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localities very plentiful. The males vary in the strength of the 

 red flush on the fore wings. The females differ in the depth of 

 the green, which is often very rich and dark, without any red 

 tint, and reducing the paler markings considerably in extent. 

 Others are much paler, marbled with strigae, and pale patches, 

 so as in some cases to approach a strongly-marked C. miata. I 

 have not seen the very dark banded female here, which is taken 

 in the New Forest. It is useless to give more than a few locali- 

 ties to show the wide distribution. Dublin and Wicklow, some- 

 times fairly plentiful ; Cappagh, Co. Waterford, not common ; 

 Mucross, Killarney, very abundant, and elsewhere in Kerry ; 

 Co. Galway, ditto ; Markree and about Sligo, not very plentiful ; 

 Killynon, Westmeath, Drurureaske, abundant; Derry, scarce; &c. 



Cidaria miata, L. — Usually commoner than the preceding, 

 and of equal range. 



Cidaria corylata, Thnb. — Widely distributed, but somewhat 

 local. Plentiful in some localities, but usually not numerous. 

 It varies much in the median band of the fore wing, which is 

 sometimes a very dark olive-brown without markings. In the 

 lighter-coloured examples pale waved lines break up the centre 

 of the band. A frequent variation is found in the band being 

 much constricted towards the inner margin, in many places dis- 

 connecting the wide costal portion from the rest. In the latter 

 form the outer edge of the band is very deeply dentated, more so 

 than in the normal form. I have never seen the Scotch form in 

 which the yellow crenelations are absent, except a single example 

 in Mr. Dillon's cabinet at Clonbrock ; and the var. cdbocrcmiUt, 

 Curt., seems absent from Ireland. Common in Co. Wicklow (B.) 

 and Powerscourt ; Killarney ; common in parts of Galway ; 

 Markree Castle and near Sligo, scarce ; Killynon, Co. West- 

 meath ; Favour Koyal, Co. Tyrone, abundant; Farnham, 

 Cavan ; Armagh (J.) ; Derry, a few (C.) ; Ballycastle, Co. 

 Antrim. 



Cidaria truncata, Hufn. — Everywhere common. The Irish 

 insect seems to be a very sober tinted form. Very rarely have I 

 met with any of the marbled and brightly-coloured varieties seen 

 in English collections. As might be expected, therefore, the var. 

 perfuscata, Haw., is occasionally met with ; also var. comma- 

 notata, at Clonbrock and elsewhere. 



Cidaria immanata, Haw. — Extremely numerous everywhere ; 

 and with a wide range of variation both among the dark and 

 handsome coloured forms var. marmorata, Haw., and those with 

 white median bands. Specimens of ab. unicolorata also occur ; 

 but I have not seen the ab. thingvallata. This insect, therefore, 

 does not seem to follow the above closely-allied species in adopt- 

 ing a sombre livery in Ireland, though a very dark grey form 



