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piniperda) been introduced into this country during the last few 

 hundred years, when settlers began to import and plant conifers, 

 the indigenous pine having become extinct about the time of 

 Elizabeth. According to ' Cybele Hibernica ' there is no satis- 

 factory proof of the survival of our native Pinus sylrestris. The 

 forests of Wicklow, in which some 900 years ago the King of 

 Leinster cut a tribute of fir masts for Brian Boru, survives only 

 in oak and other trees which spring from the stools, or the free- 

 seeding birch. Nevertheless this moth is now very widely distri- 

 buted, and sometimes not uncommon. The green variety 

 prasinaria, Hb., has not yet been observed ; but one or two 

 dingy examples, in which the pink tint is scarcely to be traced, 

 have been taken at Castle Bellingham {Thornhill) and near 

 Sligo (R.). Pale specimens also occur, and the transverse bars 

 vary in strength of marking. Localities : abundant near Derry 

 (C.) a,nd Belfast (TF.) ; Newcastle, Co. Down (Bw.) ; Stranorlar, 

 Donegal ; Markree, Hollybrook, and Sligo ; Tempo Manor near 

 Enniskillen {Langham) ; Favour Koyal, Tyrone ; Cromlyn 

 {Mrs. B.) and Killynon {Miss R.), Westmeath ; Toberdaly, 

 King's Co. ; Castle Bellingham {Tk.) ; Howth, Balbriggan, and 

 one at the lighthouse at Eockabill three miles off the Dublin 

 coast; Powerscourt {B.), Killarney, Bray {S.), and Greystones, 

 Wicklow; Portarlington (Z>.) ; Dromana, Cappagh, Co. Water- 

 ford {Miss V.) ; Markree, Hollybrook, and Sligo ; Moycullen 

 {Miss E.), Clonbrock {R. E. D.), and Woodlawn {A.) ; in Cork, 

 abundant; and at Killarney, Cloonee L., Glenflesk, Glengarriff, 

 the shores of Bantry Bay and Crookhaven, Kerry, &c. 



EuRYMENE DOLOBRARiA, L. — Eccorded as Irish by the late 

 Alex. R. Haliday. Single examples have been captured by 

 Dr. Cosgrave at Swords, Co. Dublin ; Mr. Donovan at Mucross ; 

 Mrs. Battersby at Cromlyn and Killynon {Miss R.), Westmeath; 

 Rockwood, Sligo {McC.) ; and Tempo Manor, Enniskillen {Lancj- 

 liam). I have taken several at Drumreaske, Monaghan, and 

 Merlin Park, Galway ; and at Clonbrock it is fairly numerous, 

 Mr. Dillon having taken both the imagines and larvae freely ; 

 and these specimens are unusually large and fine. 



Pericallia syringaria, L. — One at Cappagh, Co. Waterford 

 {U.) ; several at Clonbrock {R. E. D). 



Selenia bilijnaria, Esp. — Very widely spread ; from Derry 

 {W. E. II.) and Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, to Cork. In some 

 places, as at Favour Royal, Tyrone, and Castle Bellingham, 

 Louth, very plentiful. Irish specimens of the spring emergence 

 seem to me remarkable both in richness of colour and size, often 

 being nearly two inches in expanse. The summer form, jidiaria, 

 also occurs. 



Selenia lunaria, Schiff. — Very local. First recorded from 

 Powerscourt, Co. Wicklow, by Mr. Barrett, where in 1889 I 



