134 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
sambucata, Ellopia fasciaria, Cleora lichenaria, Venusia cambricaria, 
A. scutulata, A. aversata and A. bisetata, Abraxas grossulariata, 
Larentia didymata and E. pectinitaria, E. alchemillata and 
Ei. teniata, FE. nanata, EL. centaureata, E.. absynthiata, LE. debiliata, 
Ypsipetes umpluviata, probably the autumn brood, as it was in 
good condition on July 12th; Y. elutata, Melanthia ocellata, 
C. testata, 1. mensuraria, C. immanata, the usual forms; Thyatira 
batis, Apamea oculea, Leucania conigera, L. pallens, Cerigo 
cytherea, C. alsines, N. triangulum, N. brunnea, N. baja and 
N. xanthographa, Dianthecia carpophaga, P. bractea, Mania 
typica, T’. lutealis, Hypena proboscidalis, Crambus perlellus, 
C. warringtonellus, and C. margaritellus. Hmmelesia teniata, 
thanks to the kindness of Mr. Hodgkinson in sending me a sketch 
of the larva and food-plant, I hope to succeed in breeding. 
T’.. bractea was scarce, but I was fortunate in obtaining about 
150 eggs from one, which I distributed to my friends, reserving 
twenty for myself: of these I have now feeding fifteen larve, and 
ohe pupa spun up on April 7th; many of the larve are still small, 
though all hatched at the same time. I am feeding them on 
groundsel and dumb-nettle; the former they seem to prefer; and 
as, since hatching, I have not lost one it seems to agree with 
them. In August my captures were A. paphia, S. semele, 
L. olivata, C. russata, C. pyraliata, Anaitis plagiata, Nonagria 
fulva, Hydrecia nictitans, which here varies very considerably, 
Luperina testacea, Chareas graminis, A. cursoria, A. tritici, 
A. aquilina, A. obelisca, A. valligera, A. precox, A. porphyrea, 
Polia chi, Epunda lutulenta var. lunibergensis, M. maura, Pyrausta 
purpuralis, Herbula cespitalis, C. tristellus, C. geniculellus. This 
is the month for ragwort: A. valligera, A. tritici and A. cursoria, 
with an odd A. precox and LH. lutulenta, in the sunshine, are the 
principal captures; whilst at dusk A. obelisca and A. aquilina are 
to be found mixed with them. September, Acherontia atropos, 
E. albulata, C. psittacata, H. micacea, N. glareosa, N. neglecta, 
Anchocelis lunosa, Xanthia ferruginea, P. pterodactylus. EH. albu- 
lata has been named before in my June list, and I have again in- 
serted it here as being unknown to me to be double-brooded ; my 
captures were only two, but in perfect condition. In October, 
Xylina petrificata, Miselia oxyacanthe, Phlogophora meticulosa, 
and Calocampa vetusta, were all that occurred at ivy; C. vetusta 
was very scarce, whilst in 1881 it was quite easy to take forty or 
fifty in a night.—P. H. Russ; Culleenamore, Sligo, April, 1883. 
