l62 
The Irish Naturalist. 
Oct., 
bracken and Eurymene dolahraria occurred at dusk among 
the hazel scrub. Early in June I collected a number of the 
larvae of Dasychira fascelina, but all were infested with 
parasites, and under natural conditions few must reach 
the imago state, judging by its scarcity compared with the 
abundance of larvae ; and later I secured in the same 
locality two larvae of "^Polyploca flavicornis. 
Dianthoecia conspersa and cucubali were common at 
dusk, at Ragged Robin {Lychnis flos-cuculi) but D. cap sin- 
cola and Hecatera serena in some numbers frequented 
Bladder Campion [Silene inflata), the latter species being 
of the dark suffused type. 
Early in July Zygaena lonicerae appeared, but was 
much less common than usual ; a large number of the cocoons 
being found torn open and the contents gone ; Z. fili- 
pendulae was not efifected in this way, as the cocoon is 
placed low down among the herbage. To make up for 
the scarcity of the former insect, I discovered a locality 
where both occurred, and captured seven interesting 
hybrids ; these vary from steel blue to bronzy green, 
are six-spotted with the outer spot small or almost 
absent, and a broad border to the hind wings. I also 
bred a nice variety of Z. filipendulae of a semi-transparent 
light steel blue, the spots and hind wings being pink ; 
a parallel form to the ab. ehoraceae of Z. lonicerae. 
I spent several evenings on the bogs at Lough Neagh, 
and found Selidosema ericetaria flying in abundance, and 
beat out of birch bushes at dusk three Drepana falcataria 
and one Acidalia inornata. I took also Atolmis rubricollis 
at rest on a pine trunk. 
In the month of August in the same district the rare 
littte moth ^Dyschorista suspecta was discovered ; as far 
as I can make out this species has not been met with in 
Ireland since Bouchard's captures at Killarney in 1859. 
It was fairly abundant, flying over the heather at dusk 
and at heather bloom after dark, but being of a shy and 
retiring nature, it gets well into the clumps of heather ; 
and its various colours harmonise so well with the fallen 
birch leaves and its surroundings, that it is not easily 
seen, and at the slightest shake drops like a stone and 
is lost. Among the number which I took the following 
forms occurred : var. pallida Tutt, the commonest form ; 
