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Plusia Pestucoe. — Widely distributed, and common. 



,, Iota. — Do. do. 



,, Y. Aureum. — Do. do. 



^ „ Gamma. — Do. do. 



Gonoptera Libatrix. — Do. do. 



Amphipyra Pyramidea. — Killarney ; common. 



,, Tragopogonis. — Generally distributed, and common. 



Mania Typica. — Do. do. 



,, Maura. — Do. do. 



Stilbia Anomala. — Howth ; not uncommon. 

 Catocala Praxini. — A specimen captured at Kingstown, by Mr. Greene. 



,, Nupta. — Dr. Ball-; locality unknown to me. 

 Ophiodes Lunaris. — Two specimens captured at Killarney by the late 



P. Bouchard, in 1864. 

 Euclidia Mi. — Widely distributed, and common. 



,, Glyphica. — Do. do. 



Phytometra iEnca. — Do. do. 



Although the foregoing list contains 200 of the 304 British species 

 of Noctuse, I look upon it as still very incomplete. It may be noted 

 that of the Heliothidse only one species — Anarta Myrtilli — has been 

 observed ; and it is possible that the cloudy skies of Ireland are ill 

 adapted to the tastes of this sun-loving family ; but, whilst hundreds of 

 square miles of bog and marsh remain unexplored, it is impossible to 

 believe that thirteen of the British Leucanidse are not to be found in 

 Ireland. The probability is, that a proper search would result in the 

 discovery, not only of most of these insects, but of other and unknown 

 species. 



Irish specimens of iNoctuae are generally more richly coloured and 

 darker than specimens captured in England, as is also the case with 

 iNoctuae from Scotland. Possibly the moister climate of the northern 

 and western portions of the United Kingdom may in some degree ac- 

 count for this ; but, taken in connexion with the occurrence of such spe- 

 cies as Acronycta Myricce and Hadena rectilinea in the extreme South 

 of Ireland, this similarity between Scotch and Irish insects seems to 

 point to the northern origin of many of the Irish Lepidoptera. 



Crambites. 



Crambus Pratellus Common everywhere. 



Adipellus — Killarney, by Bouchard. 



Hamellus. — Do. do. 



Pascuellus. — Common everywhere. 



Margaritellus. — Galway. 



Pinetellus. — Killarney, and at Blarney, by Mr. Hogan. 



Perlellus. — Yery abundant. 



Selasellus. — Belfast; Mr. Hogan. 



Tristellus. — Yery common. 



Geniculellus.— -Abundant on the Dublin coast. 



Culmellus. — Common everywhere. 



Hortuellus. — Do. 



