180 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



A CATALOGUE OF THE LEPIDOPTERA OF IRELAND. 

 By W. F. de Vismes Kane, M.A., M.R.I.A., F.E.S. 



(Continued from p. 158.) 



Caradetna quadripunctata, Fh. — Everywhere very numerous. 

 The varieties cuhicularis, Haw., and superstes, St., occur not un- 

 commonly ; the former being the pale grey form with distinct 

 markings, and the latter a dark one very slightly marked. 



EusiNA tenebrosa, Hh. — Generally distributed, but local and 

 rarely abundant. The following few localities do not at all 

 represent the distribution, as collectors frequently neglect to 

 record its occurrence. The var. ohscura, Tutt, is more common 

 than the type at Killarney and elsewhere. Belfast {W.); Castle 

 Bellingham, Co. Louth, abundant [Tliornhill) ; coast of Water- 

 ford, Dunmore and Tramore ; Killarney ; Ballynahinch, Conne- 

 mara; shores of L. Gill; and Markree, Co. Sligo. 



Agrotis vestigialis, Hiifn. — Very generally distributed round 

 the Irish coast, in some localities rather rare. The type with 

 whitish ground colour is scarce. I have taken it at Donegal, 

 Arklow, and Youghal. The aberration with the cuneiform 

 dashes extending to the outer margin sometimes occurs ; ab. 

 lineolata Tutt : var. sagittiferus, Haw., is, I think, the most abun- 

 dant form, and occurs at Sligo, Donegal, on the shores of 

 L. Fojde, and on the sandhills of the Wexford and Wicklow 

 coasts, &c. ; and with it I have taken a few with obsolete mark- 

 ings, ab. trigonalis, Esp. A not unusual form is that with a 

 warm ochreous ground colour, var. clavls, Esp., which Mr. Tutt 

 notes as so common near Sligo. I have also found it at Ballin- 

 skelligs Bay, Co. Kerry ; Youghal, Co. Cork ; and Magilligan, 

 Co. Derry. A very dark fuscous form, var. nigra, Tutt, is fre- 

 quently to be met with in company with the pallid type, at 

 Arklow, Co. Wicklow ; and I have specimens of it from Wexford 

 and Sligo. I append a few other general localities for this 

 species. Howth and Co. Dublin coast generally, rather scarce. 

 Pretty common on the sandhills of Loughs Foyle and Swilly ; 

 Sheephaven and Inver, a few, Co. Donegal ; Portrush and 

 Antrim coast, abundant (C.) ; at Greeuore (J.), and Castle 

 Bellingham, Co. Louth {Thornhill). 



Agrotis puta, Hh. — Colonel Partridge reports the capture of 

 one specimen near Enniskillen in 1893. 



Agrotis ypsilon, Rott. {suffma, Hh.) — Common and often 

 pretty abundant. The markings vary in intensity in both sexes, 

 the males sometimes having a very pale ground colour with very 

 distinct design; but often the costal half of the fore wings is 

 darkly shaded with brown, with the markings not sharply 

 pencilled. The females sometimes are of a very black ground 



