b THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



September 2nd. 2. Dublin. 3. Cappagh, Co. Waterford. 

 3a. Cappagh, Co. Waterford (coll. J. J. F. X. King). 4. Cappo- 

 quin, Co. Waterford, August 3rd. 5. Glencar, Co. Kerry. 

 6. Caragh Lake, Co. Kerry, July 30th. 7. Killarney, Co. Kerry, 

 July 15th. 7 a. Killarney, Co. Kerry, August 7th (coll. King). 

 8. Mallaranny, Co. Mayo, July. 9. Westport, Co. Mayo. 

 10. Clare Island, Co. Mayo, July. 11. Achill Sound, Co. Mayo. 

 12. Coolmore, Co. Donegal. 13. Derry. 14. Poyntz Pass, 

 Armagh, September 26th. 



Females (one from each locality) : — 1. Cappagh, Co. Water- 

 ford. 2. Waterville, Co. Kerry, July 27th (teneral). 3. Park- 

 naskilla, Co. Kerry. 4. Westport, Co. Mayo. 5. Ardara, 

 Co. Donegal. 



Hind wing, male, 26^8 ; female, 27^-29- 



In analysing the above, it may be said, with regard to the 

 males, that the femora are in the darker condition alluded to 

 under the Bmyvale specimens, any exceptions being unimportant. 

 The thoracic spots a, b, c, d, b (with one or two exceptions where 

 A, B are nearly connected) are of variable and usually moderate 

 size, but they are practically always completely isolated, and in 

 6, 9, and 11 run rather small, approaching the Scottish form. 

 The middle field of the thorax, however, is frequently hardly 

 outlined at all ; this is the case in 1, 2, 3a, 4, 5, 6 ; in the others 

 it is outlined, although sometimes rather faintly ; in 9 strongly, 

 with traces of the diagonal line. The sternum, in nearly every 

 case, is marked with black, sometimes rather strongly ; and the 

 under side of the abdomen seems much blacker as a rule, especi- 

 ally in the anterior segments, than in the more typical forms. 

 The shading at the side of the eyes is more or less marked in 

 3a, 6, 7, 7a, 9, 12, 13, 14, and in the others hardly or not at all 

 indicated. The females are less satisfactory in condition. The 

 thoracic spots a, b, c, d, e are all isolated except a, b in 1, 2, 4, 

 in which they are narrowly connected ; the middle field is always 

 outlined. 



Further Irish material in Mr. King's collection, examined by 

 him, seems to be very constant in regard to the generally darker 

 condition of the legs, and also the usually darker condition of 

 the under side of the abdomen, but is in other respects variable. 

 In a male from Wexford ; male, Westport ; male, Killarney, and 

 two males from Cappoquin, the lateral markings of the thorax 

 are much as in diagram No. 1 ; while females from Killarney 

 and Cong, Co. Mayo, are almost similar in that respect. One 

 female from Athlone is almost a typical striolatum as regards the 

 thorax ; another from the same locality is an intermediate. One 

 from West Meath has the middle field outlined in fuscous, while 

 another from the same county is described as very near to an 

 example from Islay. 



Three males from the Isle of Man, also sent by the Dublin 



