ii6 The Irish Naiiiraiisi. July, 



Ennychia cingulata. — 1 took a nice series of this rare species in a field 



not far from Kinvarra. 

 E. octomaculata. — Locally common near Ballyvaughan. 

 Eurrhypara urticata. — Mr. Kane in his '' Catalogue of the Lepidoptera 



of Ireland " says, "' Common everywhere." Personally I have never 



seen it in Ireland, though I have collected for many years and in a 



good many counties. However, I came across a colony on nettles 



which were growing in the rooms in a large derelict and roofless house 



near Ballyvaughan. 

 Platyptilia tesseradactyla. — Wc took two specimens in a field near 



Kinvarra, and nine more in a field not far from Ballyvaughan on 



June 17th. 

 Aciptilia tetradactyla. — Abundant in several localities along the Burren 



coast. 

 CrambUS pinellus. — W e took several flying at night in a field near 



Ballyvaughan, and secured a few during the daytime by beating 



hazel and thorn bushes in the same field. 

 C. perlellus. — Extremely common, also the variety Warringtonellus ; 



I took one with all the wings of a slate colour. 

 Aspis udmanniana. — One near Kinvarra. 

 Hyponomeuta padella. — In some spots along the coast the larvae and 



cocoons were in thousands, their webs completely covering the 



thorn bushes, which they had entirely denuded of their leaves. 

 Hypercallia christiernella (cifrinalis). — One taken near Ballyvaughan; 



I believe this to be '" new " to Ireland, 



We left Ball3'vaughan on the 22nd ol June and motored 

 via Galway and Recess to Roundstone, where we were 

 forced to stay three days owing to a broken spring on the 

 motor. I was greatly disappointed with Roundstone as 

 a localit}^ for Lepidoptera, only the commonest species 

 having been obtained, and even these were numerically 

 scarce. Leaving Roundstone, we journeyed through 

 Connemara ; near Doo Lake we came upon a large colony 

 of Melanippc hastata, and passing on through W^estport 

 and Castlebar we arrived about 7 o'clock the same evening 

 at Pontoon on Lough Cullin in Co. Mayo, where we stayed 

 at the hotel for some days. On June 28th we explored 

 Nephin Mountain in the hopes of obtaining Erebia epiphron. 

 However, the da}^ was cloudy and rather cold, and we saw 

 no insects at all there except one Argyrolepia Iiartmcinniana . 



While at Pontoon we obtained the following besides 

 taking some commoner species : — 



Gonopteryx rhamni. — One rather worn specimen mi an island on Lough 

 Conn on June 24th. 



