70 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Pygaera bucephala (scarce), Notodonta camelina (not un- 

 conimon). 



The following Nocliiae have been noticed; most of them 

 occur commonly : — Deiasa, Batis, Psi, Ligustri, Rumicis, 

 Fulva, Nictitans, Pallens, Suffusa, Saucia, Graminis, Strigilis, 

 Expolita, Adusta, Dentina, Silago, Cncubali, Lucipara, Lutu- 

 lenta, Umbratica,Myrtilli,Unca,Triplasia,Festuc3e, V-aureum, 

 Mi, iEnea, Exoleta, Vetusta. 



The foregoing list certainly includes little more than the 

 most abundant species in Connemara, for what with the rain, 

 the absence of hotels, and the distracting influence of grand 

 scenery, no careful examination of the district has yet been 

 made. The Great Killery is within a morning's walk of 

 Kylemon, and is the best example of a fjord that I have seen, 

 or which I believe exists, in the British islands: this narrow 

 inlet of the sea runs ten miles into the land, and is hemmed 

 in bv loftv walls of red sandstone rock : the mountain of 

 Mulrea at the entrance of the fjord is 2700 feet in height ; 

 rising abruptly from the water it is truly a sublime object; so 

 steep are its precipices that I believe a stone rolled from 

 the summit would plunge into the sea at its base. Further 

 north the counties of Mayo, Sligo, Donegal and Derry, are all 

 but totally unexplored by entomologists : when better times 

 come I trust an effort will be made to learn something of 

 their insect-life. Erebia Cassiope occurs freely on Croagh 

 Patrick, near Westport, in Mayo, and other local species will 

 doubtless be found to accompany it. I would also point out 

 the wild country round the Nephin Mountains as likely to 

 repay a careful examination. 



Edwin Birchall. 



Newlay, April 6, 1870. 



Varieties and Aberrations of Lepidoptera, 

 By C. S. Gregson, Esq. 



(Continued from Entora. iv. 54.) 



Geometr.e. 



Some friends acquainted with my collection complain that 

 I have oujitted naming many specimens of varieties which 

 they think very interesting, but which I have thought hardly 



