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the energy and good fortune of a friend who has only lately taken 

 up the study of Lepidoptera, and seems to have turned up a 

 perfect treasury of rarities in portions of the old forest districts 

 and extensive moors and bogs of Galway. I have had the 

 pleasure of examining his collection, and naming many extraor- 

 dinary rarities which had escaped his notice. 



Maceoglossa stellatarum, L. — Very variable in numbers, 

 according to the amount of sunshine enjoyed each summer. 

 Often abundant even near Belfast and Lisburn iW.)', but in 

 cold summers scarcely to be seen. The larvae feed up very 

 rapidly in warm weather, so that it is possible that there may be 

 a succession of broods on the Continent. At Kingstown I have 

 watched the female depositing her ova, and from these, within 

 about six weeks, have bred two imagines in September, the rest 

 of the pupge hybernating. 



Maceoglossa bombyliformis, Och. — Abundant in many Irish 

 localities, but appears to be rather fickle in habits, disappearing 

 suddenly from its usual habitat without apparent cause. It is 

 easily taken when feeding on the flowers of bugle or marsh- 

 rattle ; but on very hot days its activity on the wing is 

 prodigious, as it scarcely pauses to taste the flowers, and flies as 

 rapidly as the preceding species. When first emerged from the 

 pupa, the clear membrane of the wings is slightly scaled. In the 

 north it is found at Inishowen {W. E. H.), in Colin and Crawfords- 

 burn Glens (Bic), and elsewhere on hills about Belfast. (I^-)- ^^ 

 Co. Monaghan, at Drumreaske, where it used to be very abundant ; 

 and near Favour Eoyal and Altadiawan, Tyrone, it is numerous. 

 Cromlyn, Westmeath, scarce {Mrs. B.) ; Ardrahan, Co. Galway 

 (Miss N.) ; Hollybrook, Eoscommon (Miss ff.) ; L. Gill, Sligo ; 

 in Co. Dublin, and Killynauly Wood (Biv.) Wicklow; and at 

 Killarney; Co. Cork (L.) at Glandore (-D.), very abundant near 

 Kenmare {Miss V.) . Its congener, M. fuciformis, the commoner 

 species in the sister country, has never been observed in Ireland. 



SESIIDM. 



Trochilium apiformis, Clerck. — " Cork and Waterford, but 

 has not been observed further north " (B.). Osier beds being 

 rather infrequent in Ireland, T. crabroniformis is often found in 

 the common poplar, as well as in sallow in willow. I have found 

 poplar trees infested with Trochilium at Lissadell, Sligo, and in 

 the Co. Monaghan and elsewhere, but have not taken the imago. 

 I have, however, reason to believe that T. apiformis is occasion- 

 ally to be found in the northern half of the island. In a marsh 

 near the city of Waterford I found the larvse of apiformis plenti- 

 ful in young poplars, and saw the imago bred by a resident in that 

 neighbourhood. The Kev. J. Greene has taken it near Dublin. 

 Glandore, Co. Cork (Z).). 



