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not a native species. Dyyas paphia : in Mr. Greer's, district the larva 

 feeds on Rubus Idceiis and not on its usual food-plant Viola canina ; a 

 variety of this butterfly with greenish-white spots on the wings occurs 

 in one of the glens where the typical form is abundant. A few of the 

 rarer moths may be referred to — Pheosia tremula, larva locally abundant 

 on poplars. Pterostoma palpina, rare. Polyploca flavicornis, Dasychira 

 fascelina and Acronycta leporina ; the. larvae of these three occurred on 

 the Lough Neagh border, Diaphora mendica var. yustica common, the 

 males ranging from white, through buff, to a pale smoke colour, the female 

 often with only the dot at base of fore wings. Demas coryli locally 

 abundant. Agroiis cortice:i and Agrotis cinerea at light. Eumichtis 

 protea, a single specimen at sugar. Panolis pinipevda, not very abundant. 

 Tcsniocampa opima, at Lough Neagh, where the variety brunnea occurs. 

 Dyschorista suspecta, locally common at heather blossom and on ragweed. 

 Cirrhoedia xerampelina, at rest on ash trunks and at street lamps. 

 Amathes helvola, very rare at sugar. Geometra veniaria, in some numbers 

 near Coalisland and probably introduced with Clematis Vitalba which is 

 common in gardens in the same locality. Chesias spartiata common 

 among broom {Cytisiis scoparius). Euzosmia undulata. Eurymene 

 dolobraria very local, larva on hazel and beech. Pachys strataria, one at 

 rest on sallow trunk, and another bred from a larva beaten from wild 

 cherry in April. The larva of the common Abraxa grossulariata in certain 

 localities feeds on ling, the imago is small and dark. 



Evidently Mr. Greer believes there is still useful work to be done 

 on the lepidopterous fauna of Tyrone. He remarks "a large area in 

 the centre of the county, consisting of wide moorlands, studded with 

 numerous lakes ; fertile valleys, many glens clothed with native scrubby 

 woods, dominated by the isolated mountain Mullaghcarn, 1,778 feet in 

 elevation ; and in the north a mountain range rising to over 2,000 feet, 

 is all practically unknown so far as the Lepidoptera are concerned ". 

 So we may look forward to further discoveries in this interesting district. 



J. N. H. 

 Dublin. 



Early Breeding of Wood Pigeons. 



A neighbour of mine informed me a day or two ago that on the morning 

 of the 6th February following a gale of wind, he found under a tree near his 

 house, two young pigeons which had evidently been blown out of their 

 nest. He described these young birds as being nearly ready to fly, and 

 on the day of disaster and the follov/ing the youngsters were fed on the 

 ground by their parents. Unfortunately a dog terminated their earthly 

 career. From the description given to me, these young birds must 

 have been hatched about the middle of January, and this surely constitutes 



a record even for a Wood Pigeon. 



R. J. Pack-Beresford. 



Auburn House, Athlone. 



