I9I9- Halbert. — Lepidoptera collected by R. E. Ciisack. 61 



Vanessa io L. — The Peacock butterfly is noted in Mr. Cusack's diary as 

 having been unusually common at Bray Head during September, 

 191 1, and it was captured at Clontarf in 1906; also at The Quill 

 in September, 19 13. A large colony of the larva was seen at 

 Courtown Harbour, County Wexford, in July (Diary 1914). 



V. cardui L. — Bray Head ; Merlin Park, Galway ; two freshly emerged 

 specimens were seen on Inishmore in Galway Bay on 27th August 



(Diary 1913)- 

 Satyrus semele L. — ^Rather dark and distinctly marked specimens at 



Bray Head. 

 Epinephele tithonus L. — A series captured at Kinsale, County Cork, 24th 



August, 1913. 

 Thecla quercus L. — Noted as quite common on the north side of Bray 



Head flying about ash trees during July and August (Diary), 

 Th. rubi L. — The Quill and Bray Head, May. 

 Polyommatus phloeas L. — A pale form found at Bray Head during May, 



19 1 3. The variety with the black spots near margin of front wings 



almost obsolete is also represented from the same locality, August, 



1912. 

 Lycaena icarus Rott. — There is one male example of the variety icarinus 



Scriba, found at Bray Head in June, 19 13. It occurs occasionally 



with the typical form in Ireland. 

 L. argiolus L. — Taken at The Quill and Kilmacanogue marsh in May. 



Has been recorded from Powerscourt and the Dargle in the same 



neighbourhood. 

 L. minima Fues, — Bray Head cHffs, 27th June, 19 14. A rather local 



species in the Dublin district, I have taken it on railway embankments 



at Blanchardstow^n and Sutton, at Tallaght, and on the sandhills 



at Malahide in May and June. 

 Nisoniades tages L. — Merlin Park, one full-grown larva, 20th August, 



1914 ; Salthill, " three half-grown tages larvae at night " and 



" Limestone heath on eastern shore of Lough Corrib, four tages 



larvae " (Diary 30th August, 1914). All of these localities are in 



county Galway, which appears to be the headquarters cf this 



butterfly in Ireland. 



SPHINGIDAE. 



Choerocampa porcellus L. — Bray district, July. 



C. elpenor L. — Captured at Red Valerian, Bray. 



Macroglossa stellatarum L. — Very common at Bray in 1905 (Diary). 



SESIIDAE. 



Trochilium crabroniformis Lewin. — The pupae of this clearwdng were 

 found in sallows in a swamp at Kinsaley, near Malahide. It occurs 

 in poplar trees in the adjoining Portmarnock district. 



