A CATALOGUE OF THE LEPlDOPTERA OF IRELAND. il9 



by Mr. Barrett, from the Norfolk fens. One of these was taken 

 by me in August at Kedhills, Co. Cavan, and presented to Mr. 

 Jenner Weu\ The other was given me by Miss Reynell, of 

 Kiilynon, Westmeath. Both were female. Ground colour a 

 saffron-yellow, with bases and all the nervures to the fringes 

 broadly suffused with grey. Apical blotch and spots large, dark, 

 but shaded off at the edges. Under side of the hind wing and 

 apex of fore wing a deep yellow-ochre, approaching orange ; 

 nervures shaded with greenish grey. A male of this aberration 

 has been taken in Scandinavia, on the authority of M. Schoyen 

 ('EntomologiskTidskrift,'1885, "Resumes," p. 214) :— "L'auteur 

 norvegien mentionne, de la generation d'automne de Pieris najpi, 

 un male entirerement jaune soufre, offrant une interessante 

 analogie avec la variete novanglice de P. rapa." Mr. Mosely 

 records a similar male form of P. brassicce. These parallel forms 

 are worthy of a distinct designation, and I would propose the 

 name of ab. Jiava of their respective species. 



EucHLOE CARDAMINES, L. — Generally distributed, and often 

 very abundant. " In May, 1860, I observed this species in 

 myriads at Sligo, remindnig me of the migrating clouds of 

 tropical Callidryas " (B.). Dwarf individuals of both sexes occur 

 not infrequently, Hying at the same period as the rest ; as is also 

 the case with its southern congener, E. eupheno, in Algeria, and 

 eupheiioides along the Mediterranean littoral. I have seen no 

 hermaphrodites from Ireland, but they may be expected to be 

 found when there are more observers, as gynandromorphous 

 forms have been frequently noted in this and other species of 

 Euchloe. Mr. Barrett notes a specimen from Co. Sligo with a 

 yellowish ground colour, thus reproducing a character of 

 E. eiipheno. 1 have not seen any variations worth notice. The 

 female has the upper side of hind wings tinged more or less with 

 dirty yellow. TJae discoidal spots vary much m size in both 

 sexes, occasionally being very large and lunular in shape. This 

 does not seem to be a topomorphic aberration. The emergence 

 of this butterfly is often considerably retarded in the colder 

 districts of Ireland, where it sometimes lingers on late into 

 summer. 



Leucophasia sinapis, L. — Very local. Mr. Birchall notes 

 that "only a June brood has been observed." Mr. Sinclair 

 mentions the capture of two specimens near Enniskillen at the 

 end of May, 1875. My series trom Galway are characterised by 

 the apical blotch being dark and large m the male, and the 

 ground colour of the wmgs white, and not cream-coloured. They 

 are of full size, and not divergent from the normal type. The 

 Eev. R. M'Clean, of Sligo, took one specimen on the wooded 

 shores of L. Gill. It is remarkable for the dull ochreous 

 yellow tint of the upper side, somewhat dingier than the second 



