( 13 ) 



A CATALOGUE OF THE LEPIDOPTERA OP IRELAND. 

 By W. F. DE VisMEs Kane, M.A., M.R.LA., F.E.S. 



(Continued from vol. xxvii. p. 264.) 



Cerigo matura, Hufn. — Widely sprefid, but rarely abundant. 

 Some brif^ht Irish specimens have very pale nervures on the 

 outer marginal area like those of Neuronic jjoimlaris, and enclosing 

 a series of wedge-shaped dark streaks along the hind margin. 

 Very dark specimens, approaching the var. texta, Esp., sometimes 

 occur, as at Magilligan, Co. Derry, Castletownsend, Co. Cork, 

 and Markree, Co. Sligo, in which the fore wings are of a dark 

 bistre brown, traversed by three pale waved lines, of which the 

 basal and ante-marginal ones are sometimes almost obsolete, 

 and the stigmata somewhat ferruginous, with pale outline. 

 Hind wings broadly and darkly banded on outer margin. 

 Localities : single specimens taken at Giant's Causeway (C) 

 and Armagh (J.) ; at Drumreaske, Monaghan, Castle Bellingham, 

 Co. Louth (Thornhill), and near Sligo, it is not infrequent. I 

 met with it in profusion at Castle Taylor, Co. Galway ; and 

 singly at Kenmare and Dursey L, Co. Kerry ; and Howth. 



LuPERiNA TESTACEA, Hb. — Usually common, especially on 

 the coast. None of the various forms seem topomorphic, nor can 

 I find any proof of local tendency to melanism. Both at Sligo on 

 the west, and Howth on the east coast, very pale forms (var. 

 cinerea, Tutt) occur, as well as specimens almost black. The 

 latter Mr. Barrett also records from Belfast. 



LuPERiNA CESPiTis, Fh. — Of sparse occurrence, rarer inland 

 than on the coast-line. Dublin coast {B.), Howth ; Kilcool, 

 Co. Wicklow ; Athy, Co. Carlow ; Minehead and Roche's Point, 

 Co. Cork; Ardrahan {Miss N.), and Moycullen (Miss iv.), Co. 

 Galway ; Hollybrook, L. Arrow, Co. Sligo. 



[Mamestra abjegta, Hh. — Mr. Birchall's record of the capture 

 of this species at Howth, and abundantly near Waterford, has 

 never been confirmed,] 



Mamestra sordida, Bork. — On the Dublin coast (C. G. B.). 



Mamestra albicolon, Hh. — Mr. Birchall took this insect at 



Malahide and Howth, Co. Dublin ; but repeated searches at 



these places of late years have proved unproductive. One at 

 Magilligan, Co. Derry ((7.) ; Castle Bellingham, not scarce. 



Mamestra furva, Hh. — Not anywhere numerous. Howth 

 and Wicklow coast {B.). ; rare near Sligo, and the specimens 

 very large {R.) ; Castle Bellingham, Co. Louth {Thornhill) ; 

 Carliugford (J.), Armagh; and Coolmore, Co. Donegal; a few 



