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Ireland, near Kenmare, by Miss Vernon, who did not recognise 

 her capture. 



XOTOBOyTID.Ji. 



Ptilophora PLTjMiGEiiA, Esp. — There is a specimen of this 

 species in Mr. Dillon's cabinet, taken in September, 1892, 

 attracted by a light in a window at Clonbrock, Co. Galway. 



Pterostoma palpina, L. — This insect seems, though wddely 

 distributed, never to be taken, except very sparingly. One in 

 Wicklow near Tinahely {Bw.) ; Miss Nugent took several at 

 Ardrahan, Co. Galway ; I have met with it at Mucross, Killarney, 

 Altadiawan, Tyrone ; and one flew off sugar at L. Oughter, Co. 

 Cavan. 



LoPHOPTERYX CAMELiNA, L. — The larvflB may be met with in 

 most parts of Ireland, not rarely. I give a few localities : Howth 

 and Cabinteely, Co. Dublin ; Co, of Wicklow and Waterford ; 

 Kenmare, Co. Kerry ; Favour Eoyal, Tyrone ; Drumreaske, 

 Monaghan ; Armagh [J.) ; abundant at Powerscourt and Kil- 

 larney {B.)', shores of L. Conn, Co. Mayo, abundant; Mote 

 Park and L. Arrow, Co. Pioscommon ; Ardrahan {Miss N.) and 

 Clonbrock, very abundant {B.E.D), Co. Galway; Markree 

 Castle, Co. Sligo ; Killynon, Westmeath ; and Inishowen, Co. 

 Donegal {W. E. H.). 



NoTODONTA BicoLOR, III). — The capture of this rare moth at 

 Killarney near Dinas, in 1859, by the late Peter Bouchard, then 

 employed to collect for the British Museum, made a considerable 

 sensation in the entomological world, as it had hitherto only 

 occurred at Burnt Wood, Staffordshire. The first capture was 

 followed by another specimen in 1800, found in a spider's-web. 

 Another was got in Mucross demesne, si^c years later, by Mr. 

 John Hardy, and larvae were said also to have been beaten. 

 But for many j'ears this insect has been watched for in vain. 

 In 1892, however, Miss Vernon, of Clontarf, showed me her 

 collection of insects from Kerry, and besides the specimen of 

 Stauropus fagi above referred to, I found two rather poor speci- 

 mens of Noiodo)ita hicolor from a new locality in Kerry. Miss 

 Vernon is under the impression that it is not very rare there, 

 for she says she recognised the wings more than once detached 

 on the ground, the moth having been eaten by a bat. It is 

 satisfactory to have evidence that this rarity is not extinct in 

 Ireland, as Miss Vernon's capture is beyond question genuine. 



NoTODONTA DicT^A, L. — Widely spread, but not, I think, 

 often numerous. Powerscourt, Co. Wicklow {B.) ; Howth 

 (G. V. H.) ; near Belfast {Bn\ cC- W.) ; Cromlyn, not rare 

 {Mrs. B.) ; Westmeath ; Derry {C.) ; Crossmolina (5. R. F.) ; 

 Co. Mayo; Knocknarea Euss, Co. Sligo; Clonbrock, one 

 {B. E. D.). 



