 Mr. E. Newman on Australasian Longicorns. the individuals here procured were “only half the size of the Irish specimens.’’ Sowerby’s ‘ Malac. and Conch. Mag.’ No. 2. p. 43. “* Cyprina minima. M. Malbay, rare.” W.H. Harvey. Bantry Bay. Mr. J. Humphreys. Pisidium obtusale, Pfeif.? Jenyns, I have collected in a few locali- ties in the north-east of Ireland. cinereum, Alder. As last. La Bergerie, Queen’s county, Rev. B. J. Clarke. ‘« Teredo bipennata. From the mast of avessel cast ashore at Youghal.” R. Ball. M. Malbay, W. H. Harvey. «« Xylophaga dorsalis. In rotten wood at Ringsend, Dublin.” W. H. Harvey *. Montacuta purpurea. Mya purpurea, Mont. Abundant on the north- east coast. It was this species and not Kellia rubra that was found in the stomach of mullet as noticed in ‘ Annals Nat. Hist,’ vol. i. p. 354. K. rubra also occurs on the Irish shores. Pandora obtusa, Leach, Lam. Penn. ‘Brit. Zool.’ vol. iv. pl. 64. (three lowest figures) ed. 1777 : same work, ed. 1812. Solen pinna, vol. iv. p. 175. pl. 67. f. 3. Dredged off Carrickfergus Sept. 1835, Mr. Hyndman ; subsequently by Mr. H. and myself in Strangford lough. [To be continued. } IV.—Nonnullorum Cerambycitum novorum, Novam Hollandiam et Insulam Van Diemen habitantium characteres. By Ep- wARD NewMaAy, F.L.S., &c.t+ Genus. SceLrocantHa, Newman. Prioni facies: prothorax utrinque spina recurva laterali armatus ; pone spinam excavatione semicirculari incisus, postice bisinuatus : tibie sulcate, carinate, extus spinose. = ———— = —— * Pholas papyraceus, Solander. Turt. Brit. Biv. Mr. Harvey has shown me a specimen which he found in 1826 in a fishing-boat in Dublin Bay ; but as Torbay boats occasionally visit this place, and in one of them it may pos- sibly have occurred, the species cannot be announced as Irish. + At the particular request of Mr. Davis, now settled at Adelaide, in South Australia, I have written characters for some of the fine Coleoptera which he has sent to this country: that portion of the list containing the Longi- corns being ready, I have added a few more descriptions from specimens in the collection of Mr. Children, to which he has most obligingly allowed Mr. KE. Newman on Australasian Longicorns. 15 Sp. 1. S. glabricollis. Piceus, prothorax glaberrimus: elytra profunde puncta, punctis humeralibus rarioribus, discoidalibus majoribus, apicalibus cre- brioribus. Corp. long. 1:5 unce., lat. -66 unc. Exemp. unic. in Mus, D. Children. Habitat. Insula Van Diemen. Sp. 2. S. pilosicollis. Prionus pilosicollis, Hope, Trans. Ent. Soc. tom. i. p. 16. Exemp. unic. in Mus. Soc. Ent. “ Habitat. Nova Hollandia apud Swan River.” Genus. Toxrutes, Newman. Mallodonis fere facies : prothorax utrinque spinis recurvis, lateralibus, acutissimis armatus; spina antica ad marginem anticum sita, valde arcuata; spina 244 mediana minus arcuata : tibie inermes. Sp. 1. Z. arcuatus. Prionus arcuatus, Fabricius, Syst. Hleu, tom. i. p. 259. Exemp. In Mus. Brit., &e. Habitat. Insula Van Diemen. Genus. Matuopon, Serville. Sp. M. stigmosum. Piceum: prothorax parallelipipedus, marginibus late- ralibus crenatis, angulis posticis acutis, disco minutissime puncto, ob- scuro, spatiis 2 glabris fere trigonis exceptis : elytra rugosa : abdominis segmenta stigmate magno utrinque impressa. Corp. long. 1°5 unc., lat. ‘6 unc. Exemp. unic. in Mus. D. Children. Habitat. Nova Hollandia. Genus. Dorx, Newman. Dorci facies: caput porrectum, medio longitudinaliter sulcatum, mandibule valide, extus et intus arcuate, apice bidentate, intus inermes : labi- et maxipalpi elongati, longitudine fere zequales, arti- culo apicali incrassato ; antenne corporis dimidio longiores, 11-ar- ticulate, articulus 2"° brevissimus, ceteri subeequales, compress oculos haud attingentes: prothorax longitudine paullo latior; margo anticus postico latior; margines laterales paullo sinuate ; elytra linearia, prothorace paullo angustiora, disco convexo, apice rotundata: tibie angulares, pedetentim incrassate, apice spinis 2 acutis, halteribus 2 obtusis armatz : tarsi manifesto 5-articulati: articulus 4" brevis at satis notabilis. me free access, and from some others in the British Museum. These hasty notes will, I trust, not merely serve to secure me priority in nomenclature, but will, on account of the extreme singularity of some of the forms described, afford considerable interest to our scientific entomologists. 16 Mr. E. Newman on Australasian Longicorns. Sp. Dorx pentamera. Nigra: elytris punctis, spina apicali suturali brevis- sima armatis: pedes picei. Corp. long. 1°4 unc., lat. 5 une. Exemp. unic. in Mus. D. Children. Habitat. Nova Hollandia. Genus. Pirnanotes, Newman. Prioni facies : Caput porrectum : mandibule valida, extus arcuate, intus dentibus duobus minutis armatis, apice acutissime : labi- et maxipalpi breves articulo apicali cylindrico : antenne corporis di- midio longiores, 11-articulate, arti¢ulus 2"S brevis, 34 4"™ cum 5° longitudine zquans: prothorax brevis, angulis rectangulis, utrin- que spina acuta mediana laterali armatus: tibie fere precedentis. Sp. Pith. falsus. Niger: prothorax tuberibus nonnullis, quarum 4 seriem transversam constituunt, armatus : elytra ad humeros verrucosa, apici- bus rotundatis, spina nulla suturali armata. (Corp. long. 1:25 unc., lat. °55 une. Exemp. unic. in Mus. D. Children. Habitat. Nova Hollandia. Genus. Bracuytria, Newman. Caput in prothorace receptum: oculi fere reniformes : mandibule et palpi brevissima: antenne dimidio corporis longiores, 1 1-articulate; articulus 1" latitudine duplo longior, curvatus ; 2"5 3"5 et 4"5 bre- vissimi; caeteri longitudine subzquales, vix elongati: prothorax capite latior, subglobosus, angulis posticis late excavatus: scu- tellum elongatum, apice rotundatum: elytra prothorace latiora, fere parallela, dorso complanata, apice rotundata, inermia: pedes breves, femoribus pedetentim tumentibus. Sp. B. gulosa. Fusca; facie, gula, capitis parte postica, prosterni parte antica croceis: elytrorum margo costalis, macula mediana albida sig- natus: caput rugose punctatum: prothorax rugosus punctis magnis confluentibus impressus: elytra 3-carinata, utriusque carinz due di- stincte fere ad apicem desinienes, 3"? subsuturalis indistincta longe ante apicem desinens. Corp. long. ‘7 unc., lat. *175 unc. Exemp. 1. in Mus. Brit. ex dono Rev. Augusti Beaufort. Habitat. Insula Van Diemen. Genus. Necypa.is, Linneus. Caput exsertum: antennarum articulus 4"* sequentibus manifesto brevior: femora apice pedetentim tumida, metatarsi manifesto di- latati. Sp. NV. auricomus. Niger ; capite croceo, antennis oculisque nigris; pro- thorax nigerrimus, opacus: elytra semipellucida, pallida, apicibus ni- Mr. E. Newman on Australasian Longicorns. 17 gricantibus : pectus et abdomen lanugine aurea vestita. (Corp. long. “4 unc., lat. ‘075 unc.) Exemp. 1. in Mus. D. Turner. Habitat. Nova Hollandia. “ Exemp. unic. prope Adelaide lectum tan- tum vidi.” A. H. Davis. Genus. Hestursis, Newman. Caput pronum, in prothorace ad oculos reconditum : antennz maris corpore longiores 12-articulate, femine corpore breviores 1 1-arti- culate apice paullo crassiores, articulus 4"5 5° et sequentibus vix brevior: prothorax valde convexus capite manifesto latior vix lon- gior lateribus medio vix productis: elytra abbreviata, quadrata: cor- pus obesum lanuginosum : pedes compressi, femoribus vix tumidis; protarsi paullo dilatati meso- et metatarsi nullomodo dilatati. Sp. 1. H. variegatus. | Molorchus variegatus, Fab. Syst. Eleu. tom. ii. p. 375. Exemp. in Mus. Ent. Club. Habitat. Nova Hollandia. Sp. 2. H. ferrugineus. Molorchus ferrugineus, MacLeay p- 487. Lxemp. in Mus. Ent. Club. Habitat. Nova Hollandia. Sp. 3. H. cingulatus. Molorchus cingulatus, Kirby, Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xii. p. 470. Exemp. in Mus. Ent. Club. Habitat. Nova Hollandia. Sp. 4. H. bizonatus. Abdominis zonule 2; prothoracis margo anticus tenue flavus; antennz basi graciles ferruginez ; apice crassiores fuscz : pedes ferruginei, femoribus apice nigris profemora fere tota nigra. Corp. long. ‘7 unc., lat. -175. Exemp. 1. in Mus. Soc. Zool. Lon. Habitat. Nova Hollandia. ? Boisduval, Faune de I Oceanie, Genus. Hetiomanes, Newman. Caput pronum vix exsertum; antennarum gracilium articulus 4" se- quentibus haud manifesto brevior ; elytra oblonga apice rotundata : corpus gracile: femora apice repente et manifesto tumida; tarsi mediocres simplices. Sp. 1. H. Sidus. Fuscus; antennez corpore breviores: prothorax elongatus medio longitudinaliter impressus, utrinque pone medium dente laterali armatus: elytra extus curvata, fusca, fasciis albidis undulatis duobus. (Corp. long. °3 unc., lat. ‘075 unc.) In Mus. D. Children et D. Hope. Habitat. Nova Hollandia. Ann. Nat. Hist. Vol.5. No. 28. March 1840. c 18 Mr. EK. Newman on Australasian Longicorns. Genus. Cauuipium, Fabricius. Sp. C. Faber. Fuscum, nitidum: elytra puncta, utriusque discus macula magna testacea signatus : femora pallida, tumida: tibiz tarsique sutu- ratiora. Corp. long. 325 unc., lat. +1 une. Exemp. 2. in Mus. D. Turner. Habitat. Nova Hollandia. “Exemp. 2, prope Adelaide lecta.” A. H. Davis. Genus. Copromma, Newman. Caput in prothorace fere ad oculos reconditum, porrectum, protho- race angustius ; oculi arcuati, medio ad antennarum basin profunde emarginati, fere divisi: antenne glabra, maris valde, femine vix corpore longiores, 11-articulatz, articuli e quarto compress! : elytra basi prothorace latiora apice angustiora, rotundata, inermia, femine haud abdomen tegentia: femora pedetentim tumida inermia. Sp. 1. C. virgatum. Atrum, fulgore chalybeo nitens : antennarum apicibus albidis: caput albido 4 lineatum ; linez 2 verticis inter antennas desi- nunt, 2 laterales oculos secant et in faciem adjunguntur: prothorax al- bido 4 lineatus, lineze lineis capitis continue: elytrorum lanugo lutea maculam basalem obliquam, alteram medianam transversam, multasque minores irroratas format: metafemora macula mediana albida signata. (Corp. long. 8 unc., lat. *3 unc.) Exemp. 2. in Mus. D. Children. Habitat. Nova Hollandia. Sp. 2. C. textortum. Testaceum, fulgore chalybeo nitens; lineis 2 capiti, prothoraci, elytrisque communibus albidis: lineze elytrorum medio lon- gitudinaliter hiantes. (Corp. long. °6 unc., lat. ‘2 unc.) Exemp. 1. in Mus. D. Children. Habitat. Nova Hollandia. Genus. Iscunotes, Newmai. Caput pronum in prothorace ad oculos reconditum; oculi magni, spheroides, vix emarginati ; antenne prothorace duplo longiores, filiformes, ll-articulate; articulus 1"° tumidus, 2 minimus, se- quentes graciles elongati: prothorax absolute cylindraceus, capite quintuplo longior, ad marginem posticum pedes brevissimos ferens: elytra linearia, prothorace vix latiora at manifesto longiora, apice rotundata inermia: pedes simplices. Sp. i. cylindraceus. Nigra, opaca: inter oculos linea longitudinalis vix ele- vata: prothorax subtilissime punctus, sed ad marginem posticum serie transversali punctorum profundorum impressus: elytra profunde puncta : pedes brevissimi. (Corp. long. *525 unc., lat. ‘05 une.) Exemp. 1. in Mus. D. Turner. Habitat. Nova Hollandia. ‘‘ Exemp. 1. prope Adelaide lectum.” A. H. Davis. Mr. EK. Newman on Australasian Longicorns. 19- Genus. Xystrocera, Serville. | i Sp. X. virescens. Fusca, splendore virescenti lzta: prothorax et elytra puncta, punctis plus minusve confiuentibus: elytra 3-lineata, lineis haud promi- nentibus, apice rotundata. (Corp. long. 1:2 unc., lat. °3 unc.) Exemp. |. in Mus. Brit. D, Hardwicke legate. Habitat. Nova Hollandia. Genus. PHoracantua, Newman. Hujus generis species sub genere ‘‘ Stenocorus” celeberrimi Geof- froyi collocant MacLeay, Hope et Boisduval: autem Stenocorus cum genere ‘‘ Rhagium’’ distincte est synonymus, scilicet Sp. 1. Ste. bifasciatus Rhagium bDifasciatum certe est: iterumque Sp. 2. Ste. Inquisitor Rha. Inquisitor sine dubio. Audinet Serville (nisi sub nomine ‘‘ Mallocera’’ insectorum Americe Me- ridionalis genus) species haud collocat. Generis typus Cerambyx semipunctatus Donovani. Antennarum articuli plus minusve apice-1 spinosi: prothorax utrinque medio l-spinosus, spina plus minusve prominens : elytra apice truncata plus minusve bispinosa : descriptionem fusiorem haud requirat genus percognitum. Novam Hollandiam species omnes incolant. Sp. 1. P. Synonyma. Stenocorus punctatus. Kirby ‘ Transactions of the Linnean Society,’ xii. 471. ‘‘ Antenne breviores rufo-picez articulis 5 intermediis, extus apice spina armatus, &c.” Sp. 2. P. tricuspis, ined.* Sp. 7. P. curvispina, ined. Sp. 3. P. quinaria, ined. Sp. 8. P. rubripes. Sp. 4. P. punctata. Stenochorus rubripes, Boisduval, Stenocorus punctatus, Donovan, ‘Faune de l’Oceanie,’ p. 477. ‘ Epitome of the Insects of New | Sp. 9. P. dorsalis. Holland.’ | Stenochorus dorsalis, MacLeay, Sp. 5. P. obscura. ‘ Appendix to King’s Voyage,’ Stenocorus obscurus, Donovan, Id. i, 451. Sp. 6. P. semipunctata. Sp. 10. P. aberrans, ined. Stenocorus semipunctatus, Oliv. 69,| Sp. 11. P. ventralis, ined. tab. ii. fig. 19. Sp. 12. P, biguttata. Stenocorus semipunctatus, Fab. Stenocorus biguttatus, Donovan. Syst. Elen. ii. 306. -——_—_——-- tessellatus, Latreille. Stenocorus semipunctatus, Dono- | Sp. 13. P. senio, ined. van, Epitome, &c. * T was on my way to the printers, with the MS. of these notes in my pocket, when accidentally meeting Mr. Westwood, I learned that the Rev. F. W. Hope was about to publish figures and descriptions of several new species of this genus: I have therefore withdrawn the descriptions I had written, lest my new species should clash with Mr. Hope’s. — e 2 20 Mr. E, Newman on Australasian Longicorns. Genus. Divymocantrua, Newman, Caput exsertum, vix pronum; oculi magni, reniformes, antennas fere amplectentes ; antennz corpore manifesto longiores 11-articu- late ; articulus ]"* paullo tumidus, 2"° minutissimus; 3", 4 paullo longior, 5"8, 3% vel 4‘ paullo longior, ceteri ad apicem prace- dentibus longiores, compressi; prothorax capite longior et angus- tior, lateribus spinis, 2"S armatis et inter spinas dente obtuso in- structis : elytra prothorace latiora parellela apice rotundata iner- mia: femora pedetentim vix tumescentia. Sp. D.obliqua. Antennarum articuli 1" et 2" nigri, 3"* 4" et 5"° lutei apice nigri, czeteri fusci: scutellum albidum: elytra sordide testacea fasciis binis abnormibus nigris. Corp. long. *525 unc., lat. 175 une. Exemp. 1. in Mus. D. Children. Habitat. Nova Hollandia. Genus. Putyctr#nopes, Newman. Caput exsertum, vix pronum ; maxipalpi mandibulis valde longiores ; antenne 11-articulate, articulus 1"° paullo tumidus, 2"° subglo- bosus ; czteri longitudine fere equales, ultimo breviori: protho- rax dorso 4-spinosus, spinis 2 anticis acutis paullo retrorsum curvatis ; 2 posticis vix acutis nullo modo curvatis; lateribus l-spinosus ; spina mediana, acuta retrorsum curvata: elytra pa- rallela prothorace latiora, apice obtusa inermia : femora pedetentim tumida. Sp. P, pustulosa. Fusco-niger concolor; caput, prothorax et elytra pus- tulis—basi majoribus apice minutissimis—crebre tecta. (Corp. long. 1°2 unc., lat. ‘3 unc.) Exemp. 1. in Mus. D. Children. Habitat. Nova Hollandia. Genus. TressAromma, Newman. Caput exsertum, porrectum ; antennz graciles, corpore vix breviores, 1l-articulate; articulus 1° pyriformis, basi constrictus, apice tumidus ; 2"§ brevis obconicus ; ceteri fere lineares ; 3"° 24° paullo longior, 5% et sequentes 34° paullo longiores: oculi 4, anteriores majores : prothorax capite angustior elongatus, dorso gibber spinis 2, lateribus spina mediana armatus: elytra prothorace quadruplo longiora vix duplo latiora, parellela apice extremo oblique abscissa, femora apice repente tumentia. Sp. T. undatum. Testaceum, fusco variegatum lanugine serica splendidum ; antenne et pedes testacea: femora et tibiz fusco cincta (Corp. long. *8 unc., lat. -15 unc.) Exemp. unic. in Mus. D. Turner. Habitat. Nova Hollandia. ‘“ Exemp. unic. prope Adelaide, sub cortice, Mr. E. Newman on Australasian Longicorns. 21 mense Junio lectum; vivens formosissimus coloreque fulgoreque.” A. H. Davis. Genus. RuaciomorpHa, Newman. Caput exsertum porrectum ; antenne filiformes longitudine corpus eequantes, 1l-articulate ; articulus 1"* elongatus, arcuatus, apice tumidus ; 2°S minutus ; ceteri graciles, longitudine fere equales: prothorax capite haud latior dorso tuberis 4 fere confluentibus in- structus, lateribus medio gibberis in spinam obtusam productis : elytra prothorace latiora linearia apicibus rotundatis : femora ma- nifesto ac pedetentim tumida. * Species normales. Sp. 1. &. Lepturoides. Stenocortus Lepturoides, Boisduval, Faune de l’Oceanie, p. 479. Exemp. in Mus. D. Gory, Dupont, et Buquet. Habitat. Nova Hollandia. Apud Port Jackson lectum. Sp. 2. #&. concolor. ; Stenoderus concolor, MacLeay. Appendix to King’s Voyage, vol. ii. p. 451. Exemp. unic. in Mus. D. Children. Descriptio vix distincta. Habitat. Nova Hollandia. Sp. 3. &. sordida. Fusca, lunugine argenteo sparsim vestita; caput inter antennas excavatum, punctum: prothoracis dorsum longitudinaliter impressum : singuli elytri linez vix elevate 3: femora basi pallidiora. (Corp. long. *5 unc, lat. ‘1 unc.) antennz desunt. Exemp. unic. in Mus. D. Turner. Habitat. Nova Hollandia. ‘‘Exemp. 1. prope Adelaide lectum.” A. H. Davis. ** Species aberrantes. Sp. 4. &. oculifera. Caput exsertum linea longitudinali impressum ; an- tennarum articuli 1 et 2 nigri; 5“* hirsutie exteriori rufa ornatus; 4"8 et sequentes picei: prothorax lateribus lanugine aurea vestitus : elytra quasi reticulata, 4 carinata, carina prima macula rotunda lanu- ginosa aurea interrupta est et ante apicem desinet ; 2"* 1° longior fere ad apicem desinens; inter 1"™ et 2"™ linea aurea, lanuginosa, basalis apparet; 3"% ad humerum oritur et longe ante pracedentes desinet ; 4's infra humerum oritur et ante apicem 2° conjungitur: mesoster- num utrinque linea lanuginosa argentea signatum. (Corp. long. *7 unc: lat. °1 unc.) Exemp. 2. in Mus. Brit. Habitat. Nova Hollandia. Genus. StenopeErvs, Dejean. Sp. grammicus. Pallide ferrugineus: oculi nigri: prothoracis latera fusca: singuli elytri margo suturalis linezeque tres elevate albida, linea prima ad marginem suturalem, secunda ad lateralem, in medio tendit. Corp. long. 425 unc., lat. ‘075 une. Exemp. 3. in Mus. D. Turner. . Habitat. Nova Hollandia. “Exemp. 3, prope Adelaidelectum-” A. H. Davis. 22 Mr. Goodsir on the Anatomy of the Limneus involutus. V.—Description of Limneus involutus, Harvey, MS. By W. Tuompson, Vice-President of the Natural History So- ciety of Belfast ;—with an account of the Anatomy of the Animal. By Joun Goopsir, Esq. (With a Plate. } Limneus involutus Amphipeplea savoluta, pHETVeY> — Spree. Cuar. Spire sunk within the outer whorl ; aperture very large, extending to the apex. The finest specimen I have examined is 5} lines in length, and 34 in breadth ; volutions four, the largest enveloping the other three, of which none are visible in the profile of the shell; aperture very large, wide at the base (exposing the co- lumella throughout its entire length) and extending to the apex of the shell, margin reflected only where it joins the pil- lar. Shell polished, of a pale amber colour, extremely thin, with coarse longitudinal striz. This species approaches the L. glutinosus more nearly than any other native Limneus, but from the circumstance of the aperture extending to the apex, has at a cursory view as great a resemblance to the Bulla Akera, Mout., as to any other Bri- tish shell; a coincidence which is rendered still more remark- able by the columella presenting the same appearance in the L. involutus as it does in that species. The discovery of this new and beautiful mollusk is due to my friend Wm. H. Harvey, Esq. (well known for his botanical investigations) who obtained a few specimens in a small alpine lake on Cromaylaun mountain, near the celebrated lakes of Killarney, in the month of April 1832. The above account was read to the Linnean Society of Lon- don in April 1834. To the present time (Sept. 1839), I have not heard of the occurrence of the species in any other locality in Ireland. The original station was visited by Mr. R. Ball and myself in June 1834, when we procured only a few small specimens. The time was however unfavourable for seeing these mollusks to any advantage, being at a very early hour in the morning, before the warmth of the sun had tempted them to leave the bottom of the lake or adjoining rivulet. This shell, from partaking more of the form of the marine Mr. Goodsir on the Anatomy of the Limneus involutus. 23 genus Bulla than of the other Limnez, seemed so highly in- teresting, that I conceived that the mere description of it would be of comparatively little value without that of the ani- mal. Its dissection was most kindly undertaken by Mr. Good- sir, to whom I am indebted for the following description, and the admirable drawing which illustrates it. “In structure the Limneus involutus resembles the other species of the genus. When its organs are compared with those of the LZ. stagnalis as described and figured by Cuvier, they are found, with the exception of the nervous collar, and the reproductive organs, to be nearly identical in arrange- ment and structure (Plate I. fig. 2.). “ In his memoir on the Limneus and Planorbis, Cuvier de- scribes the supra-ceesophageal portion of the nervous collar as consisting on each side of three small globules, connected mesially by a narrow portion; of an infra-cesophageal gan- glion composed of three masses, and of a small ganglion at the junction of the buccal apparatus and gullet. In the L. invo- lutus the nervous collar presents the following arrangement (fig. 3.). On each side of the gullet and buccal mass, there are two fusiform ganglia (@ a), connected superiorly by a straight narrow commissure (0), and inferiorly by four small lateral (¢ c ¢ c) and two large median ganglia (dd). Ante- rior to these and concealed by the buccal mass are two large ganglia (e e), connected mesially to one another, and laterally to the middle of the lateral ganglia (@ a), having no connexion with the six posterior ganglia. The masses (a a) give off near their anterior extremities two nerves, which run forward along the inferior surface of the buccal apparatus, and terminate in two small ganglia (ff), which are connected by a filament, and distribute nerves to the buccal mass and cesophagus. The lateral ganglia therefore have one superior commissure, con- sisting of a simple cord, and two inferior commissures, the pos- terior containing six ganglia, the anterior two. The lateral and the six posterior gangiia give off all the nerves described by Cuvier; the two anterior connecting masses supply the mus- cular bundles in their neighbourhood. “