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emergence of P. rapce. The shadings at bases and the apical 

 blotch of fore wing normal. Under side : — Ground colour as 

 upper, but those portions which in the type are tinged with 

 primrose are in this specimen a pale but well-marked buff. 

 Grey shadings normal. Localities : — Co, Gaiway, at Glaring 

 Bridge, abundant (B.); and at Castle Taylor, abundant (Miss N.). 

 Near Enniskillen {S.}. Queen's Co., near Borris in Ossory, one 

 specimen {F. N.). Co. Sligo, L. Gill, one specimen {M'C). 

 Killarny, abundant {B.}. 



CoLiAS HYALE, L. — No Capture of this species in Ireland has 

 been recorded since 1868, when it occurred sparingly in the 

 South and at Howth, migrating thither with much larger 

 numbers of C. edusa. 



CoLiAs EDUSA, Fb. — " Common in some seasons on the south 

 and east coast ; occurs more rarely north of Dublin. In profu- 

 sion at Killarney in August, 1865 " (B.) In June, 1876, Mr. 

 Sinclair states that he met with worn females, and in the autumn 

 the insect came out in large numbers. Mr. Campbell made a 

 similar observation at Derry. In 1877 it was again very common 

 in Ireland, as well as England; and among the places it was 

 observed were Glengarriff, Cork, Bray Head, Howth, Westmeath, 

 Fermanagh, Sligo ; and I observed one near Monaghan in Ulster ; 

 Armagh, one (J.) ; but it was most numerous in the South, and 

 was also very abundant near Ennis, Co. Clare. In 1885 it was 

 sparingly distributed in the Co. Cork, as at Desertserges, Bandon 

 (L.) ; in Co. Wexford, "near New Boss" (B.-H.); abundant at 

 Tallow and Lismore (L.), Co. Waterford ; Kenmare, &c. In 1888 

 it was again seen in various places in the South. In 1892, when 

 England was visited by a large migration of this insect, only a 

 small contingent seems to have crossed the Irish Sea, probably 

 deterred by the inclement weather which prevailed here. Mr. M. 

 Fitzgibbon took one at Howth ; two were taken at Clontarf, Co. 

 Dublm, by Mr. Vernon ; and a few noticed in southern counties. 



The female var. helice occurred sparingly with the type in the 

 chief migrations ; and I have one taken by Mr. Sinclair at Kings- 

 town in 1877. 



GoNOPTEEYX RHAMNi, L. — Very local in Ireland. At Killarney, 

 Mr. Birchall took a few specimens on the road from Mucross to 

 Mangerfcon ; and I have met with it sparingly at Dinas. Co. Gal- 

 way, Ardrahan {Miss N.), and N.E. to L. Bee; and in Conne- 

 mara, at Glendalough, Kylemore, Clydach on the east shore of 

 L. Corrib {Hon. E. L.), and Moycullen {Miss R.) ; an island in 

 L. Bee, Co. Longford {(J.) 



NYMPHALIDjE. 



Argynnis SELENE, Schif. — One at Edenderry, King's Co., by 

 Mr. Henn ; identified by Mr. Sinclair in 1877. 



