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have a black dot at the end of the discoidal celhile (nigrc)- 

 piuicta, Tutt). I have one dark example only (var. suffasa, Tutt), 

 from Glandore, Co. Cork, 



Leucania impura, lib. — Very common throughout Ireland. 

 Our specimens seem to correspond with the Scotch form, being 

 pale in the fore wings and dark in the hind wings, I have seen 

 none with more than three of the five black dots of Hiibner's 

 type developed ; nor have I met with any of the reddish form, 

 punctina, Haw. 



Leucania fallens, L. — Also a very common insect. It is 

 very variable in the colour of the fore wings. The reddest 

 example I have seen is from Killynon, Co. Westmeath {Miss II.), 

 and is almost of a brick-red. 



Calamia lutosa, Hb. — I have no information of the occur- 

 rence of this species in Ireland from correspondents, excepting 

 Mrs, Battersby, of Cromlyn, Co. Westmeath, who has a specimen 

 which she believes was taken by her. Probably it is widely 

 spread in Ireland, as I have taken it (one specimen) at Howth, 

 Co. Dublin ; and several at Markree, Co. Sligo ; and Enniscoe, 

 on the shore of L, Conn, in Mayo. They belong to the vars. 

 jnlicornis, Haw., and caniue, Steph., beuig for the most part of a 

 pale wainscot colour, and a few of a reddish ochreous, but all 

 possessing a transverse series of dots. 



CffiNOBiA RUFA, Haw. — Mr. Birchall records Claring Bridge, 

 Co. Galway, and Powerscourt, Co, Wicklow, as localities where it 

 is common. Mr. Kuss has found it near Sligo. 



Tapinostola ruLVA, Hb. — Very widely spread through Ire- 

 land, and common in most marshy localities. Brick-red forms, 

 with and without longitudinal shadings, occur near Derry, where 

 Mr. Campbell has found the larvae feeding in the roots of bog- 

 cotton. The very white form, var, pallida, St., also is frequently 

 met with. On the Oxhill range, Co. Sligo, fiilva is extremely 

 abundant; also Belfast (IF,); near Donegal; at Armagh {J.); 

 Counties of Monaghan, Tyrone, and Westmeath ; at Howth ; 

 near Naas, Co. Kildare ; and Dursey I., Co. Kerry, are among the 

 localities where I have taken it. 



NoNAGRiA ARUNDiNis, Fb, — Very widely distributed through- 

 out Ireland. I have rarely failed in finding the larvae wherever 

 the food-plant flourishes in any profusion. Those which I have 

 bred are chiefly of the dark blackish brown form, fratcrna, Tr., 

 from the marshes on the coast of Wicklow, and from Glandore, 

 Co. Cork (pupae taken by Mr. Donovan). Near Naas, Co. Kil- 

 dare, very abundant ; also Shannon Harbour, near Banagher, 

 Co. Tipperary ; Markree, Co. Sligo ; Enniscoe, C!o. Mayo ; Favour 

 Boyal and Augher, Co. Tyrone ; Armagh (J.) ; Belfast (/??«'.) ; near 



