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THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECORD. 



(iligrammaria show a wide rani>e of variation, some resembling the 

 forms prevalent on the Lancashire and Yorkshire moors, while others 

 are indistinguishable from typical woodland-bred 0. aittuiiniata. 



The next thing worth mentioning is Oporabia christiji, larvce 

 beaten from beech May 28tli, along with a few Ennoinos <piercinaria. 

 Larvae of TctJua >;tibtiisa were taken on aspen on various islands in 

 Lower Lough Erne. One taken unexpectedly on May 15th was fuUfed 

 by May 27th ; but, on June 2nd, I took a large number, none of which 

 were fullfed. Kioijincne dolabiaria appeared on May 25th ; Corema 

 ilesiiinata, May 31st; Xola conftisalia, June 5th; Knpithcria e.ri(ii(ata 

 and Lif/dia adKstata, June 7th ; Melanthia albicillata, June 10th ; 

 LobopJwra hexapterata, June 11th ; E. pyf/inaeata, June 16th. Larvae 

 of the following were taken :• — Plusia festucae, P. iota, P. chrydtis, 

 Eubolia Iwiitata, Taeniocampa popiileti, Abraxas (jrosHulariata. Of the 

 last-named I bred a good number, and obtained a few with the yellow 

 band wider on the forewings and continued on the hindwings. 



Some " pug " larvae beaten from flowering branches of hawthorn 

 trees, deserve special mention. From larvae thus taken in June, I had 

 previously bred KupWiecia dodoneata, E. castujata and E. coronata in 

 April ; dodoneata in one case passing two winters in the pupa. This 

 year I beat a number of larvae, from June 26th to July 5th. From 

 them E. coionnta began to emerge on July 19th, and in July and 

 August I bred about twelve E. coronata and three E. castii/ata. Some 

 are still in the pupa. 



On July 10th, I took Coenonympha typhon at Correl Glen. At 

 flowers in the garden at Enniskillen I took Plusia pulchrina first on 

 June 14th; P.gannna, June 19th; P. chrysitin, June 25th; Habrostola 

 tripartita, July 1st; Plusia bractea, July 14th; P. festucae, July 17th; 

 P. iota, July 18th. Habrostola triplasia and Dianthoecia conspersa 

 usually occur, but I have no record of them for this year. Plusia 

 bractea was unfortunately scarce and in bad condition. 



I was away from Enniskillen from July 26th to September 17th. 

 On September 19th, near Enniskillen, I took one ^tlelantJiia bicolorata, 

 in good condition, apparently of a second brood. Oporabia dilntata 

 was first seen September 28th, Cidaria iniata, September 29th; C. 

 siderata, October 3rd; 0. christyi, in its favourite locality, October 5th ; 

 0. autuiunata, October 11th ; Xylina ornithopns, on a tree-trunk, October 

 19th. Among the fewlarvje taken in the autumn were those of Habrostola 

 tripartita and IE triplasia, Macrothylacia rubi, Phrayuiatobia fnliyinosa, 

 Eupithecia minutata (on scabious flowers, " var. kfiautiata," I suppose.) 



I have omitted many common species ; but lest it should be 

 thought that they do not occur, I may say that Caviptoffrannna 

 bilincata, Melanip/ie niontaiiata, S/jilosoina tiioithastri, Apaniea (jemina, 

 A. didywa (to mention the commonest) are as abundant in Ireland as 

 in other parts of the kmgdoni, and as persistent in their attempts to 

 attract the collector's attention to their unworthy selves. 



The eggs of Cyclopides palaemon and C. sylvius and their 

 Thymelicine affinities {nith three plates). 



By T. A. CHAPMAN, M.D., F.Z.S., F.E.S. 

 (Concluded from g. 16.) 

 Of the two species, C. palaemon and C. silvius, the egg of C. palaemon 

 is the least eccentric inform (see pi. i); it is so nearly round (in vertical 



