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hiiid wing bleached to a silvery grey colour; the second, a female, had 

 the fulvous patches of both wings much extended, approaching var. 

 hispulla ; the third, also a female highly coloured, has a small blacks pot 

 below the large apical e} T e-spot. — E. hyperanthus, not uncommon near 

 Westport and Pontoon. — Ccenonympka typkon, one very worn specimen in a 

 marshy bit of ground bordering Lough Conn near Pontoon. — Nudaria 

 mundana, a few at dusk, also came to light, Westport.— Nemeophila russula* 

 captured a very fresh female on road near Pontoon on July 26th. Was 

 surprised to meet with this moth so late in the season. — N. plantaginis* 

 one specimen on the heather at foot of Nephin. — Hepiahts hectns* occurred 

 commonly in fir plantation above the Anglers' Hotel, Pontoon. — Lasiocampa 

 quercus, var. callume, I saw a few male specimens flying over the heather 

 on Croagh Patrick and Nephin in July ; I captured a worn male flying 

 along the Pontoon road, and took at dusk on 28th July a female in the 

 act of ovipositing, which laid over a hundred eggs in the pill-box; these 

 hatched about five weeks later. — Thyatira derasa, T. batis, both came to 

 sugar in an old oak wood near Pontoon. — Xylophasia monoglypha, var. cethiops, 

 one at sugar, Pontoon. — Hama fiirva,* a single specimen came to light in 

 Railway Hotel, Westport.- -Agrotis sirigula, one at dusk, Pontoon. — 

 Cleoceris viminalis,* one example of this rarity at dusk, July 25th, near 

 Pontoon. —Plusia interrogationis, I found this beautiful species in great 

 abundance and in grand condition on July 19th on the Pontoon side of 

 Nephin up to a considerable elevation, and took a dozen choice specimens 

 without much trouble. Unfortunately these got badly rubbed in the 

 pill-boxes. T paid two subsequent visits to the locality, viz., on July 

 24th and 27th, but the moth had then become scarce, and I had to content 

 myself with a very small series — C 'a rpe diem ! Acidalia dimidiata, Pontoon. 

 — Scodonia belgiaria* one female at foot of Croagh Patrick. — Larentia 

 cczsiata, I found this species very commonly on Nephin in company with 

 Cidaria truncate and C. immanata ; also took it on Croagh Patrick. — 

 Enpithecia oblongata, one in hotel, Dugort, Achill. — E. nanala, a few on 

 Nephin ; also occurred near Westport. — E. minntata, Westport. — Melanthia 

 albicillata,* one specimen at dusk, Pontoon. — Evcosmia zindnlata, two 

 specimens at dusk, Pontoon. — Cidaria testata, one example of a violet 



tinge on boggy ground near Dookinelly, Achill Aciptilia tetradactyla,* 



one near Pontoon. — A. pentadactyla* several near Westport. — Crambus 

 viargaritellus,* a single specimen on Nephin. — Tortrix viridana,* single 

 specimens on Old Head, Clew Bay, and at Pontoon. — Mixodia schidziana* 

 in profusion on Croagh Patrick from a thousand feet to the summit ; also 

 on Nephin, but less commonly at the same altitude. 



ColEOPTERA. — Carabus catenulatus, remains under a turf sod near Dooki- 

 nelly, Achill. — C. granulatus, very common and variable on Achill, took two 

 black specimens. — C. clathraius, two specimens on Achill, one near Dooki- 

 nelly and the other at Old Dugort— Stomis pumicatus, * Taphria nivalis,* 

 near Westport. — Anchomenus angusticollis,* near Westport. — Olisthopus 

 rolundatus* Westport and Achill. — Palrobus assimilis, Croagh Patrick. — 

 Lamostenus complanalus * I took four specimens under a stone at Westport 

 Quay ; Mr. Halbert, who examined them, thinks they may have been 



