36 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



place on Sept. 15th. On Aug. 4th I came across it in the New 

 Forest. 



On May 24th I first met with I. elegans on Wimbledon Com- 

 mon, and the last I saw was in the New Forest on Aug. 4th. 

 I also found it near Byfleet ; near Pyrford, and in Richmond 

 Park, in Surrey ; and in Bushey Park, in Middlesex. On 

 June 20th I took by the Basingstoke Canal two with orange 

 markings on the thorax, which perhaps belonged to a variety 

 parallel with ruhellum of Curtis in the case of /. pumilio. 



Of A. pidchellum I took one on May 6th at Wisley Ponds, and 

 a few on May 23rd and June 20th in a very restricted spot by 

 the Basingstoke Canal. A. imella was first seen at the Black 

 Pond on May 3rd, and last at the same place on July 19th. 

 I took it also in several other spots in Surrey. It is doubtless 

 true that this insect seldom inhabits the same locality as its near 

 relative A. cyathigerum ; nevertheless it was in fair numbers 

 amongst the swarms of the latter at the Black Pond last season. 

 A. cyathigerum was noted as occurring in the New Forest and in 

 several localities in Surrey, my first date for it being May 10th, 

 and the last Sept. 20th. The distinguishing mark on the second 

 segment of the abdomen varies considerably. 



Of the thirty-nine species of British dragonflies it will be seen 

 that I met last season with no fewer than twenty-four, and those 

 in three districts only — Mid- Surrey, the New Forest, and Oxford, 

 the last of which might almost be omitted. 

 21, Knight's Park, Kingston-on-Thames. 



A CATALOGUE OF THE LEPIDOPTEEA OF IRELAND. 

 By W. F. de Vismes Kane, M.A., M.R.I.A., F.E.S. 



(Continued from vol, xxix. p. 235.) 



RivuLA SERicEALis, Scop. — Everywhere abundant. 



Zanthognatha grisealis, Hh. — Widely distributed. Kings- 

 town (5.), Belfast (TF.) ; Cromlyn, Westmeath ; Armagh (J.); 

 Kenmare ; Markree ; Farnham, &c. 



Zanthognatha tarsipennalis, Tr. — Fairly common. Galway 

 {B.) and Clonbrock ; Cromlyn [Mrs. B.) ; Markree, and near 

 Sligo (/x*.) ; Banagher ; Farnham; Castle Bellingham (27?.), &c. 



(Pechypogon barbalis, Clerck. — Stated to have been taken 

 near Belfast (IF.) ; but I have not authenticated the record.) 



BoMOLOcHA fontis, Thuh. — Not rare in Kerry about Killarney 

 and Kenmare ; shores of L. Foyle near Derry (IF. E. H. and C.) ; 

 Ardrahan, Co. Galway ; Cappagh, Co. Waterford. 



