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were laid on July 1st and 10th ; the former lot hatched on the 18th, 

 and two or three larva? fed up to the middle of August, when they were 

 unfortunately lost during my absence from home ; they were then f in. 

 in length, sage-green, with rusty markings along the sides, very similar 

 to those seen on mountain-ash leaves. July 9th, Kubolia pdliunharid 

 were flying among furze, and sitting on trunks in a small wood. 

 Lare)itiu viridaria wore numerous ; both these species laid ova in the 

 chip boxes. On the 15th, a visit to the moors produced Larcnfin 

 caesiafa (plentiful) and Ciilaria 2>opnlata (just out). On the 18th, 

 Taniujra atrata were exceedingly abundant, and Miana fasciunrnla 

 plentiful at dusk. July 80th, L. caesiatd and C. populnta still flying, 

 and a rather curious Acididia uccrsata was found on a rock, the lines well 

 marked, and the first two close together. Moths bred in July were 

 Tripliaena 6Y>//U'.sand Norfua haia on the 1st, Vlusia iuta, 2nd-15th, in- 

 cluding var. inscripta; on the 9th, llupsipetc^i elut((ta (from bilberry); 

 2Gth, C.populata and Cali/mnid trapezina. August 12th-18tb, dusking 

 produced Cldaria fidvata (common), Cidaria pijraUata, II. flidutu, 

 and llepiidns syJcinus (worn), while Larodia didyiuata and Soctua 

 xantltoijraplia were swarming. The remainder of the month I was 

 away from home. The insects bred were ('. jmpidata, lst-14th ; L. didy- 

 mafa, on the Pith ; < 'idaria testata (bilberry), a small, dark, moorland 

 form, during September. On the moors, September 5th, Polia cki, 

 on the walls, C. testata and ('. populata (worn), Charaeas yraminis; 

 and Celaena haworthii, on thistles, plentiful, but already somewhat 

 worn, and Tapinostola fnlva, amongst rushes. On the 10th, in the 

 same district, there was high wind and nothing out, but on the 17th, 

 Polia chi, T. fulva and ('. hawortJiii were still out, and, in addition, 

 a few U])oral)ia Jiliyrammaria on the rocks. Nothing was bred in 

 August but a few Ayriopis apriUna, lst-15th. 



I have also bred, from various localities: — ('ncullia verliasci, 

 May 1st, from Beverley ; Odo^dopera Oide)dafa, May 8rd-9t!i, from 

 Manchester ; Hadena «/s/, May 8rd-27th, from Methley, Yorks ; 

 Acronycta meyacephala, May 17th to June 12th, from Manchester ; 

 Pieris brassicae, May IHth to June 24th, from Scarborough ; lioarmia 

 repandata, July 4th (nearly black), from Leeds ; Cleoceris viiiiinalis, 

 July llth-19th (dark), from Doncaster ; Leticoma salicis, iw\y '2,'6v([- 

 29th, from Southport ; ('rocadis eliiiyuaria, July 24th-81st (ova 

 hatched April 15th), from Shipley. — W. G. Clutten, 5, Tennis Street, 

 Beverley. September 24th, 1898. 



Lepidopteka in Ireland, 1898. — Insects have been decidedly 

 scarce this year, owing, no doubt, to the drought and the abundance 

 of honey-dew. Two nights in April spent at the sallows produced 

 TaeniocaDipa yot/iica, i. itistabilis, T. yracilis and T. stabilis, also 

 a tew Antic/ea badiata. A visit paid to the mountains at the end of 

 the same month resulted in the capture of a few Ivmaturya ato7>inn'a, 

 Saturniapavonia failing to put in an appearance. I'Aichluc cardamines 

 was very connnon in May and early June. Towards the middle of the 

 month of June, (jonophora derasa and 'Ihyatyra batis were taken at 

 sugar. At the same time, I'lusia jtulchriua came freely to honey- 

 suckle, and I'.festucae to the flowers of the sweet scented orchis. On the 

 80th of the same month, Zyynena Innicerae was very abundant in 

 one locality. In July, (Jraphiphdra aiiyiir, Xodua /estiva i.iid N. 

 briinnea were taken commonly at sugar. The following Geometrids 



