06 The hish NaturaHst. March, 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



BY W, J. KAYE, F.E.S. 



The following notes and observations were made on the 

 lepidoptera between June 6th and 30tb, 1902, in Co. Kerry. 

 The weather opened cold and wet, and lepidoptera even of the 

 commonest species failed to put in an appearance. On 9th at 

 Caragh Lake a nice 3^ellow bronze-coloured Chrysopha7ms 

 phlceas was taken, but little or nothing was moving, and odd 

 Cida?ia co7ylata^ Cidaria truncaia, and Bapta temerata 

 concluded the da3^'s work. Sugar was a failure in ioto. Next 

 da}^ Callophrys riibi was to be seen commonly, and testified to 

 the backwardness of the season. On 12th Lasiomuiata vicg^ra 

 was about, and Mr. Donisthorpe swept a larva of PInsia 

 chrysitis in its last skin off nettle. On the following day at 

 the same place another was taken in similar fashion. The 

 two coleopterists of the party frequently came across larvae of 

 Aj//<f«« ;;/^«^^/>'/'//a under loose stones, and on two occasions 

 Ma7iiola janira in the larva state was found wandering over 

 heather. Of other larvae there were E^ipithecia pumilata and 

 Larentia didymaia 2iV^^ Pseudoterp7ia pruinata, 2\\ on broom. 

 The L. didymata hatched from 26th Jul}^ to i6th August. On 

 i6th, the tenth day of the sojourn, a Scodonia belojai-ia female 

 was taken on the summit of the pass known as Windy Gap, 

 just over i,ood ft. On the Glencar side of the pass Hydi'dia 

 U7icula was fairly plentiful, Hapalotis Jascia7ia and Psed7iothrix 

 sirigilla7'ia in profusion, while Ca?7iptogra77wia bili7icata was 

 present in small numbers, and unfortunately quite typical. 

 Quite a pleasant surpiise for the day was the new acquaintance 

 with Cce7i07ty77ipha typho7i. After taking S> belgia7'ia on the 

 same morning, it was hard to know what to expect or work 

 for. It turned out that the C. typho7i was a precocious 

 specimen and the 6*. belgia7'ia a belated one, as only single 

 individuals of each were secured on that da}'. On 21st two 

 fine Py7'alis octo77iac7ilata were secured on the railway bank, 

 and on 26th two more at the same place, besides a good 

 specimen of G7ioph7'ia rubricoUis. On 21st an excursion was 

 jiiade to Kenmare, where insects were found to be more for- 



