XLV.—CATALOGUE OF THE LEPIDOPTERA (RHOPA- 
LOCERA, SPHINGIDA, CASTNIIDA, AND URA- 
NIID) IN THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND ART, 
DUBLIN, WITH REMARKS ON NEW OR INTERESTING 
SPECIES, sy W. F. KIRBY, tate Assistant-NATURALIST IN 
THE MUSEUM. 
[Read June 16th, 1879. ] 
DurRING the twelve years of my residence in Dublin, I paid 
special attention to the order Lepidoptera, and think the collection 
in the Museum of Science and Art, over which I had charge, 
will now compare favourably with that of any other public 
museum in the kingdom, except that of the British Museum, and 
of the Hope Museum at Oxford. 
When my transfer to London was decided upon, I was anxious 
to put on record a complete catalogue of the contents of the col- 
lection, and therefore prepared the present oue ; but owing to the 
delay caused by the drawers of the cabinets not being inter- 
changeable, the time at my disposal did not permit me to extend 
it beyond the first eight cabinets (six of Butterflies and two of 
Moths), comprising the four groups indicated above. 
There are four other cabinets of Lepidoptera (two of Bombyces, 
one of Noctue, and one of Geometrze, &c.), besides the British 
collection. 
In the following catalogue, all the specimens from which original 
descriptions have been made are marked with an_ asterisk, 
Synonyms are only quoted when of special importance. 
Notes on various species, and descriptions of a few new ones 
will be found appended to the paper. 
A full account of the Entomological collections of the Dublin 
Museum will be found in the “ Entomologists’ Monthly Magazine,” 
for May, 1877 (Vol. 13, p. 283). Since that time, the most im- 
portant addition has been the valuable collection of Lepidoptera, 
formed by Sir W. G. Gregory in Ceylon, including many of Mr, 
F. Moore’s types, 
