I89S-99.] 



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IRISH LEPIDOPTERA, RHOPALOCERA. 



PIERID^E. 



Picris brassicae L. 



„ rapae L. 



„ napi h. 



,, daplidice L.\ 

 Anthocaris cardamines L. f 

 Leucophasia sinapis L. 

 Colias hyale L. \ 



„ edusa F. * 

 Gonepteryx rhamni L* 



Vanessa atalanta L. 

 ,, cardui L. 



Argynnis paphia L. 

 „ adippe L. f 

 „ aglaia L. 

 ,, lathonia L. f 

 „ selene Schiff.\ 



Melitaea athalia Esp.\ 

 ,, artemis Hub. 



SATYRIDAE. 



LYCLENIDAE. 



Erebia epiphron Knock, f 



Thecla betulae L. 



Satyrus semele L. 



„ quercus L. 



Pararge egeria L. 



„ rubi L. 



,, megaera L. 



Chrysophanus phlasas L. 



Epinephele janira L. 



Polyommatus aegon Schiff. \ 



,, tithonus L. 



„ icarus Rott. 



„ hyperanthus L 



,, argiolus L. 



Caenonympha davus F. 



„ minima Fries. 



„ pamphilus L. 



NYMPHALIDAE. 



HESPERIDAE. 



Vanessa urticae L. 



Hesperia linea F. \ 



„ io L. 



„ sylvanus Esp. \ 



,, antiopa L* 



Nisoniades tages L 



* Casual visitors 



. f Single records. 



Mr. Donaldson, one of the original members of the Club, who 

 has been absent in Massachussets for three years, gave a very 

 interesting paper on New England butterflies. In commencing, 

 he told how on leaving Belfast he had resolved to abandon 

 natural history pursuits, a resolution which was only in force 

 for half a day when he encountered the butterfly known in 

 North America as the monarch {Danais archippus). He 

 described this beautiful insect and its life historv in some 



