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county of Galway, and probably in similar districts of Clare. 

 All the sjjecimens I have seen from Galway are of the pale type, 

 with washed-out pattern. " Taken near Galway in June in 

 some numbers in corners of rough pasture fields in mixed her- 

 bage" {BirchaU, Entom. iii. 192) ; also by Mr. Allen. Kilcornan, 

 common {B.), Ardrahan, common, Kylemore {Hon. Emily Law- 

 less), Co. Galway; the Kev. Joseph Greene found the pupae at 

 Eathfarnham, Co. Dublin ; Killynon, Co. Westmeath ; Ennis- 

 killen {Partridge); Knocknarea, Sligo {Russ). 



ErpiTHECiA PLUMBEOLATA, 7f«7t'. — Local. Killamey, common 

 {B.), near Kenmare ; Pontoon, near Foxford, Co. Mayo; not 

 common. 



EupiTHEciA isoGRAMMATA, H.-S. — Moycullcn, Co. Galway; 

 Knocknarea, Sligo {Bass) ; Favour Eoyal, Tyrone {M.F.) ; Castle 

 Bellingham ( Thornhill). 



EupiTHEciA PYGM.EATA, HI. — Eare and local. "Co. Wick- 

 low; Portmarnock, Co. Dublin; and Kilcornan, Co. Galway" 

 {B.). I took a very fresh specimen, showing a purplish sheen 

 on the wings, beside the river at Castle Bellingham, in company 

 with Mr. Thornhill. 



EupiTHEciA HELVETiCARiA var. ARCEUTHATA, Frr, — In Entom. 

 iii. 192, BirchaU mentions having captured at Killarney a single 

 example, which was referred to this species by Harpur Crewe. 

 It would be very desirable to learn in what cabinet this speci- 

 men is preserved. 



(To be continued.) 



NOTES ON THE GENUS SIGARA, Fabe. (RHYNCHOTA). 

 By G. W. Kirkaldy. 



1. SiGARA ovivora (Westw.). 



Corixa ovivora, Westw., Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1871, p. iv. 



Through the kindness of Prof. Poulton, I have been able to 

 examine the two types (male and female) of this species. Un- 

 fortunately both are (after the custom of a quarter of a century 

 ago, and, it is to be regretted, sometimes at the present day) 

 glued down on one entire surface on to the card (male venter 

 downwards, female venter upwards) ; and, having regard to their 

 poor condition, I have deemed it too risky to attempt a very 

 complete examination. The following notes will, however, be 

 perhaps some increase to our knowledge of the species and 

 genus. 



It is not a Corixa, but a Sigara, and allied to S. minutissima 

 (Linn.) ; the width of the head at the base is greater than that 



