312 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



melanic aberration was taken by me in the autumn, at Mote 

 Park, Eoscommon, of a sooty black with deeper black median 

 band, the hind wings also being very sooty, A very similar one 

 was captured by Mr. Dillon at Clonbrock. These are blacker 

 than a Barnsley specimen in my cabinet, which is of a uni- 

 colorous dark warm brown, the median band being obsolete. 



Thera firmata, Hb. — Very few have been taken in Ireland, 

 Cookesborough, Co. Westmeath (Miss IL) ; Howth {G. V. H.) ; 

 Enniskillen [Col. Partridge). 



Hypsipetes ruberata, Frr. — The greater number of speci- 

 mens which do duty for this species in British cabinets appear 

 to me to be referable to a form of T. trifasciata. The present 

 species, which is the larger, is decidedly scarce in Ireland. 

 Specimens (mostly single) have been taken as follows : — Favour 

 Eoyal, Co. Tyrone ; Killynon, Co, Westmeath {Miss R.) ; Rock- 

 wood, Sligo ; Killarney; and Clonbrock, Co. Galway {R.E.D.). 



(To be continued.) 



ORNITHOPTERA (POMFEOPTERA) IRREGULARIS, n. sp. 

 By Walter Dannatt, F.E.S. 



Male. — Anterior wings satiny bronze-black. Posterior wings 

 satiny black. The golden yellow commences one mm. below the 

 costal nervure, and continues with an irregular outline across 

 the discoidal cell. There is a small streak of colour within the 

 anal angle, and close to the cell. Between the discoidal cell and 

 the costal nervure are five small golden yellow wedge-shaped 

 patches, each differing in form and size, the smallest (in the 

 third space) projecting only six mm. from the discoidal cell. 

 Collar crimson. 



This specimen is no doubt closely allied to Ornithoptera 

 Helena, both having the same habitat (New Guinea). 



THE ASIATIC DISTEIBUTION OF BEITISH GEOMETEID^. 



(Continued from p. 2-17.) 



Tephrosia luridata, Bork. 

 Ectropis luridata, Meyr. 



Mr. Leech remarks : " Japanese specimens are rather smaller 

 than European examples ; they are also more thickly powdered 

 with brownish, and the pale spot on outer marginal area of 

 primaries is of less size." 



The species is also recorded from Amurland. 



