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and then only those that have been allowed to remain uncut sometime after they are 

 dead. The thick portions of these stems may then be dried by placing them, say on 

 the top of a book-case in a room where the gas is in frequent use, and, if the outer 

 woody portion is not attacked by beetles, they will last for years. The pith is 

 beautifully white and firm, with an almost crystalline lustre, and very fine " grain ;" 

 it does not change colour by age, and holds the pins admirably. Mr. Stainton 

 constantly used this pith, and certainly more than once advocated its merits in print. 

 Agave pith, from which the Indian helmets are made, and with which boxes of 

 foreign insects are often lined, might answer, but is certainly in no way to be 

 compared with that of the Artichoke. Prepared sheets of it for study work, for 

 placing insects on for examination, are admirable. It has been accused of corroding 

 the points of the pins, and from this cause should be regarded with suspicion. Most 

 certainly, boxes of Indian insects received by me, lined with this substance, have 

 had the pins so corroded. But whether this was due to direct action of the pith 

 itself, or to the moisture, inevitable in a tropical climate, absorbed by il, I cannot 

 say. I say emphatically : — Use Artichoke Pith ! — E. McLachian, Lewisham : 

 Decemler Vjth, 1892. 



A proposed revised List of Irish Lepidoptera. — As I propose at an early date 

 publishing a revised list of Irish Lepidoptera, based on that published in the year 

 1868 by the late Edwin Birchall, Mr. Barrett having kindly promised to take charge 

 of the section of the Micro-Lepidoptera as before, I write to say that if any gentle- 

 men can supplement my information as to Irish localities for any of the following 

 species I should be much indebted. I should ask localities to be particularized as 

 nearly as may be, and to secure accuracy as much as possible, I only ask for records 

 of personal captures : — 



MelitcBa Athalia. Esp., Lycmna Mgon,'^ox\., Hesperia sylvanus, Eab., S. linea, 

 Fab., Sphinx liffustri,'L., Sesia apiformisjjj., S. mi/opaformis, Bork., S. tipuliformis, 

 L., jS. culiciformis , L., S. scoliiformis, Hiibn., Hepialus sylvinus, L., ISfola cucullatella, 

 L., N. strigula, W.V., Setina irrorella, L., Calligenia miniata, Forst., Lithosia 

 aureola, Hiibn., Liparis chrysorrhota, L., L. aurifiua, Fab., L. salicis, L., L. monacha, 

 L., Trichiura cratasgi, L., Angerona prunaria, L., Snnomos erosar')a,'W ^., Amphy- 

 dasis prodromaria, W.V., Hemerophila ahruptaria, Thun., Ephyra punctaria, L., 

 Hyria auroraria, G-n., Asthena candidata, W.V., Acidalia rusticata, W.V., A. in- 

 canaria, Hiibn., A. fumata, Steph., Corycia tenierata, W.V., Macaria notata, L., 

 Halia wavaria, L., Aspilates citraria, Hiibn., Abraxas ulmata, Fab., Hylernia rupi- 

 capraria,W.Y., S. leucophcBaria, W.Y., Larentia olivafa,'W.Y., JEmmelesia ericetata, 

 Curt., Hupithecia snccenturiata, L., E. suhfulvata, Haw., Cerura bifida, Hiibn., C. 

 furcula, L., Notodonta trepida, Fab., N. dodonea, W.Y., Cymatophora flavicornis, 

 L., Acronycta tridens, W.V., A. aceris, L., Leucania pudorina, W.V., Nonagria 

 despecta, Tr., Mamestra anceps, Hiibn., M. albicolon, Hiibn., Agrotis corticea, W.V., 

 A. ripce, Hiibn., Taniocampa populeti, Fab., T. crudajW.Y., Orthosia ypsilon, W.V., 

 Anchocelis litura, L., Hoporina croceago, W.V., Xanthia citrago, L., Cosmia affinis, 

 L., Folia Aavocincta, L., Sadena protea, W.V., H. ehenopodii, W.Y., Cucullia 

 verbasci, L., Brephos parthenias, L., Amphipyra pyramidea, L., Euclidia glypliica, 

 L. — W. F. DE V. Kane, Sloperton Lodge, Kingstown, Ireland : December, 1892. 



