58 The Irish Naturalist. May, 



of uncommon insects found there one may refer to the 

 Clouded Yellow Butterfly {Colias edusa), the Oak Beauty 

 (Amphidasys strataria), the Scarce Umber moth (Hybernia 

 leucophearia), and the night flying moths Panolis piniperda, 

 Epunda lichenea, and Hadenaprotea. When Mr. W. F. de V. 

 Kane published his " Catalogue " of Irish butterflies and 

 moths he was of opinion that Birchall's Wicklow record of 

 the Hadena was based on mistaken information, wh'le the 

 Hybernia seems to have been in need of confirmation as an 

 Irish insect, so that the rediscovery of these two insects 

 by Lieutenant Cusack is very satisfactory. 



In order to avoid the repetition of county names in the 

 ist it may be well to detail the chief 'ocalities mentioned. 

 The following are in the Bray district : — The Glen of the 

 Downs the Great Sugar Loaf, Kilmacanogue, and The Qui'l. 

 Kilmacanogue marsh is a swampy piece of ground on 

 the right hand s'de of the road leading to the Glen of the 

 Downs yielding some interesting forms of the Marsh 

 Fritillary {MelUaea aurinia). The Quill is a fair sized 

 wood, chiefly of oak and birch floored with bracken and 

 heather at the base of the Great Sugar Loaf Mountain ; 

 here were found the Wood Tiger (Nemeophila plant aginis) 

 and Pliisia inter rogationis. 



Errislannan is a district of heather and bog lying 

 immediately south of Clifden in county Galway, worked 

 during the summer hoHdays of 191 3. An interesting 

 point noted here was the occurrence of many larvae feeding 

 on the Sw^eet Gale {Myrica Gale), including those of the 

 Ruby Tiger (Spilosoma fuliginosa), the Emperor (Saturnia 

 pavonia) and Acronycta menyanthidis, an unusual food plant 

 for the two first-mentioned insects. 



A few insects were collected at Merlin Park, near Galway, 

 an excellent locality for lepidoptera frequently referred to 

 by Mr. Kane. A notable capture in this park is a pair of 

 Nemophora cupreacellus, a beautiful httle moth not pre- 

 viously known to occur in this country. Inishmorc is the 

 largest of the Aran Islands in Galway Bay. 



Only the less abundant butterflies and moths are recorded 

 in the following list, though some common species are also 



