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few kinds of moths are also recorded, including the hawk- 

 moth Chaerocampa porcellus, and the beautiful Plusia 

 hractea, both were captured flying to the flowers of Valerian. 



A useful list of the Pug Moths, belonging to the genus 

 Eupithecia, occurring in county Fermanagh has been 

 published by Mr. J. E. R. Allen.' Twenty species were 

 found, some of which had not been previously noticed 

 in the locality. Amongst the less common species are 

 E. plumbeolata, not common ; E. pygmaeata, a few specimens; 

 E. trisignaria, caterpillars found on Angelica sylvestris in 

 September ; E. virgaureata, very abundant in May and 

 again in July and August ; hundreds of caterpillars were 

 found on Ragwort, but a number of these were " stung" 

 by ichneumon flies ; others found feeding on Golden-rod 

 were much less infested, and produced larger moths ; E. 

 dodoneata is abundant, and two specimens of E. togata 

 were found in 1909. The last is said to be an introduced 

 species a result of the planting of Spruce in Ireland. 



A recently described moth, Hydroecia crinanensis, Bur- 

 rows, closely allied to the common Antler Moth, Hydroecia 

 nictitans, has now been reported from various localities in 

 Ireland. Mr. Burrows^ records its capture by Colonel 

 Partridge at Enniskillen ; and a melanic form of it is re- 

 corded from near Londonderry^ ; while a third specimen 

 "from Wicklow" has been recently found"^ in Mr. Tutt's 

 collection, showing that the species is widespread in this 

 country. 



A reference to Commander Gwatkin-Wifliams' discovery 

 of the extremely rare Moth Leucania Loreyi at Queenstown 

 has already been given in the Irish Naturalist (vol. xxi., 

 p. 245). It was originally recorded by Mr. G. F. Mathew^ 

 in the Entomologist. 



There are hardly any new records of Irish Microlepidop- 

 tera. Mr. E. R. Banks^ mentions the occurrence of Monopsis 



1 Entom. Record, xxiv. (191 2), p. 33. 



2 Entom. Record, xxii. (1910), p. 117. 



3 Entomologist y xliii. (1910), p. 293. 



* Entom. Record^ xxiv. (191 2), p. 78. 



5 Entomologist, xliii. (1910), p. 351. 



^ Entom. Mo. Mag,, xlviii, (191 2), p. 39. 



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