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August has little new in the way of butterflies, but several 

 species appear as second and third broods. Among the former 

 may be mentioned Papilio troilus, P. asteriaSy Vanessa antiopa, 

 V. atalanta, V. huntera, V. cardtd, Danais archippus, and the two 

 Limenitis, — L. arteniis and L. disippus. L. artemis is, perhaps, 

 as handsome a butterfly as is to be found in New England. It 

 is purplish black, with a broad white band across both wings. 

 L. disippus is fulvous-veined, and bordered with black as in 

 Danais. Colias philodice, Argipinis viyrina, and A. hellonay 

 appear as a third brood about the 1st of September. Although 

 there is but one brood of the large Argijn7iis — idalia, cyhele, and 

 aphrodite — fresh specimens, especially females, continue to emerge 

 until the 1st of September. 



Good collecting is at an end by September, except in a few 

 groups, notably Vanessa and Agrotis. Danais archippus occurs 

 in great numbers preparatory to migration. The flight of this 

 butterfly is very graceful, and a clover field when they are 

 abundant is a very pretty sight. Heniileuca maia, a medium- 

 sized Saturnian, is common on meadows. The wings are black, 

 with a white band across both, and aue of the texture and 

 appearance of Parnassius. It flies by day ; and when struck 

 with a net or hat it folds its wings over its back, curls up its 

 abdomen and legs, and feigns death. 



October is a comfortless month for the entomologist. There 

 is a better variety than in March, but there is much difference 

 in looking forward or backward to June. There is little or 

 nothing new. A few moths emerge, and at once hunt for winter 

 quarters. The butterflies of the genus Vanessa give life and 

 colour to the beautiful Indian-summer days, but they take good 

 care to find a secure lodging at night, for fear that the next day 

 may prove to be borrowed from December. A few Colias and 

 Pieris appear as a fourth brood, but they are doomed to perish 

 miserably during the wintry blasts of November. 



A CATALOOUE OF THE LEPIDOPTEEA OF IRELAND. 

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



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Hadena dentina, Esp. — Common, widely distributed, and 

 very variable. Beside the type, with bluish-grey stigmata and 

 subterminal band on a darker greyish ground, there is a common 

 form of warm sepia tone, the central shade being similar but 

 darker. The pale grey var. leucostigma, Haw., occurs rarely in 

 Galway, Sligo, and elsewhere; and the unicolorous obsolete 

 form, var. ochrea, Tutt (dentina, Haw. and Fab.), with yellow 



