1909- Notes. 25 



Lepidoptera in Co. Westmeath. 



I captured two females oi Dasychira fascelina in this county on or about 

 the Sth July last. They were sitting on the top of the heather in the act 

 of laying their eggs, so I broke off the twig, eggs and all, and shut both 

 moths up to finish laying. The eggs hatched out on the 28th July and 

 the larvce are now about i-inch long. They had not upon vSeptember 

 i6th begun to hibernate but were still feeding. I caught one other in 

 1904 before I started my own collection. It was also sitting on heather, 

 and I did not realize at the time that it, too, was probably in the act of 

 laying. It is in the collection of Dr. B. L. Midleton. I have some 

 otlier captures that have not previously been reported from this county 

 — three imagines of Scotosia dubitata, and one female Spilosoma itundica 

 (1903) two Biipahis pitiiarias (1906) ; one V^ancssa tirliaB var. 3 in 

 Newman. Also I do not think Nonagria annidiiiis has been reported before. 

 It occurs at Slevin's Lake, Westmeath, where I have seen the chrysalids 

 in bulrushes and imagines have been bred from them b}' Dr. B. L. 

 ]\Iidleton, who discovered them near here. 



I have to record the capture by myself on Sunday evening, 4th 

 October, of a male Achejvnlia atropos which flew into the house here 

 through an open window. It measures 5J inches across the wings. 



NORAH V. Levinge. 

 Violetstowm, Mullingar. 



Hymenoptera from County Antrim and Down. 



Having collected some Bees and Wasps in Antrim and Down this 

 summer, I was anxious to know if I had got any new county records. 



Taking J. N. Halbert's list compiled for the Belfast '' British Association 

 Guide,'' 1902, and adding those recorded in the " Irish Naturalist," since 

 that date they total fifteen species for Antrim, and fifteen for Down. 



They are as follows: — Ponipiliis gihbiis, Down; Saliiis ftisctis^ K.\i\x\m.; 

 Tachyles fectijiipes, Down ; Spdomena troglodytes, Down ; Passaloectis vionili- 

 cornis, Antrim ; Gorytes mystiecits, Down ; Mellinus arvensis, Down ; Crabro 

 tibialis, Down ; C.leiicostoma, Down ; C. palmipeSf Antrmi ; Oxybeliis tntiglumis, 

 Down ; Vespa rtifa, Antrim ; Sphecodes dimidatus^ Down ; Halticus riibiciindus, 

 Antrim, Down ; //. alhipes, Antrim, Down ; Andrena timmerana^ Antrim ; 



A. cinerea, Antrim, Down ; A. nigrocenea, Antrim ; Notnada ruficornis, 

 Antrim ; Bonibus lapidarius, Antrim, Down : B. agroru»i, Antrim, Down ; 



B. terrestris, Antrim, Down ; B. sylvariim^ Antrim ; B. soroensis, Antrim. 



I have taken the following which are not in the above list : — Vespa 



vulgaris, Antrim, Down ; V. norvegica, Antrim, Down ; V. sylvestris, Antrim. 



Down ; Andj-ma roscr, Antrim, Down ; A. albicaus, Antrim, Down ; 



Nomada alternata, Down ; Psithyrus vestalis, Antrim ; P. campestris, Antrim ; 



Bombiis hortortun, Antrim, Down ; B. laterWellns, Down : B. derhamellus, 



Antrim ; B. cidlumanus, Down ; B. smithiamcs, Antrim ; Megachile ceu- 



tuncnlaris, Down. 



Hugh L. Orr. 

 Clear wood Avenue, Belfast. 



