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The Irish Naturalist. 



February. 



was collected on the International Phytogeographical Excursion of 191 1, 

 and has been grown and studied side by side with typical Irish and Scottish 

 G. Robeviimmrn by the describer. It is not known elsewhere at present 

 than at Ballyvaughan. 



ZOOLOGY. 



Notes on Lepidoptera. 



During my stay at Woodenbridge, Co. Wicklow, in June, 19 19, I collected 

 any lepidopteran larvae that came my way ; but unfortunately most of 

 them were stung by Ichneumons, and only a few changed into pupae ; 

 from these few I obtained in the spring of 1920, a fine Notodonta chaonia, 

 which agrees with Kane's description of the Killarney and Clonbrock 

 specimens mentioned in his " Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Ireland," 

 in its large size, white ground colour and strongly marked pattern. I also 

 got 3 specimens of Taeniocampa mimosa var. riibricosa. 



On the 6th August, 191 9, I took here at Tempo the first Argynnis 

 aglaia I had seen in this district; though a fine fresh specimen, I hardly 

 think it could have been bred so far inland. I have seen no others since. 

 During August and September, 19 19, I was fortunate in finding eleven 

 larvae of Acronycta leporina, feeding on low alder bushes, all these 

 eventually burrowed into some rotten wood that I provided them with 

 and produced eleven imagoes in April, 1920. I tried to breed from some 

 of these moths in June, but only succeeded in getting one female to lay 

 five eggs ; these hatched out, but the little larvae refused to feed and died 

 almost directly. On the 22nd of May, 1920, I saw a Painted Lady ( Vanessa 

 cardlii), this is only the second one I have seen here, the other I netted 

 in September, 1915. 



Charles Langham. 



Tempo, Co. Fermanagh. 



Sesia formicaeformis, a correction. 



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In my notes in the Irish Naturalist for December, 1920, I stated that 

 this insect was new to the Irish list of lepidoptera ; this is an error, as 

 I quite overlooked the capture of two examples by Col. J. W. Yerbury at 

 Glengarriff in June, 1901, and recorded by Prof. Carpenter in this magazine 

 for January, 1902. My specimen is from the Kenmare district, where 

 Mr. A. E. L. Sabine found the larvae not uncommonly in stems of sallows 

 growing in exposed situations. No doubt it has a wide range in the South 

 of Ireland. 



Thomas Greer. 



Curglasson, Stewartstown. 



Woodcock in Dublin. 



On Saturday, December i8th, while watching a football match in 

 Trinity College Park, and standing about twenty yards from the wall 

 adjoining Brunswick Street, a bird which I at once recognised to be a Wood- 



