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ayl rail IIS being seen. Larva> were not plentiful, those of I'ancssa ia 

 and Aijlais inticac, Dianthoetia rapainrida, and < 'ucullia vcrbasri being 

 almost the only ones seen. Of the plumes, Alncita pi'iitailarti/la and 

 Stciid/itilia jitrnidarti/la were found in a sandy lane. — -W. .J. Clutten, 

 182, Coal Clough Lane, Burnley. Janiianj 5t/i, 1905. 



Lepii)optkrolo(;ical notes of the season 1904, in nortii-east 

 Ireland {aDiclmUil from vol. xvi., p. 209). — -On .June 10th, I paid 

 another visit to the gully on Slieve Gallion, but lladcna i/lauca was 

 evidently over, and 1 only saw two worn specimens, but I took several 

 Larcntia salicata and one Hi/psipi'tcs riibcrata flying over dwarf sallow. 

 On .June 11th, one fine male Lciocainpa dictaea emerged, the larva was 

 taken at Ijoch I^'en. On the 18th, IJadcna psi and )/. thalasshio were 

 common at sugar in the same locality. Dianthoeda comjwrm appeared 

 at flowers on June 20th, and one Pliisia Iractca on the 27th. t^rom 

 July Gth to July 9th I was in co. Roscommon, and at Mote Park took 

 larvii' of Asphalia /laricornis on birch plentifully. At home, on July 

 12th, two Mi'hoiippi' iinanijidata were netted at dusk, also Cleora 

 lirlicnaria and ( 'uremia miinitata, in fine condition. A fine female 

 Ahipliidasi/s bctidariaeinerged on July 14th, and by 'sembling I took three 

 males, which did not appear till 1.30 a.m. I'lusia intcrroi/atiiDiis was 

 first seen on the IGth, at thistles, also several Larcntia cae.siata ab. 

 ip'lata, and one ( \iaena liaworthii. Between July 25th and 30fch were 

 taken a large number of Cidaria prunata, which insect I was glad to 

 get, and is an addition to the local list. On August 4th, I took a 

 Gi'ometra papiliiniaria, and saw several more. From August 5th to 

 81st I was at Portstewart, co. Antrim, and, on the Gth, on the sand- 

 hills, Afirotis rcstii/ialis and A. tritici were common on ragweed, but 

 nothing else of note. On the 15th, I took a trip by cycle to the basalt 

 clifls, near Dowshill. On ragweed, growing on ledges at the base of 

 the clifl's, Ai/riitis Inrcrnea occurred sparingly, also a few Actcbia praeco.c 

 and I'olia rhi. On the IGth, I cycled to a locality near Fair Head for 

 Larcntia jiaricinctata. The insect occurs on a steep slope of limestone, 

 where Saxifraija /ii/p)inidrs grows abundantly, and I got a very fair series, 

 but the nature of the ground makes it difficult to work properly ; this 

 is at night. I searched several plants that were in reach for ova, but 

 was unsuccessful. On the 19th, I paid a visit to the clifis above 

 Bellarena station. These cliffs have been worked previously, I believe, 

 by Messrs. Curzon and Salvage, with good results. The ragweed was 

 going over, but a fair number of Ai/rotis Inrcrnea and Actcbia praenu- 

 occurred, as well as a few Stilbia annmala. On the 23rd, cycling 

 home, I paid a visit to a large bog for larva' of Lciocampa dirtaioidcs, 

 of which I did not see a sign, although an hour's search produced the 

 following larvic : six Smcrint/nis orcUata, four Xotodania ::irzar, three 

 X. driimcdarinn, Loplmjitcrij.r rainrlina abundantly, one Dicrannra 

 fiircula, lladcna pisi, common, three J'cniax cori/li. At sugar, in the 

 late autumn, insects were abundant, the following occurring — I'cri- 

 drimia saiicia, /'. i/psilon, yartiia riibi, Tripliacna pmbria, Anc/idcclis 

 pixtacina, Orrlmdia larcinii, Scopclosoma satcllitia, Xijlina socia, Mdlinia 

 circcllaris, < alucampa rctiista, ('. c.ndcta and one At/rinpis aprilina, an 

 insect I have never taken here before. A few Foecilocawpa jinpidi were 

 noticed on the lamps in December. — T. Greer, Lissan. ./aniian/ ti')t/i, 

 1905. 



