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In the light of modern researches it is impossible to regard am' longer 

 the " Sphinges " and " Bombyces " as natural groups. By the structure 

 of their larvae and pupae 1 , as well as by their wing-neuration 2 , the 

 Sesiidcr, Zygccnidcc, Cossida, Cochl'wpodidoe, and Hepialidcc are more nearly 

 related to the Tineida and Tortricidce than to the families near which 

 the}- at present stand. In the list as given here, we therefore ven- 

 ture to place these families in a more natural series than that in general 

 use. We use the momenclature of South's list, except in the case of the 

 " Eggars " which cannot be rightly known as Bombyddce, when the type 

 of Bombyx~B. mori, the Common Silkworm Moth — belongs to a quite 

 different family. 



SATURNIID&. 

 Saturn la pavonia, I,.— Generally distributed ; often common. 



SPHINGIDM. 



Acherontia atropos, L.— Generally distributed, but not common. 



Sphinx convolvull, L. — Generally distributed; common in some 

 years. 



[S. Ifgustrl, L. — Limerick, Ballymena— records doubtful.] 



Deilephlla gain, Schiff. — Has occurred twice on the coast of Co. 

 Dublin. 



D. 1 1 vomica, Esp. — Has occurred near Youghal, Killarney, Ennis, 

 Kingstown, Kildare, Trim, and Belfast. 



Chcerocampa celerio, L.— Has occurred in Co. Sligo. 



C. porcellus, L. — Generally distributed; often common, especially 

 near the coast. 



C. elpenor, L. —Generally distributed; often common, specially 

 inland. 



Smerinthus ocellatus, L. — Local: — Cos. Fermanagh, Armagh, 

 Dublin, Wicklow, Westmeath, Limerick, Galway, Waterford, and 

 Clare. 



S. popull, L. — Common everywhere. 



S. tlllae, L. — Co. Galway. 



Macroglossa stellatarum, L. — Generally distributed; common in 

 warm summers. 



M. bomPyliformls, Ochs. — Widespread, but local; sometimes 

 abundant: — Cos. Donegal, Antrim, Monaghan, Tyrone, Roscommon, 

 Galway, Sligo, Westmeath, Dublin, Wicklow, Cork, and Kerry. 



NOTODONTIDAL. 



DIcranura f urcula, L.— Local ; sometimes abundant : — Cos. Derry, 

 Donegal, Cavan, Mayo, Galway, Westmeath, and Dublin. 



D. bifida, Hb. — Rare: — Cos. Derry and Sligo. 

 D. vinula, L. — Common everywhere. 

 Stauropus f agi, L. — Once near Kenmare. 



Ptilophora plumigera, Esp. — Once at Clonbrock, Co. Galway. 

 Pterostoma palplna, L. — Local and rare : — Cos. Tyrone, Cavan, 

 Wicklow, Galway, and Kerry. 



1 T. A. Chapman "On . . . the Pupae of Heterocerous Lepidop- 

 tera . . ." Trans. Ent. Soc, 1893. 



2 G. F. Hampson, '' The Fauna of British India. Moths," Vol. 1, 1892, 



