1871.) 7 
Epunpa nigra— Donegal. 
CIRRH#DIA XERAMPELINA— Down. 
HELiorHis MarGInaTA—Galway. 
PLUSIA INTERROGATIONIS— Westmeath. 
PHYCIS SUBORNATELLA— Howth. 
ScoPARIA TRUNCICOLELLA— Donegal. 
Hatias guprcana—Galway. 
PERONEA HASTIANA— Westmeath. 
3 maccaNna— Donegal. 
PENTHINA GENTIANANA — Wicklow. 
Coccyx SPLENDIDULANA— Limerick. 
Evra@cizia Nana— Wicklow. 
TINEA LAPELLA— Westmeath. 
ADELA CUPRELLA— do. 
ELAcHISTA COLLITELLA— Howth. 
x CONSORTELLA—H owth. 
BuraLts FUSCOCUPREA— do. 
TALUPORIA PUBICORNIS— _ do. 
I shall be very much obliged by the communication of any omis- 
sions, or of fresh localities for any species. 
The foregoing list, short as it is, contains several species which in 
Great Britain are nearly confined to the northern portion of the island, 
viz., A. menyanthedis, E. nigra, P. interrogationis, P. lapidata, P. mac- 
cana, indicating the probable direction of a stream of migration into 
Ireland ; and considering the short distance which separates the coasts 
of Ireland and Scotland (little more than ten miles at one point), it is 
probable an interchange of species is still in progress, and a careful 
investigation of the northern shores of Ireland is much to be desired. 
The recent occurrence of Phibalapteryx lapidata, an insect hitherto only 
known to us as anative of the extreme North of Scotland, is an earnest 
of the discoveries which I have little doubt would result. 
May I also earnestly request Irish collectors to be on the look 
out for Argynnis Selene and Euphrosyne and Erebia Blandina? I cannot 
doubt that these three butterflies are natives of Ireland, although yet 
unobserved ; Blandina especially, which occurs in boundless profusion 
on the Argyleshire coast, will surely be found disporting itself on the 
upland bogs and loch sides of Antrim and Donegal next August. 
But I go further.—The collector who has the good fortune to 
spend the summer amidst the mountains of the north-west of Ireland 
ought not to rest satisfied with the addition of Blandina to the Irish 
