Kane — On Irish Lepidoptera. 113 



As my series is more numerous, and more varied in character than 

 that of Mr. Warren, I append a description : — 



This variety differs from the type most distinctively hy its blurred 

 delineations, the sharp black lines of B. glandifera being rejjiacedii/ ill- 

 defined shadings ; the black spots on the costa, however, being retained 

 as in type. In the lighter specimens the clear ground colour of the type is 

 replaced by a faded yellow or greenish dusty grey, marked with dusky 

 shadings, the black ante-marginal lines being replaced by a pale one, 

 having a dark external llotch where it touches the inner margin. The 

 darker specimens have a dark olive-grey ground colour, with 

 darker suffused shadings ; especially three blotches external to the 

 pale ante-marginal line, of which the one resting on the inner margin is 

 always deepest in tone. 



Intermediate between the pallid obsolete form and the melanic one 

 just described there is a series differing in depth of ground colour and 

 shading, the llotch alove described being always the darkest marlc on the 

 ■wing. All four wings have a slight black line on outer edge at the base of 

 the ciliee. The thorax of this variety also is more or less dusted with 

 minute specks. 



I am indebted to the courtesy of Mr. Warren for an opportunity 

 of inspecting his Cambridge series, and a description of their charac- 

 teristics. The above has been written, however, exclusively from my 

 own series. 



The neighbourhood of Cappoquin and Lismore should produce a 

 varied list of Lepidoptera ; the wooded glens that run down from the 

 Knockmealdown mountains must harbour numerous woodland species. 

 The demesne of Dromana, too, contains considerable portions of ancient 

 forest. 



The neighbourhood of Grlengariff and of Sneem disappointed me, 

 and I have since learnt that both Lieutenant Walker and Mr. Meek, of 

 London, have formed the same estimate of the neighbourhood of Bantry 

 Bay, though the forests of Killarney once clothed the promontory 

 between it and the Kenmare River. Glengariff, however, seems prolific 

 in Coleoptera, as I took several species of Longicorns, and among them 

 the scarce Strangalia aurulenta. 



Crookhaven I found very productive, considering its barren aspect ; 

 and I am inclined to think that Long Island and Skull would reward 

 a visit. 



Waterville I found a very promising locality both for shore and 

 mountain Lepidoptera. At Cloonaghlin, and another lake above Lake 

 Currane, situated in a wild mountain glen, I noticed a profusion of 

 insect life, but met with no rarities in a day's excursion thither. The 

 Arachnidae, however, attracted my attention by their numbers and 

 variety of species. The Clonee Lakes, between Derreen and Kenmare, 

 should yield some good insects. The mountain slope above the upper 

 one, L. Inchiquin, is clothed with the remains of primeval wood. 



I append a list of species that are either recorded for the first time 



