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band, coi-responcling to the whitish patch shown in the same 

 position in Miana strigilis and fasciuncida. Hind wings of a 

 sooty bi-own, shot with a ruddy reflection. All fringes of a dirty 

 grey. Thorax of a dingy brown; abdomen paler. Extremely 

 local, but there plentiful. In a field near Galway, and in a portion 

 of Castle Taylor demesne near the village of Ardrahan, numerous. 

 No doubt it will be found elsewhere in Galway and perhaps Clare, 

 whose bare limestone tracts thinly covered with herbage corre- 

 spond with its favourite haunts in the neighbouring county. 



Cel.^lna haworthii, Curt. — This moth occurs in most Irish 

 counties, as might be expected from the large tracts of bog and 

 moorland in Ireland abounding with various species of bog- 

 cotton grass, in the roots of which the larva feeds ; but, never- 

 theless, Mr. Campbell informs me, falls a victim to some species 

 of ichneumon. Nevertheless, though locally very abundant, it 

 is not so frequently met with as might be expected, as, except 

 when flying by day, it is inconspicuous, and difficult to take at 

 dusk. It is, however, attracted by the flower of ragweed, but is 

 then usually worn. Various forms are met with, the handsomest 

 of which is very clearly marked on a reddish brown ground. 

 This occurs at Killarney; Crossmolina, Mayo; Markree, Co. 

 Sligo ; shores of L. Swilly, Co. Donegal ; and Ballycastle, Co. 

 Antrim [Tutt). Examj^les with both stigmata and the white 

 nervures conspicuous are frequent ; but I think a large propor- 

 tion of Irish specimens show a tendency towards obsolescence of 

 design, notably in regard to the transverse strigse. Localities: — 

 " Common on the Dublin and Wicklow Mt." [B.) ; above 

 Powerscourt Waterfall and L. Bray; Killynon and elsewhere in 

 Co. Westmeath ; Mohill, Co. Leitrim ; Toberdaly and about 

 Shannon Harbour, King's Co. ; Markree, Rockwood, Croagh 

 Mt. near Dromore West, very abundant, and Lissadell, Co. 

 Sligo; Inishowen {W. E. H.), and near Derry (C.) ; Ballycastle, 

 Co. Antrim (Bw.) ; near Belfast, abundant (IF.); and Ennis- 

 killen ; Crossmolina, Co. Mayo, abundant; Galway (A.); Kil- 

 larney, &c. 



Var. lancea, St. — " One from Ballycastle " {Tutt, Brit. Noct.). 



Var. tripuncta, Curt. — Occurs at Markree, Co. Sligo; and 

 Buncrana, Co. Donegal. 



Var. hihernica, St. — Three Rock Mt., Co. Dublin {Bw.) ; Ox 

 Hill range near Dromore West, Sligo ; Crossmolina, Mayo ; and 

 Killarney. 



Grammesia trigrammica, Hufii. — Widely distributed but de- 

 cidedly local, being absent from many localities, but sometimes 

 numerous. The pale yellowish grey form is frequent at Drum- 

 reaske, Monaghan, and elsewhere ; and occasionally there, and 

 in Galway, &c,, the ochreous. The var. ohscura, Tutt {hilinea, 

 Haw.), is pretty common at Howth ; at Shannon Harbour, King's 



