Aëpus and Lipura at Greenisland: A Further NoteAuthor(s): Nora FisherSource: The Irish Naturalists' Journal, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan., 1936), p. 24Published by: Irish Naturalists' Journal Ltd.Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25532542 .

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24 The Irish Naturalists' Journal. | Vol. VI.

This .species was first nuted in British waters on 3rd Jaumary, 1925, when a

specimen 7 ft. 1^, ins. in total length was oust ashore at Withernsea, South Yorkshire (G. C. Robson, M.A., F.Z.&.?Proc. Zoological Soc, 1925, pp. 291-301). Since that date there have been several more Yorkshire records (J. A. Stevenson? The Journal of Conchotomy, 20, 4, April, 1935,

pp. 112-114), and a further example is recorded by Dr. A. C. Stephen from

Buckie, Moray Firth, on 12th December, 1932 {Scottish Naturalist. 201,

May-June, 1933, p. 96). Dr. Stephen also informs me that S. caroli "

has come ashore on the Scottish coasts on several occasions, more or less at

periodic intervals corresponding to big influxes of Atlantic water.'* 0*n 7th March, 1929, Mr. Byron also forwarded a large Cuttlefish from

CastieiXDok, which has been referred to as S. pteropus or caroli, but the exact species was indeterminable owing to damage to essential characters,

though believed to be pteropus (I..N.J., 11, 181, May, 1929). The recent specimen appears1 to be the first record of S. caroli from

Irish waters.

Belfast, J. A. SIDNEY STENDAIxL.

AEPUS AND LIPURA AT GREENISLAND : A FURTHER NOTE.

With regard to my previous note on Aepus marinus Strom, and Lipura maritima Guerin (I.N.J., 5, p. 310, 1935), I wish to add detaiUs of some

supplementary observations made during the summer of 1935. In my first note I stated

" To judge from the conditions under which it lives at

Greenisland one would certainly assume that its [Aepus] food was Lipura.*' In May, 1935, an attempt was made to test this assumption. Three Aepus

were imprisoned together with three Lipitra and kept under close observation for three days, but during the whole period of their joint captivity the

beetles completely ignored the collenxbolans. Nothing else was in the jar, and all the animals appeared normally healthy and active. I also found the

beetles and collembolanis fairly plentiful throughout the summer in two other rock-reefs on the Greenisland shore, rather nearer to H.W.M. The bright omnge eggs of Lipura were noted on 16th November, 1934; 10th May, 13th

June andl 22nd July, 1935, since when I have not specially examined their

habitat and have no further notes. With regard to Miall's suggestion that

Aepus feeds on small mollusks such as Rissoa 'parva, I may mention that in the two additional Greenisland habitats noted above, no Rissoa parva could be found! within a distance of about 30 feet, or until Chondrus

appeared. Free Public Museums, Liverpool. NORA FISHER.

CLOUDED YELLOW BUTTERFLY IN PHOENIX PARK, DUBLIN.

On 22nd September last I saw a single male Clouded Yellow, Colia,s "coceMH (Fourcroy), near the western end of Phoenix Park. it was

flying in a S.W. direction.

National Museum, Dublin. A. W. STELFOX.

THE PREY OF CEABEO STYRIUS IN IRELAND.

On 29th July, 1933, while watching specimens of this fossorial wasp, 'Jrabro (Blepharipus) styrius Kohl, I saw a female pounce on a small black

fly, sting it and carry it away. I immediately captured her and her victim.

Through the kind help of Miss D. Anbertin the fly has been identified by Mr. J. E. Collin as Limnophora (Pseudotimnophora) triangulifera Fall. The

?xact spot where the Crabro and its prey were captured was in a clearing

i>long the southern edge of the plantation at Trawalhm, Mullaghmore, Co.

Sligo, between Sligo and Bundoran.

National Moiseuim, Dublin, A. W. STEiLFOX.

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