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Spllosoma full gin osa— Common. 

 mendlca — Common ; males ap- 

 parently always cream-coloured. 

 lubrlcipeda - Common. 

 mentbastri — Very abundant ; 

 some specimens nearly immacu- 

 late, and ochreous specimens (var. 

 ochracea) are common, sometimes 

 with the wing-rays white. 

 Hepialus bumull — Very abundant. 

 velleda — Very abundant ; var. 



gallicus also common. 

 bectus— Common. 

 Orgyia antiqua— Larvee scarce. 

 Bombyx rubi — Larvae common on 

 hills. 

 que reus, var. callunee— Larvse 

 common. 



Saturnla pavonia — Very common 



on hills. 

 Dlcranura vlnula — Common. 

 Xiopbopteryx camelina— 



Common. 

 XTotodonta dictsea — Scarce. 

 dromedarlus — Scarce, Belfast. 

 zlczac- Larvse not uncommon on 

 Willow. 

 Pbalsera bucepbala — Common. 

 Pygaera pigra— Larvae on willow, 



Mourne Mountains. 

 Tbyatira derasa — Collin Glen ; 

 common. 

 batls — Very common. 



KOCTUJE. 



Bryopblla perla — Newcastle. 

 Aconycta psi- Common. 



rumlcls — Donard demesne ; a 

 pale form, 

 leucania conigera— -Belfast 

 marshes. 

 litbargyria— Common. 

 comma — Common. 

 lmpura— Very abundant. 

 pallens — Very abundant ; var. 

 rufeseens common. 

 Tapinostola fulra — Very abun- 

 dant in marshes near Belfast ; 

 varies from pale bone-colour to 

 dark reddish. 

 XJTonagTla arundlnls — Local in Co. 



Down. 

 Hydrsecia nlctltans— Most, if not 

 all, the specimens from this dis- 

 trict are referable to S. lucens. 

 micacea— Common. 

 Xylopbasla rurea — Very abun- 

 dant; var combusta also common 

 lltboxylea — Very abundant. 

 monoglypba — Very abundant ; 

 var. brunnea (Tutt) is common and 

 var. obscura (Tutt) scarce. 

 XTeuronla popularls— Belfast. 

 Cbareeas gramlnls — Very abun- 

 dant. 

 Xuperina testacea— Belfast; com- 

 mon. 

 Kameitra brassicee— Common. 

 Apamea baslllnea — Common. 



Apamea opblogramma — One 



specimen in a marsh near Belfast. 

 gemina— Common. 

 leucostlgma— The type and var. 

 fibrosa are both common in the 

 marshes about Belfast and else- 

 where in the district. 

 dldyma —Very abundant. 

 Miana strlgllls— The type is scarce, 

 but the darker varieties fairly 

 common. 

 fascluncula — Common ; small 

 grey specimens occur on the hills 

 in August. 

 literosa — Not common, but gener- 

 ally distributed. 

 blcoloria — Very abundant; var. 

 rufuncula is not uncommon 

 Celsena Hawortbil — Common on 



Belfast hills. 

 Crammesla trlgram mica- 

 Common. 

 Stilbia anomola — Common in one 

 place on Black Mountain, Belfast ; 

 also occurs in the Mourne Moun- 

 tains The specimens are large 

 and dark. 

 Caradrlna tarazacl — Common. 

 ^.punctata — Very abundant ; the 

 specimens from this district are 

 generally either ochreous or dark 

 grey. 

 Rusina tenebrosa — Belfast 

 scarce. 



