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his meagre description is not supported by reference to any figure, 

 we must not jump to a hasty conclusion on presumptive evidence 

 only. Guenee always rejected names given by authors whose 

 figures or descriptions were unsatisfactory. 



As Linne bestowed the name of bombylifonnis on a variety, or 

 only a rubbed specimen of porcellus, we have no right to regard 

 it as a rejected specific name, and therefore cannot do better than 

 follow our forefathers in retaining for our narrow-winged species 

 the name homhyliformis, given to it by Esper. 



If the rule that '' a rejected name is not again available in 

 the same genus" is intruded into other orders, it will create no 

 end of confusion. 



Glanvilles Wootton, Feb. 1st, 1896. 



A CATALOaUE OF THE LEPIDOPTERA OF IRELAND. 

 By W. F. de Vismes Kane, M.A., M.R.I.A., F.E.S. 



(Continued from p. 57.) 



Cleoceris viminalis, Fb. — A very local species. " Belfast and 

 Killarney" (B.). At Markree Castle, Sligo, I took a short series, 

 with the median band, &c., varying in strength, but the outer 

 portion of the wing banded with silvery white. Clonbrock, Co. 

 Galway : one pale and one of the suffused type are recorded by 

 R. E. D. 



Miselia oxyacanth.e, L. — Abundant in most places, and of 

 the reddish brown type. Var. capucina, Mill. Howth, one 

 {S. R. F.). Favour Royal, Tyrone, a dark form approaching it. 



x\griopis aprilina, L. — Often plentiful, but more usually 

 scarce. I have aberrations with a narrow black band from costa 

 to inner margin between the stigmata, and joined to the inferior 

 part of a large black patch outside the reniform. I append a few 

 localities to show general distribution. Co. Dublin and Wicklow, 

 common (Phoenix Park and Powerscourt) ; near Belfast, ditto ; 

 Armagh {J.), Tyrone, Monaghan, Cavan, and Westmeath, scarce; 

 Enniskillen, common {Col. Partridge) ; Tullamore, King's Co., 

 Sligo, and Clonbrock, Co. Galway, scarce. 



EuPLExiA LuciPARA, L. — Very common. 



Phlogophora meticulosa, L. — One of our commonest species. 



Aplecta prasina, Fb. — Not infrequent in woodland districts. 

 The Irish form is a peculiarly bright and handsome one, of 

 a bright grass-green, with the design well marked and not 

 darkly shaded. Two very handsome specimens from Kenmare 

 have the orbicular, reniform, and an apical blotch and several 



