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seen a single larva of Euchelia jacobcece. Amougst the 

 Noctuides, five species were noted. One small specimen of 

 Hydrcecia nictitans was disturbed, as was also a solitary 

 Apamea didyma. While strolling along the railway bank at 

 Thomastown just after our arrival we noticed several worn 

 examples of Cerigo viatura. A pupa of Gonoptera libatrix 

 found lying exposed on a sycamore leaf a few inches above 

 the ground produced a fine rich coloured imago, and a worn 

 specimen of Plusia iota from the rough growth in a disused 

 limestone quarry at Kilmacshane completes the Noctuidae. 

 Turning now to the Geometrides, four species only represent 

 the group. Larentia didymata was very common among the 

 most luxuriant growth of Bilberry which covered all the 

 exposed open northern slope of Mount Brandon above the 

 belt of pine trees, but all were dwarfed. A worn example of 

 Theia variata was taken in the park at Woodstock, and 

 Cidaria populata, very small, was equally common among the 

 Bilberry with L. didymata. Etibolia limitata represents the 

 Fidoniidse, and was noticed along the railway bank at Thomas- 

 town. The Pyralides are, Cra^nbus tristellus, and C. selasellus, 

 Aphomia sociella, Gelechia domestica^ all solitary specimens. 

 I have bred Botys fitscalis from seeds of Rhi7ia7ithus gathered 

 at Kilmacshane. Of the Incompletae division, three families 

 only occurred. Cossidse : the larvae of Cossus lig7iiperda were in 

 quantities in one poplar tree on the banks of the Nore, each 

 small piece of bark or wood ripped off contained at least two or 

 three^ and long ere this I have no doubt that the tree, the " last 

 of its row " apparently, has been devoured to the uttermost 

 scrap. Tortricidae : Pero7iea aspersa7ia, G7'apholitha 7icsva7ta, 

 Eupoecilia a7igusta7ia and Catoptria scopolia7ia, all from heather 

 on the lower part of Mount Brandon. The Ti7ieid£S proper 

 have only one species, Ochse7ihi77ieria birdella^ also from the 

 heather on Brandon. The Anthlroceridae were represented by 

 A7ithroce7'a /ilipe7idulcs, which occurred in some numbers on 

 the railway bank near Thomastown. 



Passing to the Odonata, we have only three species to 

 recordj viz. : — Calopteryx sple7ide7is, on the bank of the Nore ; 

 Fyrrhosoma te7ielhc77i, in numbers over a small piece of orna- 

 mental water near Woodstock, partlj^ shadowed by an exceed- 

 ingly fine and dense clump of bamboo, and a species of 

 Sy7)ipet7U7n, possibly S, striolatuTTt. 



