244 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



ning of June. Nevertheless, I have reason to think that after an 

 early genial spring an occasional second emergence takes place 

 in the autumn. It would be interesting to learn whether the 

 iioreomorphic character of the female is shown in Ireland in the 

 second brood, the colour being very pallid, and the apical and 

 outer marginal black band much increased in size, as pointed 

 out by Mr. Jenner Weir. The females of the May brood in 

 Ireland seem, however, to be very broadly banded. Co. Down, 

 abundant (Btv.) ; Donard demesne, May 21st, some years, abun- 

 dant ( W.) ; Co. Monaghan and Tyrone woods about Favour Eoyal, 

 not very abundant ; Co. Dublin, rare ; Co. Wicklow, not rare at 

 Power scourt and the Dargle ; Shillelagh Wood, abundant (Bw.) ; 

 Co. Kerry, Mucross, and upper Lake of Killarney, abundant ; 

 Co. Cork, Curriglass (L.). 



Lyc^na minima, Fues. — Somewhat local, rare generally inland, 

 but widely dispersed throughout the island. In the north, Mr. 

 Watts records it as abundant on the Antrim coast ; between 

 Carrickfergus and Whitehead, abundant (Biv.) ; Co. Sligo at 

 Markree, and abundant in Mr. Euss' neighbourhood ; Co. Galway, 

 generally abundant, as atMoycullen and Ardrahan {Miss N.) ; near 

 Galway (A.) ; Ennis, Co. Clare (Br.) ; Kilpeaton Bog, Limerick 

 (N.) ; Co. Fermanagh, near Enniskillen (S.) ; Co. Dublin, 

 Sutton, Malahide, in a quarry between Blanchardstown and 

 Clonsilla {S.) ; Co. Wicklow, Newcastle, and Kilcool, &c. 



(To be continued.) 



NOTES ON THE SYNONYMY OF NOCTUID MOTHS. 



By Arthur G. Butler, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. 



(Continued from p. 195.) 



Sypna ohscurata. 



Sypna ohscurata, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 207. 



S. renisigma, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1883, p. 25. 



Shillong, Khasia Hills, Darjiling, &c. Type in Coll. B. M. 



Strictly speaking, the female type of S. ohscurata belongs to 

 the slight variety named S. renisigma, which only differs in 

 having white dots round the margin of the reniform spot. 



S. lucilla, Butler, only differs from S. ohscurata in having the 

 paler central area of the wings replaced by a whitish buff-coloured 

 belt. It may, I think, be no more than a well-marked variety. 



S. martina, Felder, appears to be nothing more than the 

 female of S. alhilinea, Walk. 



It is quite impossible to separate Speiredonia from the family 

 in which Latehraria is placed. S. anops has the same pattern on 



