February, 18!)5. I 33 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES FROM THE NORTH OF IRELAND. 

 BY TUE REV. W. F. JOHNSON, M.A., F.E.S. 



The year 1891 has been of a disappointing character. The spring 

 seemed to give promise of a fine dry summer, but this promise was 

 anything but fulfilled, for the sunnner proved to be dull and damp, 

 and most unfavourable for entomological pursuits. The fine spring 

 caused insects to be astir early, and on March 2lst I saw Vanessa 

 urticce on the wing close to my house, and on the '23rd Vespa vulgaris 

 made her appearance in my garden. The 28th and 29th of the same 

 month I spent at Tanderagee with my friend the Rev. W. MacEndoo. 

 On the banks of the river Cusher I took a number of Bembidium 

 tihiale, and in the river itself Hydroporus septentrionalis and Gerris 

 Najas ; I also picked up a specimen of Tceniocampa stahilis floating on 

 a small pond. 



On April 2nd I paid a visit to Lough Neagh, and on the shore 

 captured, with commoner species, Pelophila horealis, Elaphrus riparius, 

 Bembidium femoratum, and Lathrobium quadratum. Butterflies now 

 began to show themselves freely. Pieris rapae first appeared in Mulli- 

 nure on the 4th. One of my pupils brought me Anthocharis cardamines 

 on the 20th, and on the same evening Mrs. Johnson took Cidaria 

 suffumnta, while on the 27th I saw Pararge Megcera for the first time 

 on the w^ing. 



On May 27th there was a flood in Mullinure, and I got some 

 Erirrhinus cethiops, and a few days later, by sweeping, I took Gas- 

 troidea viridula, Phyllodecta vitelUnce, Phcedon armoracicB, Corymbites 

 quercus and var. ochropterus, Phyllotreta undulata, Grepidodera rufipes, 

 Gymnetron labile, Ba^^is T-albutn, &c. 



On May 28th I made a very pleasing capture. I had strolled 

 dowm to Mullinure, and by some mischance had not brought a net 

 with me, though I had fortunately put a few boxes in my pocket. As 

 I was returning home I noticed a moth dashing about the lane in front 

 of me. In default of anything better I assayed its capture with my 

 hat, knocked it down, boxed it, and, to my surprise and pleasure, it 

 turned out to be Hepialus lupulinus. On June 1st Master A, 

 Townsend brought me another specimen, which he had caught in 

 Cathedral Close. 



Mr. Barrett's capture of this moth in Galway seems to be the 

 only other record of its occurrence in Ireland, so its appearance here 

 is interesting, and seems to point to the probability of its occurring 

 in other parts of this country. 



