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as the V. nuhigena of pilosellce, but in comparatively small 

 numbers" {B.). The Eev. W. F. Johnson has a remarkable 

 aberration with both fore and hind wings very much rounded, 

 and one of the central spots of right fore wing absent. A small 

 race occurs at Belleisle, L. Erne, with small spots, often confluent 

 as in vars. of trifolii. 



SYNTOMIDjE. 



Naclia ancilla, L. — I possess one of two specimens taken in 

 flight in an old oak woodland in Galway {Pi. E. D.). Its occur- 

 rence inland in such a locality is of the greatest interest as an 

 addition to our indigenous fauna, especially in a portion of the 

 ancient forest lands of a county which seems to have preserved 

 more rare species, both of southern and northern origin, than 

 any other in Ireland. There can be no doubt of the bona fides of 

 the captor, who has been extraordinarily successful in working 

 for five years in unexplored and little known localities. 



(To be continued.) 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



. Epinephele hyperanthes. — I have in my cabinet a specimen of the 

 lanceolate aberration of E. hyperanthes, described and figured from Mr. 

 Frohawk's specimen in the ' Entomologist ' for October [ante, p. 281). It 

 is a female, and I netted it at Mullion in Cornwall, in August, 1889, 

 having noticed its variation when settled. To show this I set the under 

 side. The only difference from that figured is, that on the under surface 

 of the fore wing there are three white- centred black spots in tawny rings 

 instead of two ; and on the upper surface, the tawny rings are almost 

 obsolete, and the upper ocellus of the hind wing has no white centre. — W. 

 S. Riding ; Buckerell Lodge, near Honiton. 



Additional Localities for Irish Lepjdoptera. — The following 

 localities have been overlooked by Mr. W. F. de V. Kane in his list of 

 Irish Lepidoptera, now in course of publication in the ' Entomologist ' : — 

 Argynnis aglaia, Castlerock, Co. Berry; A. paphia, Benburb, Co. Tyrone; 

 Armagh ; and recently (July) at Brown Hall, Ballintra, Co. Donegal. 

 Vanessa atalanta, Armagh ; V. cardui, Armagh. Epinephele hyperanthus, 

 Armagh, not uncommon. Ccenonyynpha typlion, Churchill, Co. Armagh, 

 and Ardara, Co. Donegal. Thecla rubi, Churchill, Co. Armagh. Chcero- 

 campa elpenor, Armagh. Smerinthus ocellatus, Armagh. Macroglossa 

 stellatarum, Armagh ; and I received one last mouth from near Bally- 

 shannon, Co. Donegal. Trochilium crabroniformis is mentioned as occurring 

 at Armagh ; I only took it at Castledermot. — W. F. Johnson ; Armagh, 

 Oct. 11, 1893. 



The Butterflies of Corsica. — I am rejoiced to learn from Mr. 

 Coleby's notes [ante, p. 298) that the families I believed to be unrepresented 

 in Corsica do, nevertheless, put in a very limited claim for existence in the 

 early part of the year. It awakened in my breast a strong desire to be there 

 in March, April, and May, my own observations having been limited to the 



