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,be larva when younger has the yellow markings less ^^Btmc and .n two of 
.Umples found on the Genista, they scarcely appeared even to the last 
Kl enters the earth, but only just beneath the surface, to undergo .ts 
sworth. 
:'ft™„d. at Castle.Oo„„ell, .ear Ltaeriok. when, althoash I ""^ ""^ j"" ^ 
tter. to ocoup; my time besides Entomology, I managed to spare a few days m 
pn irot my Jbby. During the greater portion of my stay the weather was 
„\ Tlh cold or hig^ winds, and every night, e.cept two, when .t ram d 
'.;,,, the brilliancy of the moonlight precluded even the hope of snccesrfnl 
:fn;, ,o that I did not even attempt this method of collecting. Larva hn.tmg 
;. wa almost a total failure, and after the first two or three »-;-«» °';'°'' 
beatm. I gave up the search in utter disgust. The 25th and 2Gth 1 devoted to 
e etToTatil of cltloe Woods, net and boating stic. in hand These woods a„ 
lent 400 acres or more in e.tent, lymg nearly parallel to the ''''^''-^^^^21 
aUway, and are 10 miles by line from the former town although -ot" re than 
,e as tke crow flies. They are on the .id, and foot of a moderately steep and 
igh bill, one of the lower range of the Clare mountains. The 'ower p» . w^.h « 
."the alt, is mostly Scotch fir and larch with a th.ct -^"^-*;^ ^';'^^'^' 
cUy, hawthorn, *c. . higher up the hill ^X:^^^:^^:^^^' 
lad mountain side, the highest points running into huge »°»°1=f' °»" '^^^^ 
: notice, owing to the height of the bushes, and ^^"'"y'^^^l^. ^ „„,„,„, 
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