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The Irish Naturalist. 



Aprij, 



THE DISTRIBUTIOxN OF ARGYNNIS AGLAEA IN 



IRELAND. 



BY REV. W. F. JOHNSON, M.A., F.E.S. 



My own capture of this butterfly here and notes of its 

 appearance in various locahties made me look up the records 

 of its occurrence in Ireland, and from the materials available 

 I have made up the following table of its distribution, taking 

 first the coastal counties and then those inland. The 

 numbers denote the references : — 



Coastal Counties. 



Kerry. — Kenmare (2), Ballybunnion (5). 



Cork. — Bandon, Desertserges, Rosscarberry (2). 



Waterford. — Ballinamore, Kilmedon (11), Portlaw (12) 



Wexford. — Ballyhyland (10). 



WiCKLOW. — Greystones, Bray Head (2). 



Dublin. — Lambay (6). 



Down. — Dundrum (2), Newcastle (7). 



Antrim. — Portrush, Portballintrae (2, 15). 



Londonderry. — Co. Derry (i), Londonderry District (3), 



Castlerock (7). 

 Donegal. — Co. Donegal (i), Londonderry District (3). 

 Mayo. — HoUymount (13). 



Galway. — Ardrahan (2), Recess, Inishmore (4), Chfden 

 Roundstone (8). 



Inland Counties. 



Kilkenny. — Mileport (11). 

 KiLDARE. — Curragh (9). 

 Armagh. — Poyntzpass (14). 

 Fermanagh. — Tempo (16). 



It will be seen from the above that this butterfly is by 

 no means confined to the sea-coast, for many of these 

 localities are at a distance from the sea, the Curragh, for 

 instance, where it is said to be " locally common," being 

 thirty miles from the coast. 



