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tone of red, and I have taken one or two rather grey forms at 

 Clonbrock. Localities : — Ashford, Co. Wicklow, one (Talbot) ; 

 Agher, Co. Meath, a few (Miss R.) ; near Galway {Lieut. Walker, 

 R.N.), and not scarce at Mount Bellew, and plentiful at Clon- 

 brock in the same county. In the Co. Dublin a few at Howth 

 (G. V. H.), and Tibradden one (Halhert) ; Kilderry, Co. Derry, 

 one {G. V. H.) ; SHgo a few (McC.). 



Pachnobia rubricosa, Fb. — This common British moth is 

 rather scarce in Ireland, occurring for the most part very 

 sparingly. The ruddy brown type seems the predominant form 

 here, but greyer ones also occur both in the south and north. 

 The var. pallida, Tutt, which seems chiefly confined to North 

 Britain, I have taken with the type at Killarney, and Mr. 

 McClean at Sligo ; var. rufa also occurs at Sligo and at Clon- 

 brock ; var. mucida, Esp., at Kilderry, near Derry {G. V. H.). 

 Localities: — Occasional specimens in Co. Wicklow (Bw.), and 

 by myself at Powerscourt ; Wooden Bridge (M. F.) ; Bray Head, 

 larvae feeding on seed-pods of wild hyacinth {A. G. More) ; Tempo 

 Manor, Enniskillen, one {Langham) ; Farnham, Cavan ; Favour 

 Eoyal, Co. Tyrone. Not scarce at Markree Castle and L. Gill, 

 Co. Sligo ; and Clonbrock, and Mount Bellew, Co. Galway. At 

 Killarney I captured once a long series on a sallow on the margin 

 of a bog, and Mr. Hart found them abundant in a similar 

 situation near Derry, where Mr. Campbell notes them generally 

 as scarce. Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, abundant (Bw.). 



Pachnobia hypbrborea, Zett. (var. carnica, Hering) . — A single 

 example of this mountain insect emerged on Feb. 29th, 1893, in 

 a cage placed in a warm sitting-room at Clonbrock, Co. Galway, 

 and was noted in the Hon. R. E. Dillon's diary at the time 

 as "probably hyperborea.'" He presumed it to have been the 

 result (among others) of collecting larvae in the preceding autumn 

 at a large bog in the vicinity, where I find Empetrum nigrum 

 grows plentifully. This part of the County Galway is flat with 

 extensive ranges of bog, and though at only a very moderate 1 

 elevation above the sea, is remarkable for preserving representa- 

 tives, often in profusion, of many distinctively mountain plants. 



TiENiocAMPA gothica, L. — Universally common and extremely 

 variable. In some localities, as at Drumreaske, Co. Monaghan, 

 and Clonbrock, specimens with red ground are numerous. At 

 Killarney, where many northern species and varieties are found, 

 I took a few specimens of var. pallida, Tutt, which may be ranked 

 in that category. Herrich-Schaffer's var. gothicina (in which 

 the black gothica mark is suppressed) has occurred at Killarney, 

 Clonbrock, and elsewhere occasionally. At the latter locality a 

 specimen of var. suffasa, Tutt, is worth record. Var. rufescens, 

 Tutt, Westmeath, &c,, rare. 



