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0. ; and near Kenmare, Co. Kerry, where it occasionally 

 ecomes so dark that all the transverse lines are obliterated, so 

 lat the fore wings are of a unicolorous brown. The following 

 re a few localities : — Belfast district, not common; Armagh (J.); 

 !astle Bellingham, Co. Louth (TJiornhill) ; Farnham, Cavan, 

 carce ; Enniskillen (Col. Partridge), scarce ; Favour Eoyal, Co. 

 'yrone, scarce ; Cromlyn {Mrs. B.) ; Westmeath ; Markree Castle, 

 )o. Sligo, not rare ; and var. ohscara, Phcenix Park (C G. B.) and 

 Isewhere in Co. Dublin, and Wicklow. 



Stilbia anomala, Haw. — Chiefly found on the sea-coast, but 

 •ccasionally inland. Local and sometimes plentiful. Probably 

 ^ery generally distributed on the L"ish seaboard. Attracted to 

 ight, sugar, and flowers of ragweed. Also sometimes flies in 

 he sunshine. On one occasion, about midday, at Ards House, 

 ]o. Donegal, I noticed a sudden flight of these moths, and 

 mocked down one of them with my hat as it rose from the grass 

 )eside me. The flight lasted but a very short time. There is 

 Jut little range of variation shown. Some are of a more dingy 

 joloration than the ordinary type, as at Black Mt., near Belfast, 

 ind elsewhere ; but very fresh specimens are often of a pale 

 bluish grey on the lower half of the fore wing, with the design 

 very sharply and well drawn in black. There is great diversity 

 in size among the males, some being only a fraction less than 

 Ih in. in expanse. The females are rarely taken on the wing, 

 and seem always much scarcer than the other sex. Localities: — 

 Cave Hill (C. G. B.), and Black Mt., Belfast, abundant ; and one 

 at Newcastle, Co. Down (W.) ; Giant's Causeway, abundant 

 (C.) ; Magilligan, Co. Derry; Buncrana, Fanad, and Ards, Co. 

 Donegal ; Knocknarea, very abundant (Riiss), and Lissadell, Co. 

 Sligo ; Glandore, Co. Cork (D.) ; Greystones, Co. Wicklow ; 

 Howth, at Sutton and the Bailey, abundant. Inland it has 

 been met with at Cappagh, Co. Waterford (U.); Ardrahan 

 {Miss N.) and Clonbrock one {U.E.D.), Co. Galway. 



Caradrina MORPHEUS, Hiifn. — A rare species seldom met with 

 in Ireland and in scanty numbers. The headquarters seem to 

 be Galway, and all the specimens I have seen are similar to the 

 English form, greyish fuscous. Localities : — Powerscourt, Co^ 

 Wicklow (B. Supp. Cat.) ; Dinish and Furinish Islands, Kil- 

 kerran Bay {Lieut. Walker, R.N.), Ardrahan two {Miss N.), Co. 

 Galway; Shannon Harbour, on the verge of that county, and 

 near Kenmare, Co. Kerry ; one at Magilligan, Co. Derry (C.) ; 

 3ne at Castle Bellingham, Co. Louth {W. B. Thurnhill). 



Caradrina alsines, Brahm. — Not common. Howth, Co. 

 Dublin ; near Sligo, rare {Buss) ; Derry, rare (C), and Magil- 

 igan {B. Curzon) ; Clogher Head, Co. Louth, not rare ; Tempo, 

 Do. Fermanagh, abundant (C. Langham) ; one at Ardrahan, Co. 



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