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THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



and several did not appear at all, yet the results of our entomolo- 

 gical work have, in spite of unfavourable weather, been encouraging. 

 As notes from the North-west of Ireland have not before appeared 

 I shall give a list of the best of our captures during the season. 



As we were unable to begin collecting before May, I can say 

 nothing as to the early species. In May we devoted most of our 

 attention to larvae, and succeeded in taking the following species : — 



Bombyx callunae 

 Odonestis potatoria 

 Crocallis elinguaria 

 Oporabia dilutata 

 Eupithecia rectangulata 

 Melanippe montanata 

 Cidaria testata 

 Agrotis agathina 



Triphaena fimbria 



T. janthina 



Xanthia silago 



X. cerago 



Plusia pulchrina 



P. iota 



P. chrysitis 



P. interrogationis. 



In the same month we took in the perfect state : — 



Satyrus megsera 

 Notodonta dromedarius 

 Odontopera bidentata 

 Eupithecia castigata 

 Ypsipetes impluviata 

 In June we took larvae of — 

 Eriogaster lanestris 

 Chelonia plantaginis 

 Saturnia carpini 

 Notodonta ziczac 

 Himera pennaria 

 Nyssia zonaria 

 Larentia caesiata 

 Imagines of — 



Satyrus aegeria 

 Hepialus velleda 

 Chelonia plantaginis 

 Arctia fuliginosa 

 Platypteryx lacertula 

 Iodis lactearia 

 Scodiona belgiaria 

 Lomaspilis marginata 

 Emmelesia albulata 

 Larentia pectinitaria 

 Eupithecia satyrata 

 E. vulgata 

 E. minutata 

 E. pumilata 



Anticlea badiata 

 Cidaria russata 

 Taeniocampa rubricosa 

 Hadena thalassina 

 Anarta myrtilli. 



Oporabia filigrammaria 

 Cidaria populata 

 Chesias spartiata 

 Dianthcecia conspersa 

 D. capsophila 

 Plusia festucae. 



Thera variata 

 Melanippe galiata 

 M. ocellata 

 Eubolia palumbaria 

 Thyatira batis 

 Acronycta rumicis 

 Apamea basilinea 

 A. gemina 

 Miana fasciuncula 

 Agrotis porphyrea 

 Hadena adusta 

 Cucullia umbratica 

 Plusia pulchrina 

 Nyssia zonaria (our most 



important capture). My .brothers, in company with our friend 



