276 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Saturniid^e. 

 Satitrnia imronia, L. — Very common and widely spread ; 

 larvae on heather, sallow and meadow-sweet. 



Drepanidce. 



Drepana falcataria, L. — Favour Eoyal, rare (K.) ; not un- 

 common near Tamnamore ; several pale forms approaching the 

 white Eannock variety. 



Drepana lacertinaria, L.-^Locally abundant at Favour Pioyal 

 and Altadiawan (K.) ; near Stewartstown and Lough Neagh 

 larvae very plentiful on birch bushes. 



Cilix glaucata, Schiff. — Not uncommon in this district and at 

 Favour Eoyal (K.). 



NolidoR. 



Nola conjusalis, Hr. S. — Not common at Favour Eoyal (K.) ; 

 several near Lissan, Cookstown. 



Chloephoridfe. 

 Hylophila prasinana, L. — Common and widely distributed. 



Sarrotliripina. 



Sarrothripa revayana, Tr. — Not common ; near Favour 

 Eoyal (K.) ; larva on sallow and imago at ragwort, near 

 Stewartstown. 



Arctiida. 



Spilosoma menthastri, Esp. — Very abundant, and var. ochracea 

 not uncommon ; some examples very dark. 



Spilosoma liihricipeda, Esp.— Abundant generally. 



*Diaphora mendica, var. rustica, Hb. — Common and widely 

 distributed in this district (E. Tyrone), the males varying from 

 pure white, through buff, to a pale smoke-colour ; one example 

 with discal area white and margin of fore wings smoke-colour ; 

 females often with only the dot at base of fore wings indicated. 



*Phragmatobia fuUginosa, L. — Not uncommon on heathery 

 ground, and the var. horealis, Stand., rarely. 



Parasemia r)lantaginis, L.— Locally abundant on moorlands 

 and bogs. 



Arctia caia, L. — Abundant ; the larvae very common on road- 

 sides and hedge banks in the spring ; a fine female bred very 

 similar to that figured in South's ' British Moths,' pi. 84, fig. 1, 

 but with the hind wings tinted with orange and the spots very 

 small. 



Hipocrita jacolxece, L. — Very abundant ; a form occurs locally 

 with the usual upper marginal spot on the fore wings, divided 

 into two small twin spots; laivse on Senecio vulgaris, as well as 

 S. jacohcea (H.). 



