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Hypena proboscidalis, L. — Everywhere abundant. 

 Hypenodes cost^strigalis, St. — Cork {S.) ; Markree Castle, 

 Sligo ; Ardtully, Co. Kerry. 



Tholomiges turfosalis, Wk. — Common at Killarney (B.). 

 Brephos parthenias, L. — Westmeath {Miss R.). 



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Uropteryx sambucaria, Lr — Widely distributed, but very 

 variable in numerical distribution. Often abundant in the 

 suburbs of towns, as Kingstown and elsewhere near Dublin ; 

 and in some country districts, as near Kenmare, and at Drum- 

 reaske. A few localities are appended to illustrate its range of 

 occurrence. Sparingly about Inishowen and Derry {W. E. H. 

 and C.) ; Armagh and Carlingford (J.) ; near Belfast, common 

 (IF.); Westmeath, occasional ; Cappagh, Co. Waterford; Ban- 

 don and Doneraile, Co. Cork. 



Epione paralellaria, Schiff. — Erroneously recorded from 

 Powerscourt. The only Irish locality seems to be Clonbrock, 

 Co. Galway, where Mr. Dillon has bred a few, and captured a 

 number in flight. 



Epione apiciaria, Schiff. — Very widely distributed, and 

 locally sometimes rather numerous, as at Belfast {W.) ; Derry 

 (C.) and Donegal ; it occurs also at Markree Castle and 

 Lissadell, &c., near Sligo ; Enniskillen ; Favour Koyal, Tyrone ; 

 Armagh {J.); Farnham, Cavan; Castle Bellingham (Th.) ; 

 Killynon, Westmeath {Miss R.) ; Clonbrock and Ardrahan, Co. 

 Galway ; Bray, Powerscourt, and Greystones, Wicklow ; 

 Mallow, &c. 



Rumia luteolata, L. — Everywhere abundant. 



Venilia macularia, L. — Very local, but numerous where 

 found, and variable in marking ; but I have seen no specimens 

 of var. qiiadrimaculata. Powerscourt {B.) and Devil's Glen 

 {Bw.), Wicklow ; Cappagh, Co. Waterford, and Ardtully 

 {Miss v.), and Cloonee, Co. Kerry; near Cork {Sanclford) ; 

 Clonbrock {R. E. D.), Castle Taylor {Miss N.), and near Galway 

 {A.) ; Rockwood, near Sligo. I have no northern localities. 



Angerona prunaria, L. — Apparently confined like the pre- 

 ceding to the S. and W. of Ireland, where locally numerous. 

 The banded form of both sexes occurs. Clonbrock {R. E. D.), 

 Galway ; Cratloe near Limerick ; Glengarriff {Carpenter), and 

 about Killarney; Cappagh, Co. Waterford {Miss V.). 



Metrocampa margaritaria, L. — Throughout Ireland. Often 

 common. 



Ellopia prosapiaria, Tj. — This pine-feeding Geometer, if 

 strictly restricted to that food-plant, must have (like Panolis 



