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have never seen this in Irish examples, and a large number have 

 been examined or taken by me from time to time ; the female 

 here being always very distinct from the other sex ; Mr. Tutt's 

 description of var. suffasa well describes it, only varying in the 

 intensity of the blackish ground and size of the white orbicular, 

 which is sometimes much reduced. Generally the transverse 

 lines are obsolete, and I have one very dark example with the 

 ante-marginal line represented by a series of minute pale dots. 

 I have not seen the var. nigra, Tutt, with both stigmata wholly 

 or almost obliterated. Stephens's description of the type repre- 

 sents the strongly mottled form of the male commonly met with 

 here, but I have never seen the rich fuscous colour, " variegated 

 with yellowish." The male var. pallida, Tutt, is also met with, 

 the ground being greyish white (without, however, the " slaty 

 tinge"), and all striae and markings strongly defined. The 

 handsomest examples that have come under my notice of this 

 form were taken by the Messrs. Thornhill, of Castle Bellingham. 

 It also occurs at Dursey Island. Mr. Tutt's var. virgata is a not 

 uncommon aberration, with a dark transverse band enveloping 

 the reniform stigma, and a dark hind marginal area. Mr. Thorn- 

 hill has also a remarkable male example of a uniform warm 

 brown ground similar to that of the ordinary A. exclamationis, 

 shaded wdth bands and strige of darker brown, but almost as in- 

 distinctly as in A. ypsilon. Localities: — Abundant at Howth 

 and Castle Bellingham {Thornliill}, and I found it very abundant 

 at Dursey Island on the coast of Kerry. It also exists on the 

 Blaskets, Eoche's Point, near Queenstown, and " on the coast of 

 Cork," by Mr. Clear (B.). 



Agrotis exclamationis, L. — Universally distributed and 

 common, and with all varieties of ground colour, from pale clear 

 brownish grey (var. pallida, Tutt) and rich ruddy brown 

 (brunnea, Tutt) to a dark bistre brown. One or more of the 

 stigmata are in some examples obsolete, or in some cases con- 

 fluent, as in var. plaga, St. ; and I have one example of var. 

 lineolata, Tutt, figured by Newman. I have not met with var. 

 juncta. Mr. Langham, of Tempo Manor, Co. Fermanagh, has a 

 specimen with the reniform and claviform stigmata confluent, 

 and a sufi'usion towards the base of wing. Mr. Thornhill has a 

 fine example of var. costata, Tutt. 



Agrotis couticea, Hb. — Local and sometimes fairly numerous. 

 Varies from specimens with central area whitish grey (var. irro- 

 rata pallida, Tutt), through smoky grey forms, such as irrorata 

 fusca, Tutt, and siibfascus, Haw., to a reddish brown with costal 

 margin deeper in tone (the type), to blackish forms. It is by no 

 means commonly met with in Ireland, and 1 have but few 

 localities recorded for it. Tinahely, occasional {Bw.), and Grey- 

 stones, Co. "Wicklow, one ; Castle Bellingham, Co. Louth, rather 



