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pale aiitemarginal series of dots, and a pale patch at the base of 

 lore wings. In some instances the dark edgings to the stigmata 

 are scarcely to be distinguished, being almost obliterated by the 

 dark ground colour. Also I have one brown specimen with black 

 markings, without any white or grey spots. The distribution of 

 the var. salicis does not appear dependent on climate. I have 

 fine specimens from Ulster, near Favour Royal, on the borders 

 of "the Counties Tyrone and Monaghan ; in the midland County 

 of Westmeath, at Killynon {Miss IL) ; and in the South of Cork 

 and Kerry, at Glandore and ArdtuUy respectively ; and at Wex- 

 ford. My palest grey specimen of the type referred to above, I 

 took at JJrumreaske, Co. Monaghan ; at Newcastle, Co. Down, 

 Mr. Watts reports very pale forms, which also I have noted in 

 the West of King's Co., in Tyrone, and in Kerry. 



AcRONYCTA MENYANTHiDis, Viv. — Apparently rare and very 

 local in Ireland. Those which I have seen seem to belong to the 

 var. scotica of Tutt, showing a very white central area, with the 

 outer marginal band, the suffusion about the reniform stigma, 

 and basal half of the inner margin, often very strongly shaded 

 with black. I have seen Aberdeen specimens very similar in the 

 sharp contrast of black and white. Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, 

 Eev. E. Harvey (B.) ; Co. Sligo, at L. Gill and Maikree ; Killy- 

 non, Co. Westmeath ; two larvse on Myrka gale, near Galway {A.). 



AcRONYCTA EUPHORBiiE var. moiituriga, Gn.— Rare and local in 

 Ireland. I have two from Markree and L. Gill, Co. Sligo, which 

 are identical in colour and traits with my types of li. munticaga 

 from the Continent. And Dr. Staudinger identified British spe- 

 cimens sent him as belonging to this variety rather than to 

 viyrica, Gn. (Entom. vol. xi. p. 41). Mr. Tutt considers that 

 Rannoch examples belong to the latter. Clonbrock, Co. Galway 

 {IL E. v.). I have specimens taken near Caragh L., Co. Kerry, 

 by Dr. W. E. Battersby. 1 also found two x^upaj in cocoons 

 interwoven with lichen on a rock at Galley Head, Co. Cork. All 

 these localities are at a low elevation above the sea, and the 

 climate of Cork and Kerry is very equable and mild ; so that if 

 the divergence from the type originated from alpine conditions, 

 it is interesting to find it persistent, in spite of altered climatal 

 environment, since the first arrival of the species in Ireland, 

 presumably at the close of the glacial epoch. 



DiLOBA CiERULEocEPHALA, L. — " Generally distributed, but 

 apparently not abundant" (ii.). I know but the following 

 localities : — Magilligan, ab. Co. Derry {€.) ; Enniskilien {S.) ; 

 Cromlyn, Westmeath {Mrs. B.) ; Ardrahan {Miss N.) ; also 

 imago not scarce, and larvse on whitethorn, near Ahascragh 

 {R. E. !>.), Co. Galway; near Cork {H. C. Sandford). 



(To be continued.) 



