344 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



EucHELiA JACOBMM, L. — Everywhere abundant, and often 

 defoliates the ragwort to the advantage of the farmer. 



CHELONIID.E. 



Nemeophila russqla, L, — Widely spread, but local. Abun- 

 dant in the bogs about Dinis, Killarney, and about Castletown 

 Bere {Carpenter) ; Co. Galway, Ballynahinch, abundant, Lee- 

 nane, Delphi, and Mweelrea Mt. {H. Hart); Sligo and Markree 

 Castle ; near Carrick, Co. Donegal. 



Nemeophila plantaginis, L. — Found on all the heaths and 

 bogs that I have visited, and the larvae very common. Killarney, 

 McGillicuddy's Eeeks, in Co. Galway and Connemara, West- 

 meath and Tyrone; about Derry not common (C) ; L. Gill, Sligo ; 

 Belmore Mt., Fermanagh ; Toberdaly, Kings Co. Dark varieties 

 occasionally occur. 



Arctia caia, L. — Everywhere common. I know of no topo- 

 morphic varieties. 



Spilosuma fuliginosa, L. — Very widely distributed, and occa- 

 sionally locally common. Innishowen, Co. Donegal (TF. E. H.) ; 

 Co. Derry, Magilligan, very abundant (C) ; Co. Antrim, Bally- 

 castle {E. C.) ; Westmeath, Cromlyn {Mrs. B.), and Killynon 

 {Miss R.) ; Sligo, Markree Castle; L. Arrow, Co. Eoscommon 

 {Miss jf.) ; Belmore Mt., Co. Fermanagh. Once I found an 

 enormous colony on Keragh Island off the coast of Wexford; 

 and, with a few imagines, there were also present quantities of 

 both pupse and larvae at the same time. Bere I., Co. Kerry, &c. 

 I have seen occasional specimens of the v. borealis, but not very 

 dark ones. A variety from Galway {R. E. D.) has the red of the 

 body, and fringe and inner margin of the hind wings, replaced by 

 olive-yellow ; the fore wings are a dingy olive, and the hind wings 

 a smoky grey. 



Spilosoma mendica, Clerck. — Inserted in Mr. Birchall's cata- 

 logue as Irish, on the authority of the Eev. J. Greene, but no 

 localities were given. The first authentic specimen was taken at 

 Finglas, Co. Dublin, by the late Mr. Sinclair. Subsequent cap- 

 tures are as follows : — Clondalkin, Co. Dublin {Gr.) ; Watei-ford 

 {J. G. Baker) ; Cappagh, same county {Miss V.) ; Carriglas, Co. 

 Cork (I/.); Co. Galway {R E.D.), one dark male. The last 

 locality has furnished the ordinary dark form of the male, but 

 the preceding records are of females, so that their type of male is 

 as yet unascertained. 



Var. riistica, Hb. — The first discovery of this remarkable 

 dimorphic form in Ireland is attributable to Mr. C. Donovan, of 

 Glandore, Co. Cork, and was identified by me in 1885, and added 

 to my collection by the kindness of the captor. The tone is a pale 

 buff. It was with no little interest, therefore, that the succeeding 

 summer I received a letter from the Eev. James Bristow, of 



