212 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



mcgtera. One specimen at Gavarnie (5500 ft.). — P. egeria. Pierre- 

 titte, Gedre (1800-3500 ft.). A small series only. I do not think the 

 var. etjcrides occurs here at all. 



Epinephele ianira. Abundant everywhere, especially at Gedre, 

 Pierrefitte, St, Sauveur, Gavarnie, and Heas (1800-5500 ft.). The 

 Austral var. hispulla occurs with the type at all altitudes as an aberra- 

 tion.—/?. tWiunus. A few specimens at Pierrefitte and St. Sauveur 

 (1800-3000 ft.). The borders of the wings are very dark. 



Cccnonympha arcania. Very plentiful, especially at St. Sauveur 

 and Port de Gavarnie (3000-5500 ft.). — L'.pauiphihis. Not uncommon 

 at Port de Gavarnie and Heas (5000-6500 ft.). As in the Alps, the 

 markings upon the under side of the posterior wings are very obscure, 

 and the ocellation almost entirely absent. Altitude does not appear 

 to have anything to do with it. One male specimen possesses a 

 melanic tendency, being thickly clothed with black scales on the upper 

 side, while a female I took is very large and of a rich orange colour, 

 much more intense than the type. 



Hespekid^ (nine species). 



Spilothyrus althca;. Not uncommon at St. Sauveur, Gedre, and 

 Pont de Scia (3000-3500 ft.), settling upon the middle of the road, and 

 possessing a special predilection for horse-manure. — S. lacatercE.^ Two 

 rather small specimens at Gavarnie (5000-5500 ft.). 



Si/richthus carthanii. Plentiful at St. Sauveur, Port de Gavarnie, 

 Heas, and Gedre (3000-5500 ft.). Fond of settling upon the road. — 

 5', alvens. Plentiful at Heas (50U0-G000 ft.). — S. sao. Single speci- 

 mens at St. Sauveur at Gavarnie (3000-5000 ft.). 



Hesj)eria thawnas. Scarce ; Gavarnie, Gedre (3500-5500 ft.). — 

 //. lineola. Scarce ; St. Sauveur, Heas (3000-5500 ft.). — H. actaon. 

 Scarce ; St. Sauveur, Gedre (3000-3500 ft.). — H. sylvanus. A few 

 specimens at Pierrefitte, St. Sauveur, and Gavarnie (1800-5500 ft.). 



Birmingham, January 25tli, 1897. 



A CATALOGUE OF THE LEPIDOPTEEA OF IRELAND. 

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



(Continued from p. 131.) 



AciD.'\LiA REMUTARiA, III). — Tliis insGct seems somewhat re- 

 stricted in distribution to the south and west, where in some 

 localities it is very abundant. On the east coast Professor Hart 

 reports it from Castle Bellingham, Co. Louth, and Birchall gives 

 "Wicklow. About Killarney and Kenmare it is very common; on 

 the shores of L. Derg and Lower Shannon ; Clonbrock, Castle 

 Taylor, and Merlin Park, Co. Galway; Knocknarea (li.), and 

 abundant at Rockwood, Sligo. The var. lactata, Haw., occurs 

 at Killarney with the type. 



