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THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Mrs. Battersby, of Cromlyn, Co. Westmeath, has a specimen she 

 believes to have been taken there. There is also another rather 

 unsatisfactory record elsewhere, but I think it best to await more 

 satisfactory evidence before admitting the species as Irish.] 



Hadena rectilinea, Esp. — Killarney, not uncommon (B.), 

 and Tore Wood {W. Salvage) ; several specimens near Galway, 

 and one at Clonbrock {R.E.D.), which are identical with those 

 from Aberdeen, var. semivirgata, Tutt. 



Xylocampa areola, Esp. — Widely distributed, but rarely 

 numerous. " Common on the Wicklow coast " (B.). Some 

 specimens are prettily tinted with rose on the pale markings, and 

 some very dark forms (var. suffasa, Tutt) occur. A strikingly 

 pale aberration, freshly emerged, was taken by me at Arklow, 

 having no trace of black dashes or lines. The pale blotches and 

 antemarginal band are of dirty white, showing upon a uniform 

 pale brownish yellow ground. Localities: — Howth {G.V.H.), 

 and Phoenix Park {Halbert), Co. Dublin; Powerscourt, Grey- 

 stones, Arklow, Ashford (abundant), Wooden Bridge {M. F.), 

 Co. Wicklow ; Sligo (R.) ; Clonbrock, three, and Galway, two 

 (R.E.D.); Castle Blayney, Drumreaske (abundant), Co. Mona- 

 ghan; Favour Koyal, Co. Tyrone; Belfast, scarce (Biv, and W.); 

 Derry (PF.^.H.), &c. 



Calocampa vetusta, Hb. — Universally distributed, and gene- 

 rally common in Ireland, and often extremely numerous on ivy- 

 bloom. It varies scarcely at all. The ground colour of hyber- 

 nated specimens is pale, but autumnal examples are mostly 

 characterised by the ochreous brown of var. hrunnea, Tutt. The 

 sepia-brown of the inner marginal half of the fore wing is often 

 very intense, as noticed by Guenee of a Scottish specimen (var. 

 suffasa, Tutt), but sometimes of light tint, excepting a streak 

 under the orbicular stigma. In these light examples the area 

 between the reniform stigma and anal angle is but slightly 

 darker than the ground colour. Mr. Tutt notes (Brit. Noct. iii. 

 p. 108) that the ashy grey central shade along the median 

 nervure and spreading over the central area of the wing of 

 English examples is almost entirely absent in Irish ones. 



Calocampa exoleta, L. — This species contrasts curiously 

 with the preceding in its comparative scarcity in Ireland, in- 

 versely to the proportion prevailing, I understand, in England. 

 It occurs here and there all over the country, from north to 

 south, and most of the localities given have produced only single 

 or very few specimens. Among the comparatively small numbers 

 which I have come across or examined there is but little varia- 

 tion ; the brown shade on the lower half of the fore wing, how- 

 ever, is sometimes but lightly represented. Localities : — Howth 

 {G. V. H.) ; Greystones, Tinahely (Bw.), and Arklow, Co. Wick- 



