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Galwai/. — The sallows Avere very early here, and were almost over 

 before the full moon of April 1st. The nights were bright and cold, 

 and the trees not very common, so insects averaged but few per night. 

 I took some Tceniocampa gothica, and a few each of Pachnobia rubricosa, 

 T. stabilis and X. areola. Larvaa of Melitcea arteniis have been common 

 in one or two places near here. On Saturday, the 6th May, I had an 

 evening's mothing, and found many of the early summer Geometers out 

 in force. Venilia macnlaria, Cidaria russata, C corylata, Thera variata, 

 &c. A crippled specimen of Gnophrta rubricollis emerged from the pupa 

 yesterday. — J. E. R. Allen, Galway. May Sth, 1893. 



Ireland. — I have had some really good success this season at the 

 sallows, for though they were very early, and went off soon, and had 

 not any great numbers of moths most of the nights I was out, yet I 

 took very rare sjoecies for Ireland in some numbers. Tceniocampa opima 

 was almost as common as T. stabilis ; of Trachea piniperda I took 17, 

 and LobopJiora carpinata was not infrequent. Amphidasys strataria not 

 uncommon. T. opima varied from very pale silvery grey, with lightly 

 marked central band almost indiscernible on ground colour. T. pini- 

 perda was large and very pale (birch colour). I also took a splendid 

 Tephrosia punctulata, as white as Cleora glahraria, and, indeed, strongly 

 resembling it sujoerficially, Avith large black costal patches, and a friend 

 named it so when he saw it off the board. It is scarcely to be recognised 

 as the same species beside tlie ordinar}^ dingy speckled sj^ecimens. Is 

 this form well known ? The Tceniocampa gothica, too, are very ruddy 

 in Galway. — W. F. de V. Kane, Drumreaske House, Monaghan. May 

 25th, 1893. 



Neil) Forest and N. Devon. — What little collecting I have been able 

 to do this season has been fairly successful. Sugar, both in the New 

 Forest and Devonshire, seems very little g'ood. Apatura iris larvte 

 have been more plentiful than usual in the Forest. I also obtained a 

 good number of Lithosia miniata, and an abundance of Asphalia ridens 

 larvEe. I have taken a few Eulepia cribrum, and a fair number of 

 Toxocampa craccce larvfe. — P M. Bright, Eoccabruna, Bournemouth. 

 June lOth, 1893. 



Clevedon. — LarvfB are very abundant, forest trees being completely 

 stripjjed of their foliage ; birches suffering most. We are having a 

 second edition of the gooseberry saw-fly this spring, committing 

 dreadful havoc amongst the gooseberry and currant bushes, but the 

 other pest, Abraxas grossulariata, seems very scarce. — J. Mason, 

 Clevedon. Jane 14:th, 1893. 



Isle of Man. — In consequence of sta3ang at Sulby for the past three 

 months, I have not been able to obtain any Dianthcecia ccesia this year, 

 but, from what I hear, I do not think I have missed much, as the 

 favourite haunts of this insect (Port Jack, and vicinity) have, during 

 the last few months, been completely destroyed, from an entomologist's 

 point of view, by the formation of a new marine drive, and all the 

 flowers of Silene maritima have been buried beneath the debris. There 

 are no flowers to be met with from Port Jack to Onchan, and very few 

 at Groudle, and in all accessible places from Douglas Head Lighthouse 

 to near Pigeon Stream, they have been picked, either by the trippers 

 or by collectors. Mr. Walter Christian, of Douglas, has secured for me 

 during the past fortnight, some larvte of D. capsophila, and I have 

 been obliged to feed these on Silene infiata. Whilst collecting 



