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(Miss R.), Co. Westmeath ; Courtown and Greystones, Co. Wick- 

 low; Bessborough Park, Carrick-on-Suir, two; Markree Castle, 

 and elsewhere near Sligo, rare ; Clonbrock and Ardrahan, Co. 

 Galway, scarce. 



Tethea subtusa, Fb. — Bred by Capt. Browne from larvas 

 taken near Enniskillen. 



Calymnia teapezina, L. — Found in widely scattered localities, 

 but singly or in sparse numbers. Irish examples are usually 

 characterized by pallid ochreous (rarely reddish) coloration and 

 faint marking. Some from Markree and near Sligo are greyish 

 fuscous, with well-marked fascia and lines. The pale outlines of 

 the two stigmata in these are visible. I have a curious aberra- 

 tion from Clonbrock, bearing a dark longitudinal streak joining 

 the lower ends of the two stigmatal areas, which are not, how- 

 ever, outlined. Single or occasional examples have been taken 

 in the following places : — Near Dublin ; Tinahely, Co. Wicklow 

 (Bw.) ; Rockview and Killynon, Co. Westmeath, well marked and 

 sometimes not scarce {Miss li.) ; Armagh (J.) ; Castle Belling- 

 ham {Thoniliill) ; Drumreaske, Co. Monaghan ; Favour Royal 

 and Stewartstown, Co. Tyrone ; Hollybrook, Markree Castle, and 

 Sligo ; near Berry (C.) ; Glenarm and Ballycastle, Co. Antrim ; 

 Killarney, &c., Co. Kerry ; Clonbrock, Co. Galway, not rare. 



Calymnia affinis, L. — Very rare in Ireland, although common 

 in the sister country. Single examples have been taken at 

 Powerscourt [B.) ; Rathfarnham, and Howth {G. V. H.), Co. 

 Dublin; near Derry {W. E. H.) ; Clonbrock, Co. Galway 

 {R. E. D.). 



DiANTHCECiA LUTE AGO, var. BARRETTii, Dhl. — Mr. Birchall 

 records as follows: — "This fine insect, discovered at Howth by 

 Mr. Barrett in June, 1861, and described by H. Doubleday in the 

 ' Entomologists' Annual ' for 1864, p. 124, is not known to have 

 occurred either in England or upon the Continent. Four speci- 

 mens have been captured : the first, a male, by Mr. Barrett, and 

 the others, one male and two females, by myself." Subsequently 

 Mr. Buckler procured some ova and bred a specimen of the 

 imago (E. M. M. Aug. 1879;. His careful and accurate account 

 of the larva and its habits, published by the Ray Society, 1895, 

 leaves nothing to be desired. The figure is excellent, but perhaps 

 the dots are too strongly given, as these disappeared in the speci- 

 mens 1 have had when nearly full-fed, and the hairs are scarcely 

 to be seen with the naked eye. The dorsal circulatory canal 

 and that of the intestine show more clearly in some individuals 

 than others. In the very young larvae the second segment bears 

 a dark patch, which grows fainter and more suffused as it gets 

 older, until in the full-fed caterpillar it is of a honey-yellow 

 tinge, without definite outline. The ovum is of a honey-yellow, 



