igig- Halbert. — Lepidoptera collected by R. E. Cusack. 65 



" This insect is recorded in Birchall's list as common, but I have 

 seen no Irish specimen, though it has been stated to occur at 

 Water ford ; of which confirmation is desirable " (" Lepidoptera of 

 Ireland," p. 108). 



Oporabia dilutata Schiff. — A few specimens of a silvery-grey form found 

 at Bray Head in October. These are provisionally referred to the 

 present species though they closely resemble some specimens 

 collected by Mr. Kane and identified as autumnaria by Mr. Prout, 



Larentia multistrigaria Haw.- — Bray Head cliffs, end of February. 



L. salicata Hb. — Bray Head cliffs, jNIay to August. 



Eupithecia plumbeolata Haw. — Two specimens at The Quill, May, 1914. 



E. pygmeata Hb. — One at Bray, June, 1913. 



E. indigata Hb. — A few at Bray Head, 23rd May, 1913. 



E. lariciata Frr. — Found at rest on rocks at Bray Head in April, and 

 reared from pupae. 



E. togata Hb. — One specimen on the cliffs at Bray Head. Both this 

 and the preceding species are pine feeders and are possibly introduced 

 through the planting of coniferous woods. Ihty ere not ir. eluded 

 in Mr. Birchall's Irish list published in 1868. 



Lobophora carpinata Bork. — Bray Head, on pine trunks, March. 



Hypsipetes sordidata Fb. — Bred from larvae found at Newcastle fen in 

 county Wicklow. Including a dark form with a pale central band 

 on the fore wing (var. fuscG-iwdaia Don.). 



Melanthia albicillata L. — Glen of the Downs and Bray Head, and at 

 Errislannan, May to August. 



Melanippe hastata L. — Bred from Errislannan larvae. May. 



Anticlea nigrofasciata Goze. — Bray Head, at rest on tree trunks. May. 



Coreraia designata Hufn. — Bray Head. 



C. ferrugata L. — Sugar Loaf and Bray Head cliffs. May and June. 



Phibalapteryx vittata Bork. — Errislannan, September. 



Cidaria fulvata Forst. — Inishmore in Galway Bay, August ; a richly 

 coloured form at Clontarf, county Dublin. 



PYRALIDES. 



Scoparia cembrae Haw. — Bray Head cliffs, July. 



S. truncicolella Sta. — Bray Head, July and August. 



S. angustea Steph. — Bray Head, September and October. 



Scopula f errugalis Hb. — Aran Isles ; Kinsale, county Cork ; and 



Errislannan, August. 

 Botys ruralis Scop. — One specimen bred from a pupa found at Bray 



Head, July, 19 13. 



PTEROPHORIDAE. 



Platyptilia Bertram! Rossi. — One at Bray Head, July. 

 P. isodactylus Zell. — Errislannan, September. 



