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The Irish Nattiralist, 
February, 
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Entomological Notes from Londonderry. 
During the past year my brother, Rev. W. Howard Campbell, M.A., 
who was home on furlough from India, devoted considerable time to the 
Lepidoptera of the district in order to complete the local collection in 
our city museum. I was only able to give him a little assistance from 
time to time, and am happy to say the results were most gratifying, 
as he turned up a number of species not recorded from this district 
before in my list in the Irish Nahiralist (vol. ii., 1893), or in Mr. Kane's 
Irish list. A note of these, as well as some of the commoner species, will, 
I doubt not, be of interest to those readers who are entomologically 
inclined. The districts worked were Londonderry, Lough Swilly, Bally- 
money, and Ballycastle, Co. Antrim. 
Among the butterflies we found the Silver-washed Fritillary {Atgynnis 
paphia) very common in the old oaks and holly woods at Rathmullan, 
Lough Swilly. We took one specimen of the Marsh Fritillary {Meliicea 
auyinia) at Buncrana, at the same spot that my nephew took a specimen 
four years ago. We probably overlooked this species in past years, 
mistaking it for the male "Argus" when on the wing. 
The Painted Lady {Pyrameis cardui) and the Red Admiral {P. atalanta) 
were very scarce. We took two or three Peacocks ( Fawmtj; zt'). During 
the years from 1874 to 1884, in which we thorovighly worked this 
district, we never found V. io. When it turned up a few years ago it 
came to stay, for it has been noticed every year, although in much 
larger numbers during some summers. The very dark form of the Large 
Heath {Coenonyinpha typhon) occurred commonly in the Garry Bog, near 
Ballymoney. The Little Blue {Ctipido viinimd) we found commonly on 
the shores of Lough Swilly. 
We took many interesting moths. Among the Noctuae we took two 
Hadena dentina at Portsalon, Lough Swilly. This is a rare species here. 
At Ballymoney we took, at end of Ma}^ a specimen of the rare and 
local Acronycta menyanthidis, and we found the larvae feeding on sallow in 
August. During the early summer we took Thyatira derasa, T. batis, Plusia 
pulchrinciy P. iota^ and P.festttca, and many others. 
Later we did fairly well at ragwort, taking among hosts of common 
species Mama jnaura, A'lainestra albicohn, Caradrina alsines, Aporophyla 
nigra^ Epunda liituhnta. We were surprised to find Cehvna Haworthii at 
ragweed, as we had never before taken it in this way. Strange to say, 
we found none of the usual coast Noctuae, not even Agrotis Iritici at 
Ballycastle. We were delighted to add Cirrhoedia xerampelina to our list 
My brother took a beautiful specimen at rest on the door of his lodgings 
in Ballycastle. Canon Bristow took a specimen at rest on an ash tree 
about the same time. 
Among the Geometrte my brother took Ennomos alniaria at Bally- 
money. We found Einnulesia tmniata very common in the old oak 
