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Phlcpodes Demarniana in Norfolk. — I have several times remarked upon the 

 extreme scarcity in recent years of Fhlceodes Demarniana, as compared with its 

 comparative commonness many years ago, and have carefully recorded some of its 

 recent and rare occurrences, especially in this district. Last summer, however, from 

 some totally inexplicable cause, it suddenly made its appearance in all directions, not 

 plentifully, but in sufficient numbers to enable us to fill our own series, and to supply 

 specimens to many of our friends. Nearly all were beaten out of birch trees of good 

 size, and I think it probable that the species habitually frequents the higher branches 

 of the trees, whence it cannot easily be dislodged. 



While searching for this species on one of our marshy heaths, I had the good 

 fortune to secure a specimen of the very rare Grapholitha ravulana, H.-S. (obscurana, 

 Steph.). No moth could well be more obscure in its appearance both when on the 

 wing, and in its markings when captured. — Id. 



Lepidoptera at Armagh in 1888. — The summer of 1888 did not prove so 

 productive of butterflies as that of 1887; Vanessa Atalanta, V. cardui, and Argynnis 

 Paphia were entirely absent. Moths were tolerably plentiful, and I managed to add 

 a few to the Armagh list. Mrs. Johnson had dug some pupae in the autumn of 1887, 

 and from these emerged, among other things, four fine specimens of Smerinthus 

 populi, one of which Mr. W. F. de V. Kane informs me is a typical Irish var., also 

 Notodonta ziczac and Dianthaeoia nana (conspersa), these last I had not observed 

 here previously. Sugar attracted plenty of moths (also earwigs), but they were 

 mostly the commonest species. I took some very dark ( almost black ) 

 specimens of Xylophasia monoglypha (polyodon), which, together with Triphcena 

 pronuba, was a perfect nuisance. Along with these I took Leucania comma, Axylia 

 putris, Apamea fascinncula, Cucullia umbratica, Plusia festucce, P. gamma, 

 P. pulchrina, Hadena pisi, H. oleracea, Xanthia fulvago (cerago), Triphcena fimbria, 

 Acidalia bisetata, and Eupithecia sobrinata. In a lane where there was a good deal 

 of privet I took Hepialus nelleda, Euplexia lucipara, Larentia didymata, and 

 Melanthia albicillata. A couple of hours at Churchill procured me Ccenovympha 

 Typhon = Davus, Nemeophila plantaginis, Larentia salicata, and Aspilates strigil- 

 laria, of which last I took a good series, exhibiting considerable variety of marking. 

 A fine specimen of Chceroeampa Elpenor was brought to me in July by one of the 

 pupils at the Eoyal School, and on October 14th, a specimen of Macroglossa 

 stellatarum flew into my house and was duly captured. I got a couple of 

 Nonagria typhce from pupae taken out of stems of Typha latifolia, but, owing 

 to the heavy rain, the bogs were very much flooded, and the reeds almost 

 unapproachable. The moths emerged on 9th and 11th September. The wet 

 autumn hindered pupa -digging to a great extent, and the few attempts 

 made proved very unproductive. — W. F. Johkson, Winder Terrace, Armagh : 

 March 6th, 1889. 



Coleoptera at Armagh in 1888. — Since my last notes (p. 19 of present volume) I 

 have been working away with more or less success. On May 9th I took from moss 

 in a marshy part of the Mullinures, forty-three Erirhinus eethiops, and, on the same 

 occasion, captured a nice example of Myrmedonia collaris also in moss. Later on in 

 the month I took, in the same productive locality, Aleochara moesta, Mycetoporus 



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