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small traits elsewhere, of a ruddy tint of brown madder. This 

 as well as the green fades somewhat by age. Occasional 

 examples occur approaching var. pallida, Tutt. It is a remark- 

 able illustration of the erroneous impression generally held in 

 England of the melanic character of Irish Lepidoptera, that this 

 somewhat variable species, like A. nehulosa and Cleoceris vimi- 

 nalis, tends in quite the opposite direction. None of the dark 

 green forms not unusual in England occur here, much less the 

 melanic Yorkshire variety, of which I have a series varying from 

 dark greenish brown, traversed by pale basal and ante-marginal 

 lines, with an extra-stigmatal blotch, to one wholly obscured by 

 dark olive-brown, with onl}' a few traces of parts of the basal and 

 ante-marginal lines visible in paler brown tint. This variety is 

 not described in ' British Noctuae,' and as it is a local form at 

 Wharncliffe deserves the name ehoraci. Very dark specimens 

 occur also, I believe, at Botherham, but I think are dark 

 greenish. I have no example of this. I notice this English 

 form as it has a distinct bearing upon the distribution of 

 melanic forms in the British Islands, a question which I propose 

 to refer to again at the close of the Catalogue. Localities : — 

 Howth ; Powerscourt, Co. Wicklow {Greene) ; Castle Bellingham, 

 Co. Louth {Thomhill) ; Killynon, Westmeath [Miss R,) ; Farn- 

 ham, Cavan ; Tempo, near Enniskillen {Langham) ; Drumreaske, 

 Monaghan ; Favour Eoyal and Altadiawan, Tyrone, fairly abun- 

 dant ; Markree Castle, Sligo ; Castle Taylor, Galway ; Castle 

 Townsend, Co. Cork ; Kenmare, not scarce ; and Killarney. 



Aplecta occulta, L. — Two Irish specimens have been taken, 

 — one at Knocknarea, Sligo, by Mr. Russ ; the other by Mr. 

 Campbell near Derry. Neither of them is in good condition, 

 but their identity is unquestionable. That from Derry is a very 

 pale form, like a grey A. nehulosa; the Sligo one is somewhat 

 darker. 



Aplecta nebulosa, Hufn. — Generally common in woodlands. 

 The form has a very clear white ground, with the markings some- 

 times but slightly pencilled, but generally very strongly marked. 

 I have seen no examples of the var. bimaculosa, Esp., in black, 

 with grey shadings ; but Mr. Dillon, of Clonbrock, has specimens 

 of greyer tone than I have yet taken. 



Aplecta ad vena, Fb, — '^oi uncommon at Castle Bellingham, 

 Co. Louth, where Mr. W. B. Thornhill has taken a series during 

 the last three seasons. The typical form. 



Hadena adusta, Esp. — Very common and widely distributed. 

 The most common Irish form of this species is var. dujylex, Haw. 

 They vary in tone from brownish black with a purple gloss 

 (which, I presume, suggested the name adusta), to the type form 

 of Ebper of a rich waim brown, marked wiih black and paler lines. 



