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and Irish forms of M. au/rinia in regard to size and characteristics. 

 I am under the impression that Mr. Birchall's experience of the 

 Irish insect was but limited, as the Wicklow locaUty given in his 

 list was supplied by Mr. Bristow, and the Westmeath specimens 

 were taken by Mrs. Battersby. 



Other aberrations : — a. The double series of straw-coloured 

 blotches on the costal half of the central band of fore wing occa- 

 sionally become confluent (which is one of the characters given 

 of the ab. hibernica), forming a series of parallel streaks, and 

 sometimes also the two quadrate ones on the central portion of 

 the inner margin are fused. This occurs in specimens of most 

 of the varieties. Mr. Tutt has many from Carlisle, and some 

 from Scotland ; also Lancashire examples ; and I have many 

 from Irish localities. /?. On the hind wing a similar character 

 occasionally, but rarely, appears ; the straw-coloured patches 

 becoming linear. Tramore and Toberdaly. 



Melit^a athalia, Rott. — " Killarney, abundant " (B.). 



Vanessa urtic^, L. — Everywhere common. 



Vanessa io, L. — Common in many parts of the South. I 

 have seen it plentiful at Glengarriff, Killarney, near Cork, on 

 the Saltee Island off the Wexford coast, New Boss (B.-H.), and 

 elsewhere in Munster. In Connaught also, in the Co. Galway, 

 Moycullen, &c. Occasionally in the Co. Wicklow (Ashford) ; 

 rarely in Co. Dublin, as at Killiney and Howth ; but of late years 

 it has not been seen. Occasional specimens have been noticed in 

 Ulster, as at Knockbreda, one (Bw.) ; Lisburn, one {J. Stears) ; 

 one also at Derry and at Greencastle (W. E. H.). Bare at Drum- 

 reaske, Co. Monaghan, at Cromlyn {Mrs. B.) and Killynon 

 {Miss R.), Co. Westmeath ; and Enniskillen. I observed this 

 species flying on the barren shore of Bere Island, at the mouth 

 of Bantry Bay. 



Vanessa antiopa, L. — I have a specimen much worn, taken 

 July 21st, 1865, by the late W. G. Battersby, M.D., near 

 Caragh L., Co. Kerry. One is in the Eev. James Bristow's 

 cabinet, taken near Belfast (Ent. viii. 220). One was seen, 

 many years ago, near Trillick, Co. Tyrone, by my friend the 

 Rev. S. L. Brakey, whose entomological training renders the 

 record reliable, settled on the roadside, but not captured, it 

 being Sunday. I have no recent records. 



Vanessa atalanta, L. — In Leinster and Munster usually 

 very common, as well as in many parts of Connaught. In 

 Ulster, however, its appearance is capricious, depending appa- 

 rently on climatic variations. At Drumreaske, Co. Monaghan, 

 I have in warm seasons seen it flying in great numbers at the 

 end of summer; also near Derry {W. E. H.) ; but usually it 

 cannot be said to be plentiful in the North. Mr. Watts has seen 



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