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in almost the only gleam of sunshine that appeared that 

 day ; but the largest and most brilliant forms occurred 

 on the steep slopes of a remote glen in the mountains 

 surrounded by miles of moorland and bog. 



About this time a large number of Acronycta menyanthidis 

 were bred from larvae found at Lough Neagh ; and an 

 afternoon spent on the mountains showed Plusia interro- 

 gationis to be fl\^ing in numbers among the dead heather 

 stems ; and at dusk P. festucae was equally abundant at 

 3^ellow Iris and Ragged Robin, one of the latter captured, 

 having the gold dashes on fore wings united, forming a 

 gold blotch across both wings. At Bladder Campion {Silene 

 Cncuhahis) P. iota and Hecatera serena were common, as 

 well as several Eiipithecia venosata, and among Lychnis 

 dinrna numbers of Emmelesia affmitata and E. decolorata. 

 In the meadows Epinephele hyperanthns and Zygaena 

 lonicerae flew in swarms. 



At Killymoon in early August I obtained a single example 

 of Eiipithecia siiccentatireata by beating Mugwort ; and on 

 the moors in certain spots the males of Stilhia anomala 

 were flying in plenty at dusk. 



Thanks to the kindness of Rev. C. R. N. Burrows, who 

 examined the genitalia of a series of local Hydrocciae, I 

 am able to record H. crinanensis from Co. Tyrone ; several 

 of these were taken at Lough Neagh last autumn (see Irish 

 Nat., vol. XXV., 1916, page 163 ) ; also a small number 

 captured this year ; in all twenty-two specimens were 

 sent him ; seventeen of which prove to be crinanensis, and 

 the remainder H. lucens. 



The feature of the autumn months was the wonderful 

 abundance of Vanessa to and V. atalanta, the former 

 appearing everywhere, even far out on the bogs and high 

 up on the mountains. , 



The usual ivy-frequenting insects were abundant, up to 

 the late autumn speii of snowy and cold weather. 



Stewartstown. 



