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NoTODONTA DicTiEOiDES, Esp. — Apparently less rare than the 

 preceding. I have beaten the larvas at Faruham, Co. Cavan ; 

 Hollybrook, L. Arrow, Co. Eoscommon ; Cookesborough, West- 

 meath ; near Favour Eoyal, Co. Tyrone ; and Enniscoe, Co. 

 Mayo, not infrequently. Mr. Birchall also found it not rare at 

 the foot of Powerscourt waterfall, Co. Wicklow ; Howth (Gr. V. IL) 

 and Eathfarnham {Bw.), Co. Dublin ; Buncrana (C), Co. Donegal. 



NoTODONTA DP^oMEDARius, L. — Very widely distributed, and 

 common. The typical form has been said not to exist in Ireland, 

 but to be replaced by the var. perfiisca. Bat it would appear to 

 me that the Irish insect is intermediate between the chestnut- 

 coloured form of the South of England and the very dark 

 purplish Scotch var. perfusca from Perth. I have seen some 

 Irish examples of a warmer tint than most English specimens, 

 and very similar to those taken in the Leigh woods at Clifton, 

 and the" New Forest. Howth {G. V. H. tC- ill. F.) ; Powerscourt 

 (Bw.), Co. Wicklow; Cromlyn {Mrs. B.), Westmeath ; Markree 

 Castle, Sligo ; Cloghan near Stranorlar, Co. Donegal ; Derry 

 (C.) ; Favour Eoyal, Tyrone ; Clonbrock (dark form), very 

 abundant {R. E. D.), Co. Galway ; shores of L. Conn and Glen- 

 more {S. It. F.}, Mayo, abundant. 



NoTODONTA ZIGZAG. — As the abovG in distribution and occur- 

 rence, and found in the same localities ; also at Killynon, 

 Westmeath {Miss II.) ; and Armagh (J.). 



NoTODONTA TREPiDA, Esp. — " Not uiicommoii in the Co. Wick- 

 low " {B.). I have no information. 



NoTODONTA CHAONIA, Hb. — Mr. Birchall had a specimen taken 

 at Killarney. I took two at Derrycunnihy on the Upper Lake, 

 1885. It is reported to have occurred in Co. Wicklow {B.). At 

 Clonbrock numerous specimens were taken in Mr. Dillon's moth- 

 trap, two of which be sent me, which agree with the Killarney 

 examples in very large size, a purer white ground colour than the 

 generality of English chaonia that I have seen, with the pattern 

 strongly marked. 



NoTODONTA TRIMACULA, Esp. — Not uucommou at Killarney (5.). 

 I have never seen an Irish example of this species. 



PYGMRID.li. 



Phalera bucephala, L. — Abundant everywhere. 



PYGa5:RA curtula, L. — "Larvte near Clonmel, Co. Tipperary" 

 iB.); I also took the larvre in July, 1883, at Mote Park, Co. 

 Eoscommon, and near Clonbrock, Co. Galway ; and Mr. Watts 

 reports the same as abundant the same date at Newcastle, Co* 

 Down. The imago has, however, not yet been bred. As, how- 

 ever, the larvfe were almost full-fed when I took P. pigra in the 



