I916. RuTTLEDGE — Lepidoptera taken in South Mayo. 139 
SOME UNCOMMON LEPIDOPTERA TAKEN IN 
SOUTH MAYO. 
BY W. RUTTLEDGE. 
I have, during the last few years, taken several specimens 
in this district, which appear, on reference to Mr. Richard 
South's " Moths of the British Isles " to be unrecorded or 
rare in this county, and in one or two cases in Ireland ; 
the following notes may therefore prove of interest : — 
Smerinthus populi. — A gynandrojs specimen was bred a year ago (1915), 
the left side being male. 
Sphinx convolvuli. — Several specimens believed to have been seen 
in the autumn of 191 5 hovering over Nicotiana affinis. One small 
larva was taken the same year, but unfortunately died. 
Polyploca flavicornis. — One specimen taken at rest on a bramble stem, 
April 14th, 1 915. "In Ireland it appears to be very rare." (South). 
Atolmis rubricollis. — One specimen taken in 19 10. Several " ichneu- 
moned " chrysalids found in the winter of 1914. Tw > hatched (one 
deformed) from pupae taken April, 191 6. 
CybOSia mesomella. — One specimen taken in 19 10. "It appears to be 
absent from Ireland." (South). 
Acryonycta leporina. — 1915, one specimen bred from larva found feeding 
on dwarf sallow August, 1914, 191 6. Two bred from larvae 
feeding in birch and alder taken August, 19 15. 
Acryonycta megacephala. —Quite a number of larvae have been taken in 
the last few years. 
Acryonycta menyanthidis. — Larvae abundant in August and September. 
Much subject to the attacks of parasites. 
Mamestra persicariae. — Larvae not uncommon. To be found feeding in 
the flowers of Dahlia in August and September. 
Phothedes captiuncula. — One imago taken near Lough Carra, 191 1. 
Ennomos quercinaria. — Not uncommon. 
Pachys Strataria. — Three ^pecimens taken April and May, 1916. 
Thamnonoma vauaria. — One specimen taken August, 1915. 
Ino Statices. — One specimen taken in 1910. 
Trochilium apiformis. — Several larvae and empty pupae found in a poplar 
tree, but the former were not bred. 
Hollymount, Co. Mayo. 
