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Wicklow ; Clonbulloge, King's Co. {E. S.) ; Cromlyn {Mrs. B.) 

 and Killynon (il/iss it.), Westmeath ; Enniskillen ; near Derry 

 (IF. E. H. d- C.) ; Hollybrook {Miss f.) ; Markree Castle and 

 about Sligo; Clonbrock (/t. £". I).) ; Moycullen, Ardrahau (Miss 

 A^.), and Galway {A.); on the shores of L. Conn, Co. Mayo; 

 Doneraile, Co. Cork {Stawell) ; Killarney and Kenmare. 



Cleora lichenaria, Hiifn. — Widely distributed, and locally 

 common. Varies considerably, but the darker forms are scarce. 

 Co. Dublin and Lambay I. ; Cromlyn {Mrs.B.) and Killynon {Miss 

 R.), Co. Westmeath ; Enniskillen and Tempo {Langham), Co. 

 Fermanagh ; Trillick, Co. Tyrone ; Drumreaske, Co. Monaghan ; 

 Armagh (J.) ; RathmuUen, Co. Donegal (0.) ; Markree Castle 

 and near Sligo {R.) ; Clonbrock, Co. Galway {R. E. D.); Shannon 

 Harbour, King's Co. ; Kenmare and Killarney ; Kerry ; Mallow 

 iStaweU) and Glandore {D.\ Co. Cork ; Cappagh, Co. Water- 

 ford. 



BoARMiA repandata, L. — Everywhere numerous. Very 

 variable ; but a comparison of a large number of Irish 

 specimens with an English series shows that the general ground 

 colour is far lighter in the former. The prevailing Irish form is 

 of a pale ferruginous brown, with indistinct and blurred design. 

 This is common in Norway also. Occasionally there occur 

 mottled forms, with strongly-marked strigae, like the illustration 

 in Newman, on a greyish or ferrughious ground ; but I have 

 seen none of these with rich dark brown ground, not uncommon 

 in England. These strongly-marked forms are found at Kil- 

 larney, Kenmare, and rarely at Mote Park, Roscommon; 

 Cappagh, Co. Waterford ; and Drumreaske. The Irish B. repan- 

 data may be divided roughly into two groups, namely those with 

 some tone of brown ground colour, and those with grey. Ruddy 

 warm browns are scarcely ever shown. Of the grey forms, one of 

 the most remarkable is that with a whitish median band traversing 

 a pale speckled wing, the strigae, &c., being almost obsolete, the 

 insect having a general resemblance to a small Boarmia consor- 

 taria, but less ochreous. This form occurs at Killarney, Kenmare, 

 Sligo, Clonbrock, and sparingly elsewhere. It is also met with 

 in Scandinavia. The almost unicolorous grey variety destrigata, 

 Haw., with nearly obsolete markings, prevails as a local form in 

 several Irish districts, as about Sligo and Castle Bellingham, and 

 in the Co. Galway ; and sparingly at Killarney and Kenmare. 

 Specimens nearly approaching var. sorodensium, Weir (except in 

 its blue tint and diminutive expanse), are met with. The hand- 

 some var. conversaria, Hb., is the most remarkable of the group 

 with brown ground colour ; and it is notable that while in the 

 grey forms the median band tends to be paler, in the brown it 

 becomes darker than the ground colour. This variety is not rare 

 in certain localities, as at Newcastle, Co. Down {Bic), and near 



