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M..onLeindovtera at Uowth and mcHo«;.-Having a few days holiday, I 
,lu :ha.I cx^uld not do better than spend them in the " Emera d Isle. I 
Kl in Dublin on June 19th last. After breakfast, I walked down to the Sand 
^ Dallymount. I worked then, duringthe whole afternoon, betook nothing, 
^s in consequence of the rain which came down steadily all the time, 
^r Monday, June 21st, I went to Howth, after receiving instructions ftom 
tre (of the Eoyal Dublin Society), to whose disinterested kindness - PO-^mg 
Lc lit es I am indebted for a comparatively successful campaign m a bad 
fn tried the Bailey Hotel, but found I could not be "taken m," so ma e 
Uost comfortable and reasonable lodging at a honse just above the ho el 
le I would advise any entomologist to stay, as it is close-for Howth-to the 
n!liW. Ask for « Cabena's," at the top of the hill. In due course 
t^ work, and got a few Eu,.caia alhicapitana and Sericons Mtorana^n the 
Loon, i; the evening there was more rain. As I took up my Posjtion for 
St on the side of the cliff, I had the pleasure of meeting Messrs. Meek and 
h of London. We watched the Silene maritima flowers most of the night, 
Ht'e the teeming rain. AVhen we gave up, I found I had taken one IHantiu.c^a, 
.ettu amongst a few other things. We spent our days in setting our msects 
,in hunting the cliffs and searching for pup. of Sesia ..UlantUforjms ; of 
kh, although Mr. Meek and I worked hard for many hours, we found no 
e The nights were devoted to the Silene flowers from "dusk to dawn 
bout further comment on Howth, I give a list of species caught during the 
^ time I was there. Mr. Meek will send you an account of his usual good 
t, so I will not refer to his captui-e. 
\m. lon.lyWor.nis (fine series), He,ialus velleda, V. n^aculata^ Eur^m.^e 
IWa in a wood adjoining the Old Bridge near Lough Dan. Melamp^etr^s- 
. E. palumharia (highly coloured), Thyatira hatis, A. rum^c^s (fine var.), M. 
■evs P cenea, Argyrolepia Baumianniana, and several common species. 
.1;.e'24th. This afternoon, Mr. More and I set off for that lovely county 
Kklow After some three hours ride on an outside car, we arrived at Murphey s 
lei, Eoundwood, which we made head quarters. During the next fo- days we 
ited and collected in or near to Roundwood, Lough Dan, Lough Luggala ,L. Tay) 
'eral woods and bogs on the banks of the Kiver Armamoe (which river and the 
es afforded us some nice trout fishing), Glendalough, Seven Churches &c. I 
.ared each evening, but with poor success. The locaUty is a very likely one. 
i if worked well, would, I am sure, repay ; it is easy of access, and not expensive, 
.sidering this is the worst season I have known, I think I did pretty well there, 
follows: AcidoMa sulsericeata, Larmtia salicata, Eup. venosata (very large), Ey. 
nata and an Eupithecia I do not know, (perhaps Eup. distinctata), 2L gaUata, 
capsophila, D. Earrettii, P. suhornatella, EupcBcilia albicapitana, &c. 
After our return to Dublin, we spent one evening in the Botanical GardenB. 
Glasneven, which are a great feature of the Royal Dublin Society. I got httle 
them, but the night was very cold.-T. J. Careington, York, July, 1869. 
J^ote on Lithosia caniola.-On the 1st March Mr. Stainton kindly sent me 
om Milan, five larv. of LUhosia caniola, about one-third giwn. They did not 
,ach me for a week, and having been without food, air, or light during the interval, 
ere in a sickly condition, and all except one shortly died. 
