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THE LEPIDOFTERA OF IRELAND. 
BY EDWIN BIECHALL. 
{Continued from 'page 76.) 
T^iiNiOCAMPA GOTHiCA — Commou everywhere 
„ EUBBicosA — County Wicklow ; Mr. Bristow. 
„ iNSTABiLis — Common. 
„ POPULETI — "Wicklow and Killarncy. 
„ STABiLis — Common. 
„ GEACiLis — Killarney. 
„ MUNDA — Do. 
„ CEUDA — Very common. 
OuTnosiA TPSiLON" — County Wicklow. 
„ LOTA — Common, and widely distributed. 
„ MACILENTA — Do. do. 
Anthocelis eufina — Do. do. 
„ PISTACINA — Do. do. 
„ LTJNOSA — Do. do. 
„ LITTJEA — Do. do. 
Ceeastis vaccinii — Do. do. 
„ SPADiCEA — County Wicklow ; Mr. Bristow. 
ScoPELOsoMA SATELLITIA — Common. 
Dasycampa eubiginea — Widely distributed. I have taken specimens 
at Dublin, TuUamore, and Killarney. 
HoPOEiNA CEOCEAGO — County "Wicklow. 
Xanthia citeago — do. 
,, CEEAGo do. common. 
„ siLAGO — Wicklow and Dublin ; not uncommon. 
„ AUEAGO— Mr. Haughton ; locality unknown. 
„ EEEEUGiNEA— Common everywhere. 
EuPEEiA FULVAGO— Mr. Greene's list ; no locality known to me. 
CosMiA TEAPEziNA — Common everywhere. 
„ APPiNis — Powerscourt. 
DiANTHCECiA CAEPOPHAGA — Mr. Greene's list. All the Irish specimens 
which I have seen are referable to the following 
species : — 
„ CAPSOPHILA (pi. 1, fig. 9) — First captured by Mr. Barrett 
in June, 1860. See Zoologist, p. 7324. Occurs com- 
monly on the hill of Howth, but has not yet been found 
elsewhere.* The larva feeds on the unripe seeds of Silene 
maritima from June to August ; and the moth, though 
• This insect has been taken during the present summer, nearWaterford by Dr. Wright, and in the 
Isle of Man by Mr. Hoplty and otiiers.— E. B. 
