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of Conneraara has been obtained in this neighbourhood, but 

 so incessant is the rain that only those who can afford time 

 to wait for an interval of fine weather are likely to have much 

 success in collecting. 1 have noticed that the insects of 

 rainy districts, like those of alpine heights, have a wonderful 

 knack of availing themselves of gleams of sunshine, and that 

 in such regions a few bright hours will make amends for 

 many wet and gloomy days. 



The following Macro-Lepidoptera have been observed in 

 Connemara. I omit some species of universal occurrence, 

 but mention others usually considered very common, thinking 

 that a knowledge of their comparative abundance or scarcity 

 in this remote locality may not be without interest: — Gonep- 

 teryx Rhamni, Clydach, Lough Corrib ; seen in some numbers 

 by the Hon. Emily Lawless, in August, 1869. Chortobius 

 Davus {vnr. T\ phon), very abundant throughout the district. 

 Thecla Rubi, frequents furze-bushes, and on dark days can 

 be taken in hundreds at rest. The following Diurni also 

 observed: — Brassica3, Rapae, Napi, Cardamines, Aglaia, 

 Artemis, Urticse, lo, Atalanta, Cardui, ^Egeria, Megaera, 

 Semele, Janira, Pamphilus, Phlseas, Alexis, Argiolus. (Twenty- 

 one in all.) 



Smerinthus Populi (apparently scarce), Acherontia Atropos 

 (not uncommon), Sphinx Convolvuli (occasional), Choero- 

 campa Porcellus and Elpenor (very common), Macroglossa 

 Stellatarum and Bombyliformis (common), — the latter noticed 

 by the Hon. Emily Lawless flying in great numbers round 

 the flowers of the buckbean (Menyanthis tri/oliata), near the 

 Great Killery, in May, 1869, — Hepialus hectus (common), 

 H. velleda (in countless swarms), Zygaena Filipendulae (com- 

 mon), Lithosia complannla (occasional), Setina irrorella (com- 

 mon), Euchelia Jacobeae (common), Euthemonia russula 

 (very common), Arctia fuliginosa and A. Menlhrasti (very 

 common), A. lubricepeda (much less frequent than preceding 

 species), Bombyx Callunae and Rubi (both extremely com- 

 mon), Odonestis potatoria (much less so), Saturnia Carpini 

 (not common), Boarmia repandata and rhomboidaria (both 

 common), Scodiona belgiaria (very common), Aspilates 

 strigillaria (very common), Eupithecia subumbrata, Mela- 

 nippe albicillata, M. hastata, M. tristata, Tanagra cha3ro- 

 phyllata, Platypteryx lacertula, Dicranura vinula (scarce). 



