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Pyrameis cardiii, L. — Not common, but specimens seen or 

 captured in most seasons. 



Pyrameis atalanta, L. — Not uncommon most years ; abundant 

 last year (1919). 



*Argy7inis aglaia, L. — Observed on several occasions by 

 Prof. J. W. H. Harrison dashing along the shore of Lough Fea ; 

 a fine female near Grange, August 28th, 1920. 



Dryas pajMa, L. — Locally abundant and widely spread 

 throughout the county, as at Five-mile Town, Favour Eoyal (K.), 

 Lissan, near Clare church (H.), shore of Lough Neagh, Lough 

 Fea. The larva in this district feeds on Rubus idaiis a 

 Viola canina. 



*Melitcea aurinia, Kott. — Locally abundant, the prevailing 

 form being prceclara, Kane. A form of var. scotica, Eobson, occurs 

 on the magnesian limestone near the village of Grange ; this is 

 much darker than that figured in Mr. Kane's catalogue. Another 

 local variety has the transverse band pale lemon colour and a 

 black marginal band to hind wings ; no pale-coloured crescents. 

 The var. virgata is not uncommon, and var. artem'is, Fb., 

 rare ; localities — near Stewartstown very abundant. Grange, 

 near Dungannon, and on bogs at Tamnamore. 



Pararge egerides, Stgr. — Abundant almost everywhere in woods 

 and in lanes. Generally there are three emergences in the 

 season — in April and May, July, end of August and September. 

 The females of the spring brood often have the spots much 

 extended ; on the other hand, the males in the autumn often are 

 very dark with only the pale spots round the apical ocelli 

 present ; one female of the autumn brood has an extra spot in 

 each hind wing near the anal angle. 



Pararge megcera, L. — Locally abundant and double brooded ; 

 examples with additional spots are not uncommon. 



Epinepliele jnrtina, L. — Very common. In the males the 

 fulvous colour is sometimes much extended ; the females also 

 often have a broad marginal band of the same colour on hind 

 wings, and in both sexes the apical ocellus may be double. One 

 example has a single ocellus on one fore wing and double on the 

 other, the ocellus varying from a minute black snot to a circle 

 a quarter of an inch in diameter. The var. addenda is not 

 uncommon on heathy ground, the number of additional spots 

 varying from two to eight, and one male of this form has two 

 small ocelli on upper side of hind wings near the inner margin. 



Aphantopus liyperanthns, L. — Locally common in damp 

 meadows and on roadsides ; males sometimes have no ocelli on 

 upper sides, and females with more on one side than the other. 

 Mr. Kane reports it as abundant at Favour Royal. 



Ccenonympha typlion, Eott. — Generally abundant on the moor- 

 land near Lough Fea and also on the bogs at Lough Neagh. A 

 poorly spotted form approaching var. scotica, Stand., is rare at 



