i9i6. Grekr. — Lepidoptera from County Tyrone. 57 
Gnophria rubricollis. — Beaten out of dwarf fir trees, Lissan demesne. 
Spilosoma mendica var. rustica. — Not uncommon, the type does not occur 
here, the males varying from a cream to a hght buff, also sometimes 
smoke coloured, streaked with cream. 
Dasychira fascelina. — Larvae met with at various times, but always 
infested with parasites. Last year I took a female at rest on heather, 
but did not succeed in obtaining ova. 
Notodonta dictaea. — Very abundant in the larval state on Aspens. 
Mamestra furva. — One specimen on Ragweed bloom. 
Apamea unanimis. — Rare, in damp woods. 
Grammesia trigrammica. — Common at sugar and light, and also the var. 
ohsciwa. 
Stilbia anomala. — Abundant in one locality in the district. 
Agrotis agathina. — Not uncommon on heather bloom on bogs which have 
planted with fir trees ; I have never noticed the species on open 
moorland or bog. 
Agrotis cinerea. — One specimen taken at light, recorded in the IyisU 
Naturalist. 
Pachnobia rubricosa. — Abundant at sallows growing on the bogs around 
Loch Fea. 
Taeniocampa gothica. — Abundant ; also the var. gothicina occasionally, 
one specimen with the gothica mark well defined on one side, and on 
the other represented by a dark streak only. 
Taeniocampa gracilis. — Not uncommon at sallows, and var. rosea. Iha\e 
a form with darkish central band. 
Taeniocampa opima. — Very local, frequents the bogland around Lough 
Neagh. 
Anchocelis helvola. — One specimen at sugar, Killymoon demesne. 
Cirrhoedia xerampelina. — At rest on an Ash trunk, and at light. 
Hadena glauca. — In the mountain district where there are steep little 
gullies or ravines, with the sides covered with a luxuriant growth of 
Vaccinium Myrtillus. I have observed this species flying in great 
numbers at dusk to the blossoms of this plant. 
Plusia bractea. — Several captured at flowers. 
Plusia festucae. — Very common in damp situations at flowers of Lychnis 
Flos-cuculi. 
Eurymene dolobraria. — A few at light. 
Eugonia alniaria. — Several taken at Hght. 
Geometra papilionaria. — Not rare, flying very late at night. 
Zonosoma pendularia. — Fairly abundant among Birch scrub. 
Acidalia inornata. — Two specimens beaten out of heather. 
Panagra petraria. — Local, among Bracken. 
Selidosema erieetaria. — Several, on the bogs at Washing Bay. 
Bupalus piniaria. — Abundant in fir woods. 
Ligdia adustata. — Local. 
Oporabia Christyi. — Local among alder. 
Emmelesia decolorata. — Abundant among Lychnis diurna. 
E. adaequata. — Occurs on poor moorland pasture where the food plant 
{Euphrasia officinalis) is abundant. 
