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The Irish Naturalist. 



May, 



SOME LBPIDOPTERA FROM CO. FERMANAGH. 



BY CHARI^ES LANGHAM. 



The following list of the scarcer Irish Lepidoptera, not 

 including the Geometrae or the micros," taken during the 

 seasons of 1902-03 in the neighbourhood of Tempo, Co. 

 Fermanagh, may be of interest to some of your readers. The 

 season of 1902 was very productive of the Noctuse, and 

 especially so in the case of the Plusias, which were in unusual 

 numbers. The nomenclature is that of South's I^ist " : — 



Argynnis paphla. —Numerous. 



IVIelltsea aurinia. — Very abundant ; three large colonies in the 



neighbourhood. 

 Coenonympha typhon. —Very common on one bog. 

 Chserocampa elpenor. — Very abundant, flying round the beds of the 



common yellow flag. 

 Smerinthus ocellatus.— Several taken in 1902. 

 IVIacrogrlossa bombyliformis.— Fairly abundant. 

 I no statlces. — Always abundant in one marshy field near Tempo. 

 Zygaena Ion iccrae.— Common on some of the islands on Lough 



Erne. 



Nudarla mundana.— Especially common in 1902. 

 Gnophria quadra.— One larva beaten from an oak tree. 

 C. rubrlcollis. — Fairly abundant on the beech trunks in the demesne. 

 Heplalus vcllcda.— Very common, flying at dusk over a rushy field 

 in the demesne. 



H, hcctus.— Fairly abundant; taken mostly at dusk sitting on tree 



trunks and grass stems. 

 Poecilocampa populi. — Males abundant ; a few females taken at light, 



and laying their eggs on the white sheets placed behind the lamps. 

 Cilix glaucata.— A few taken in 1902. 



Ccrura furcula.— A few cocoons (empty) found on an island on 

 L. Erne. 



Ptcrostoma palpi na.— Two specimens taken in 1903, pupa digging. 

 Thyatira dcrasa.— Several taken at sugar in 1902. 

 Cymatophora or.— One taken 26th July, 1902, on an island on 

 Iv. Erne. 



C. duplaris,— Fairly common in 1902. 



Acronycta Icporina.— One taken in 1902 ; curiously enough it was 

 taken on the back of one of the servants, who had been for a short 

 walk to the spring well. 



A. mcgacephala.— One taken flying over yellow flags in 1902. 



Xylophasla monoglypha,— Several extremely dark forms taken at 

 sugar in the seasons both of 1902 and 1903. 



X. hcpatica.— A few taken at sugar. 



