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ocellatus. On the Silst a further number of the above larvae were taken, 

 and others, including Pygara pigra (?) and some Eupithecia larvae (species 

 unknown). On the 28th the most notable was a single Macroglossa 

 fuciformis, which probably fell off honeysuckle. 



On Si-pt. 7th a visit to the birches resulted in a single specimen of 

 Notodonta dromedarius, three Drepana falcataria, five D. lacertinaria, and 

 a few common larvae. 



To sum up, the year itself, so far as this locality is concerned, must be 

 considered distinctly satisfactory; and though one regrets the absence of 

 such larvae as Pcecilocampa populi and Thecla quercus, yet the profusion of 

 the others makes the Forest still worthy of the lepidopterist's attention. — 

 E. W. Lane ; 9, Teesdale Street, Hackney Road, N.E., Feb. 2ud, 1901. 



Lepidoptera in Co. Westmeath. — As I have been collecting here for 

 the last few years, a list of some of the insects I have met with may be of 

 interest. Among others, I have taken the following species: — Euchloe 

 cardamines, Argynnis paphia, Melitaa aurinia, Vanessa io (fairly abundant 

 last season), Thecla ruhi (very common), Polyommatus phlceas, ClicErocampa 

 porcellus, C. elpenor, Smerinthus ocellatus (larvae abundant), S. populi, 

 Macroglossa stellatarum, Trochilium crabroniforinis, Ino statices, Gnophria 

 rubricoUis, Euchelia jacobcBtB (extremely common), Phragmatobiafuligliiosa, 

 Lexwoma salicis (abundant, but very localized), Orgyia antiqua. Saturiiia 

 carpini, Cilix glaucata, Cerura furcula, C. vinula, Lophopteryx camelina, 

 Notodonta dromedarius, N. ziczac, Pygara pigra, Cyviatoplwra duplaris, 

 Bryophila perla, Acronycta megacephala (pupae not uwcommou), A. rumicis, 



A. menyanthidis, Tapinostola fulva, Xylophasia subhistris. Neuroma popu- 

 laris, Luperina testacea, Mamestra furva, Apamea unanimis, Lampetia 

 arcuosa, Miana literosa, Celana haivorthii, Agrotis saucia (not uncommon 

 last year), A'^. c-nigrum, Tripha:na interjecta, Nania typica, Mormo maura, 

 Panolis piniperda (one), Paehnobia rubricosa, Taniocawpa j^opuleti, T. gra- 

 cilis, Orthosia pistacina, Hadena dentlna, H. pisi, Xylocampa areola, Calo- 

 campa vetusta, Xylina socia, Plusia bractea (took eight specimens of this 

 moth last season, and I have a number of the larvae at present hyber- 

 nating), P. iota, P. pulchrina, P. festuca, Erastria uncula, Euclidia 

 glyphica, Eurymene dolabraria (one), Crocallis elinguaria, Biston strataria 

 (one), Amphidasys betularia, Tephrosia crepuscidaria, Abraxas adtistata, 

 Lobophora carpinata, Thera firmata, Melantliia albicillata, Phibalapteryx 

 vittata, Coremia designata, Cidaria miata, C. siderata, Tanagra atrata. — 



B. L. MiDDLETON ; Belsize House, Mullingar, Ireland. 



Notes on the Season of 1900 in Carnarvonshire. — Sallows at 

 Capel Curig, in Carnarvonshire, were not very productive. Taniocampa 

 stabilis and T. gothica were abundant ; and Paehnobia rubricosa occurred 

 sparingly, along with a few T. incerta. The varieties of this insect, where 

 it occurs among the mountains, seem to be very remarkable and confusing. 

 I found Melitcea aurinia very common on June 10th, in one of the 

 localities near here, where I discovered it six years ago. I was not able to 

 repeat my last year's excursions to Dinas Rawddwy, in Merionethshire, 

 where, in June, 1899, I captured between forty and fifty fine Chcerocampa 

 elpenor, at rhododendron bloom. They swarmed in scores at one small 

 bush, along with a few specimens of C. porcellus. Sugar has been totally 

 unproductive ail the year, and light nearly as bad. Among the butterflies, 

 Vanessa io has been very abuudant this summer ; V. c-album I saw twice. 



