62 The Irish Naturalist. May, 



ZYGAENIDAE. 



Zygaena pilosellae Esp. — Mr. Cusack notes the occurrence of larvae of 

 this local species at Merlin Park, near Galway, on the 20th August, 

 19 14 (Diary). Apparently these larvae were not reared as there 

 are no specimens of the moth in the collection. 



BOMBYCES. 



Sarrothripa revayana, Tr. — One specimen beaten from ivy near the top 

 of Bray Head in July, 1912. A silverj'-grey form with a black 

 basal streak, an indistinct costal blotch, and unspotted wings 

 suggesting the variety degenerana Hb. Tiie species does not seem 

 to have been definitely recorded from the Dublin district, but it 

 occurs, as at Lucan, near Dublin, 



Nudaria mundana L. — Bray Head cliffs, July, 1914, 



Nemeophila plantaginis L. — -One captured at The Quill on 30th June, 

 191 3, and seen at the same place on other occasions. This species 

 is little known in the Dublin district, though it is included in the 

 Dublin list of 1878. 



Spilosoma fuliginosa L. — Fairly common at Bray Head in 1904 ; there 

 is a specimen of the ordinary red form in the collection from this 

 locality. Errislannan, " found about 15 larvae of fuliginosa at 

 different times most of them feeding on Myvica Gale (Sweet-gale) 

 at night " (Diary, August, 19 13). 



Hepialus hectus L. — Taken in Bray district (Diary), 



Poecilocampa populi L. — One specimen at Malahide, County Dublin. 



Lasiocampa quercus L., var. callunae Palmer. — Taken at Bray Head. 



Saturnia pavonia L. — Errislannan, " nineteen larvae mostly nearly full- 

 fed on Myrica Gale " (Diary). A nice series of moths were bred 

 from these larvae, the females being of a grey tone with little or 

 no trace of the rosy tints usually present in this species. 



Lophopteryx camelina L. — Found at rest on oak trees at Bray Head. 



Notodonta ziczac L. — Errislannan, June. 



Pygaera pigra Hufn. — Bred from larvae found at Errislannan. 



NOCTUIDAE. 



Acronycta menyanthides Vw. — Larvae found on Myrica gale at Errislannan, 

 Lough Inch and Oughterard, in county Galway. 



Leucania conigera Fb. — Common at Kinsaley, county Dublin, July. 



Mamestra persicariae L, — Bred from Errislannan larvae, May. 



Miana arcuosa Haw. — Bray Head, July. 



Stilbia anomala Haw. — Merlin Park, near Galway, in August, 



Noctua dahlii Hb. — Taken near Clifden, in county Galway. 



Triphaena fimbria L. — ^Near Malahide (Diary). 



Amphipyra pyramidea L. — One at Clontarf, near Dublin. 



Panolis piniperda Panz. — The " Pine Beauty " moth was found at rest 

 on pine trees at Bray Head on the 22nd April, 1913, also bred from 

 pupae from the same locality. I have found it at Glendalough in 



