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gravel and sand marks episodes in this period prophetic of the 

 great change of conditions which brought in the boulder 

 gravels. These, by their coarseness, and by their sudden and 

 frequent changes of character, can only have been deposited 

 by swiftly moving water, which was even capable of denuding 

 the boulder clay in one place before depositing it as rounded 

 pebbles in another. 



INSECTS COLLECTED BY THE ROYAL IRISH 

 ACADEMY FLORA AND FAUNA COMMITTEE, 



1893. 



BY REV. W. P. JOHNSON, M.A., F.E.S., J. N. HAEBERT, and 



GEORGE H. CARPENTER, B.SC. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



No very striking results rewarded our work among the butterflies and 

 moths, the majority of the species obtained being common and widely 

 distributed. Under these circumstances we content ourselves with a 

 simple enumeration of the insects from each locality, commenting only 

 on the scarcer and more interesting specimens at the end. 



At CooemorE the following species were taken : — Pararge egeria, P. 

 megecra, Satyrus semele, Epitiephele ianira, E. hyperanthes, Argynnis paphia, 

 Vanessa tirticce, V. atalania, Polyommatns phlaias, Lyca&na icarus, Pieris rapce, P. 

 napz, Zygcena filipendtilae, Niidaria mnndana, Arctia caia, Notodonia ziczac, 

 Lcucania conigera, L. comma, Xylophasia lithoxylea, X. monoglypha, Charceas 

 graminis, Luperina lestacea, Maniestra fiirva, Apamea leucostigma, A. didyma, 

 JMiana fasciuncula, AT. literosa, AT. bicoloria, Caradrina laraxaci, C. 

 quadripunctata, Agrotis vestigialis, A. tntici, Noctua augur, N. baia, N. 

 xanthographa, Triphccna ianthina, T. comes, T. pronuba, Amphipyratragopogonis, 

 Polia chi, Phlogophora meticulosa, Hadena oleracea, Gonoptera libatrix, Plusia 

 gamma, Habrostola tripartita, H. triplasia, Hypena proboscidialis, Selenia 

 bilunaria, Acidalia bisetata, Abraxas grossulariata, Larentia didymata, Hypsipetes 

 sordidata, Melanippe sociata, M. fluctuata, Camptogramma bilineata, Cidaria testata, 

 Pehirga comitata, Etibolia limitata, Anaitis plagiata, Scopula lutealis, Hydrocampa 

 stagnata, Platyptilia ochrodaclyla, Crambus tristellus, C. perlellus, C. cut melius, 

 Tortrix nbeana, Argyrotoza comuayana, Catoptria cana, Simcetkis fabriciana, 

 Eupcecilia atricapetana, Plutella annulatella, Lita marmorea. 



At Cavan the only moths taken were Hydrcccia micacea, Tceniocampa munda 

 (pupae) Scopelosoma satellitia, Xanthia circellaris, Xylina ornithopus, and Oporabia 

 dilutata. 



Around BEREHAVEN, the species captured or noted were : — Pararge 

 egeria, P. megocra, Cccnonympha typhon, C. pamphilus, Jlfelitoja aurinia, Vanessa 

 atalanta, Polyommatns phlceas, Lycccna icarus (these two lycaenids were the 

 only butterflies observed on Dursey), Thecla rubi, Pieris brassier, P. napi, 

 Euchloe cardamines, Gnophria rubricollis, Euchclia Jacobtcce, Nemeophila russula, 

 Spilosoma mentliastri, Boarmia repandata, Scodiona belgiaria, Ematicrga atomana, 

 Aspilates strigillaria, Lomaspilis marginata, Camptogramma bilineata, Botys 

 fuscalis, Scopula femigalis, Cram bits pratellus, Bactra lanceolana. At Gl,EN« 

 GARIFF, Angerona prunaria was taken. 



iYlelitoea aurinia, Rott. — This butterfly was abundant at Bere* 

 haven. In low-lying meadows the typeform occurred, but on the slopes 

 of Slieve Mishkish and at Adrigole the cream-coloured var. hibernica, 

 Birchall (scolica, Kane) was found. 



