NOTES ON THE COLLECTION OF BRITISH MACRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 285 
Hepialus velleda, Hb.—Some seasons very abundant and in 
others scarce; var. gallicus, Ld., almost as common as the 
typical form. 
*Hepialus lupulina, L.—Local but not uncommon at Killy- 
colpy Wood on Lough Neagh and near Tullyhogue. 
Hepialus hecta, L.—Abundant locally in damp woods in the 
district, and also near Favour Royal (K.) ; common in several 
localities where bracken is absent, the larvee no doubt feeding in 
the roots of the male fern Lastrea Iilix-mas or perhaps in a 
species of Carex. 
SOME NOTES ON THE COLLECTION OF BRITISH 
MACRO-LEPIDOPTERA IN THE HOPE DEPARTMENT 
OF THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY MUSEUM. 
By F. C. Wooprorpe, B.A., F.E.S. 
(Continued from p. 163.) 
GEOMETRID AL. 
THis group has been arranged according to Mr. L. B. Prout’s 
system worked out in Seitz’s “Macrolepidoptera of the World— 
Palearctic Geometride.’ 
The group is well represented, there being very long series 
of most of the variable species, and no species is entirely 
unrepresented. 
Before going further I should like, on behalf of the Hope 
Department, to tender thanks to those collectors who have so. 
kindly added to the collection since these notes were first 
published, and especially to Mr. Greer, of Stewarts Town, who has 
presented a most interesting lot of Irish insects, and the Rev. C. 
Ash, of Saxton Vicarage, who has done the same with Yorkshire. 
insects, so filling up several gaps in localities which were before 
unrepresented. Several others have also added contributions. 
Even the commonest species from unrepresented localities are 
most welcome. 
AUNOTHERIN|E. 
Aplastis ononaria.—A single specimen without data from the 
Spilsbury Collection. 
HEMITHEINE. 
The sub-family is well represented. 
Two remarkable male specimens of Hipparchus (Geometra) 
papilionaria bred by Prof. Poulton have a very blue tint, and 
stand out very conspicuously in the series. They were bred from 
larve reared by him for experimental purposes (see ‘Tr. Ent. 
Soc.,’ 1888, pp. 592-5, and 1892, pp. 310-11). 
