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the fore wings being marked with two oblique pink stripes 
shading into magenta, separated and bordered below by suffused 
stripes of the richest blue. 
The species of Hypna are also common Tropical American 
insects. They are brown, with a broad cream-coloured band on 
the fore wings, and the hind wings are frequently dull red in the 
middle. The fore wings are often pointed, the hind wings have 
a short spatulate tail, and both are adorned with numerous 
yellowish spots of a metallic lustre. 
Protogonius, the last genus of the Nymphaline, contains 
brown and tawny species, resembling Heliconw in size, colour, 
and markings, but with broader wings. The front half of the 
fore wings is produced, the lower prominence almost forming a 
hook, and the hind wings have a short spatulate tail. 
REPORT ON THE ENTOMOLOGY OF CERTAIN DISTRICTS 
IN ULSTER. 
Tus report was contained in a paper read before the Royal 
Trish Academy, on the 26th February last, by Mr. W. F. De 
V. Kane, M.A. 
News from Ireland latterly has been of such a melancholy 
character that it is pleasing to find that there are people who in 
the midst of political misery find time and opportunity to investi- 
gate the natural history of that country. Mr. Kane has brought up 
to the time of reading his paper so much as is known about the 
Lepidoptera of the eastern portion of the island, not only by 
investigating and collating the literature of the subject, but also 
by collecting in several localities which appear to have been 
hitherto unworked. 
In noticing this record of Mr. Kane’s, we think it desirable to 
quote somewhat liberally from it, making such remarks as may 
here and there seem advisable. 
After remarking upon certain papers by our esteemed friends 
Mr. Edwin Birchall and Dr. Buchanan White, the author goes on 
to remark upon the limited area over which the lepidopterist has 
carried on his investigations. These, as Mr. Kane states, have 
been confined to limited districts in the counties of. Dublin, 
Wicklow, Kerry, Westmeath, Galway, and Mayo; to these he 
