258 The Irish Naturalist. [December, 



some peculiar attraction for insects, e.g., a particular corner 

 of a field, part of a lane, or, as in Mr. Gleeson's case, a nook 

 on the shore of a lake or edge of a wood. The curious thing 

 is that there are other places apparently equally attractive to 

 which the insects do not resort. Zygoma loniccra* and Z. fili- 

 pcndtda were abundant, and I secured some fine specimens in 

 my own fields. 



I picked up a few moths in my garden at rhododendron 

 blossom, among them being Lophopteryx camelina, Leucania 

 pattens, L. impura, and Hadcna oleracea. I boxed a nice 

 specimen of Eubolia palumbaria as it was sitting in a hedge. 

 Besides these I took Euplcxia lucipa?-a in a farm house, 

 Cticutlia umbratica and Habrostola urtica in my garden, and 

 Aglossa pinguinalis in this house. During October I tried 

 sugar and Ivy blossom ever}' suitable night. Moths were 

 never numerous, but I obtained a nice little series of Calo- 

 caynpa exoleta and C. vetusta. In addition I took Miselia 

 oxyacantluE, Agrotis suffusa, Nochia triangulum, Orthosia 

 pistacina, and O. ferrugi?iea. Of the last three I only took 

 single specimens. I saw a good many Phtogopho?'a meticulosa 

 at Ivy blossom, but even they were never present in any 

 numbers. 



Coi^KOPTKRA. 



My friend, Col. W. J, Alexander, while stopping at Narin, 

 Co. Donegal, sent me a few beetles which he had picked up. 

 Among them were several Cicindcla campestris, which he told 

 me were numerous, but hard to catch, owing to their activity ; 

 he also sent Pristonychus terricola, Corymbitis cuprens and 

 Phyllopertha ho?iicota. I happened to mention, in my letter 

 acknowledging the arrival of these distinguished strangers, 

 that the last named (P. horticola) was called the " Bracken 

 Clock," and Col. Alexander, who was fishing, noticing that the 

 beetle was abundant, tried the artificial fly which was called by 

 that name, with the result that he had some excellent sport. I 

 hope any of the piscatorial fraternity whose e}^e this may meet 

 will note the advantage of entomology, and add fly-catching 

 to fly-fishing. 



I recorded (/. Nat., vol. vii., p. 169) the capture of two 

 specimens of Lochmtza cratcegi, one in April and the second in 

 June. Canon Fowler (" British Coleoptera," vol. iv.) says that 



