19 1. 3- WvsK — Lepidoplera ayid Coleopteyajyom Co. Kerry, 75 
LEPIDOPTERA AND COLEOPTERA FROM 
CO. KERRY. 
BY L. H. BONAPARTE WYSE. 
Among" my entomological captures from Kerry last 
summer, chietiv from the neighbourhood of Killarne\-, 
the following are perhaps worth mentioning. 
LEPIDOPTERA. 
Epinephele janira, L. var.— I took on July i6th at the foot of ^langei- 
ton, a female example, which has two black spots below the large apical 
eve -spot on the fore- wing. These spots are also reproduced on the under 
side. 1 took a second very similar example, also a female, at Glenbeigh. 
on August ist. Kane, in his " Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Ireland/' 
p. 12, mentions a form which agrees very closely with this : " The Rev. 
James Bristow has a specimen with a small ocellus towards the anal angle, 
and a minute one between it and the apical. This aberration is evidently 
a reversion to the general design of the Sat^-ridae, and thus is very in- 
teresting." 
Acronycta euphorbiae var. montivaga, Gn. — A large dark female example 
which I took on the wall of the Caragh Lake Hotel, seems to be identical 
with this alpine form. Rare in Ireland. 
*Hydroecia crinanensis. Burrov.-s.^Two specimens (male and female) 
from Valentia Island are referable to this recently described species 
according to Rev. C. R. X. Burrows to whom I showed them. I may 
remark en passant that a series taken whilst on a visit to my friend, Mr. 
W. F. de Vismes Kane, at Drumreaske, Co. Monaghan, in August, 191 1, 
also proved to be crinanensis. My best thanks arc due to Mr. Burrows 
for kindly examining and determining all these. To those lepidopterists 
interested in the subject, I would call attention to a valuable paper by 
Mr. Burrows : '" On the Nictitans group of the genus Hydroecia "{Trans. 
Entom. Soc. London, Feb. 10, 191 3), in which the differences 
separating the various species are clearly set forth. 
*Pechypogon barbalis, Clerck. — Killamey : an example came to light. 
Only one doubtful record is given by Kane in his Catalogue. Determined 
by Mr. J. H. Durrant of the British Museum (Natural History). 
*Cidaria prunata, L. — Killamey : two specimens. 
*Platyptilia Bertrami, Rossi. — Killarne}^ : two specimens. Determined 
by ]Mr. Durrant. 
*Homoeosoma binaevella, HS. — I took a specimen at the foot of Manger- 
ton on July 1 6th. Determined by Mr. J. N. Halbcrt of the DubUn Museum 
and confirmed by Mr. Durrant. Only one previous record — from Co. Cork. 
