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Calligenia miniata, Forst. — Near Glaring Bridge (B.), and 

 occasional in East Gal way {R. E.D.). 



LiTHOsiA SORORCULA, Hiifu. — "Abundant in Killarney " {B.). 



LiTHOsiA LURiDEOLA, Ziuck. — Mr. Birchall records having met 

 with it frequently, but it is possible that he may have been in 

 error. Common near Galway (/!.)• I have never seen an Irish 

 specimen, except those of Mr. Allen, who reports the larvae were 

 found feeding on bramble. 



LiTHosiA coMPLANA, I/.— It is curious that I have found this 

 species widely distributed, and not uncommon where it occurs. 

 It is possible that Mr. Birchall, who only noted its occurrence at 

 Howth in a supplementary list, may have at first mistaken it for 

 the former species. Co. Down {Bio.), I have taken it not 

 uncommonly at Howth, on the Wexford and Waterford coasts, 

 Minehead, &c. ; and one at Dursey Island, the extreme S.W. 

 point of Kerry. 



LiTHOsiA CANioLA {HI).). — " Discovcred by Mr. Barrett, in 

 1860, on the Hill of Howth. It was abundant, but extremely 

 local" (5.). Mr. Birchall, in company with Mr. Cooke, took it 

 plentifully in flight in August at dusk, and attracted it by sugar, 

 and took a long series of males by a bred female. He also found 

 the larvae feeding on the flowers of Lotus corniculatus. The 

 colony flourished at Howth for many years, and Mr. Sinclair 

 once took a considerable number of them at the same spot, but 

 subsequently failed in meeting with either the larvae or imagines, 

 and came to the conclusion that this rare species perished in the 

 severe winters of 1878 or 1879 ; and it has been frequently since 

 searched for in vain. Professor G. V. Hart, a year or two ago, 

 took a very worn Lithosia, possibly complana, but which by the 

 pallor of its hind wings may have belonged to this species. The 

 only other Irish record is its reported capture by Mr. Warren 

 Wright at Tramore, Co. Waterford, Entom., 1866, p. 152. 



Gnophria quadra, L. — A specimen taken in a spider's web by 

 Mr. W. Talbot at Ashford, Co. Wicklow, July, 1877 (Entom. xi. 

 p. 70). Limerick {B., in litt.). A specimen was sent me from 

 New Boss, in the Co. Waterford {B.-H.). 



Gnophria rubricollis, L. — Widely spread throughout the 

 southern half and west ; Co. Dublin, Malahide Castle demesne, 

 Dundrum {Bio.), and Eathfarnham {Greene) ; near Waterford 

 {B.-H.) and Kilsheelan {J. C. Baker) ; Castletown Bere {Car- 

 penter), and Kenmare, Co. Kerry {Miss V.) ; Co. Galway {B. E. D.), 

 and near the town (^1.). 



EUCHELIID^. 

 Deiopeia pulchella, L. — One specimen taken by Mr. E. J. 

 Ussher, at Ardmore, on the sea-coast of Waterford, Sept. 1880, 

 who presented it to the National Museum. One at Bandon (D.)* 



