108 [October, 
Abeostola ubtic^ — Widely distributed, and common. 
„ TEiPLASiA — do. do. 
Plusia cheysitis — do. do. 
BEACTEA — County Wicklow. 
FESTUC^ — Widely distributed, and common. 
IOTA — do. do. 
V.-AUEEUM — do. do. 
GAMMA — do. do. 
GoNOPTEEA LiBATEix — Widely distributed, and common. 
Amphipyea pyeamidea — Killarney ; common. 
„ teagopogonis — Generally distributed, and common. 
Mania typica — do. do. 
„ MAUEA do. do. 
Stilbia anomala — Howth ; not uncommon. 
Catocala peaxini — A specimen captured at Kingstown by Mr. 
Greene. 
„ NUPTA — Dr. Bail ; locality unknown to me. 
Ophiodes lunaeis — Two specimens captured at Killarney by the late 
P. Bouchard, in 1864. 
EucLiDiA Ml — Widely distributed, and common. 
„ GLYPHICA — Uo. do. 
Phytometea ^nea — Do. do. 
Although the foregoing list contains 200 of the 304 British species 
of NoctucB, I look upon it as still very incomplete. It may be noted 
that of the HeliothidcB only one species, Anarta myrtilli, has been 
observed ; and it is possible that the cloudy skies of Ireland are ill 
adapted to the habits of this sun-loving family ; but whilst hundreds of 
square miles of bog and marsh remain unexplored, it is impossible to 
believe that 13 of the British Leucanidce are not to be found in Ireland, j 
The proba'llSiity is that a proper search would result in the discovery, 
not only of most of these insects, but of other and unknown species. 
Irish specimens of Noctuce ai'e generally more richly coloured and 
darker than specimens captured in England, as is also the case with 
Noctuce from Scotland. Possibly the moister climate of the northern 
and western portions of the United Kingdom may, in some degree, 
account for this ; but, taken in connection with the occurrence of such 
species as Acronycta myrlcce, and Sadena rectillnea, in the extreme 
south of Ix'eland, this similarity between Scotch and Irish insects seems 
to point to the northern origin of many of the Irish Lepidoptera. 
