90 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Heterocera. 



Acherontia atropos. I have never taken a specimen here, but I saw 

 one on a wall near my moth-trap. One previously had been found in 

 the dining-room in tlie morning. 



SmerintJnis ocellatns. Very abundant. Several specimens were 

 taken this year in my moth-trap and, except the year 1893, I could 

 have brought in from thirty to forty larvc'e whenever wanted. — S. tilice. 

 I have taken several specimens here, but it is very far from common. 

 One specimen which Mr. Kane has preserved has been described by 

 him. All taken flying about lime or privet at dusk. 



Sesia culiciformis. I took two specimens hovering over some 

 bramble-bushes, June 25th, 1893. Mr. Kane showed me many birch- 

 logs perforated by the larvte. 



Naclia ancilla. Two taken flying at dusk in the wood (oak). 



Nola cucuUatella. I took six specimens, July 18th and 19th, and 

 August 15th and 21st ; also I have an old worn insect taken in 1888, 

 which I believe to be referable to the same species. 



CaUvjenia miniata. I have taken several specimens both at light and 

 flying at dusk, at the end of June and July. 



Gnophria rubricollis. Only one specimen has been taken alive, 

 although I have picked up several dead on roads. 



Spilosoma fidUjinosa. Several specimens ; one yellow variety 

 described by Mr. Kane in his Catalogue of Irish Lepidoptera and now 

 in his cabinet, (c/. 'Entomologist,') — S. mendica. One male of a 

 smoky colour, similar to the English form. 



Hcpiahts sylvanus. Two specimens, July, 1892, flying at dusk 

 round flower-beds not far from the house. — H. velleda. Occasionally 

 seen though not common. 



Zeuzera pyrina. Two specimens; one adhering to a standard rose- 

 tree, taken by the gardener, July, 1892 ; the other at light. 



Macrngaster castanecB. One specimen, a female, fell into a boat 

 pushed through reeds on the edge of a small lough near Kilconnell, 

 when going to fish, July, 1891. 



Leucoma solids. Not uncommon, but larvffi rather difficult to 

 breed. Took one imago in the daytime, half hidden in a sallow-bush. 



Ileteioyenea limacodes. In 1892 I captured two females flying at 

 dusk in August. Two specimens also in June, 1893, flying round 

 flower-beds. 



Dasychira pudibunda. Several specimens in moth-trap early in 

 May, 1893. . 



Fcecilocanqm jjopuli. Not uncommon. 



Bomhyx rubi. Not common ; larvffi very abundant on all bogs in 

 1890. I hardly saw one this year. 



Drepana lacertinaria. Very common. — D. falcataria. Have only 

 taken one imago, though larvae were found in 1891 and 1892 ; none 

 emerged, owing probably to the defects in my breeding-cage. 



Dicranura furcula . As common as D, vinula, 



Ptilophora plumigern. One specimen taken September, 1892, on 

 the staircase window, attracted by the light within. 



Notodoiita dictcEoides. Five specimens taken in my moth-trap from 

 May 15th to May 21st, 1893. These were taken only when the moth- 



