LEPIDOPTERA 
TAKEN IN THE BELFAST DISTRICT. 
By Charles W. Watts, F.I.C. 
INTRODUCTION. 
[Read 20th February , 
The entomologist living in Belfast has within his reach many 
places where he can capture his game. For short excursions, 
the range of hills from the Knockagh to the White Mountain 
is probably the best ground, including, as it does, wooded glens 
such as Collin Glen, the chalky slopes of the eastern faces, and 
the moorland and bogs of the higher parts of the hills. Each 
of these has its characteristic flora, and, feeding on the plants, 
we may expect an insect-fauna to correspond. 
Nearer home than the hills are productive spots like the 
marshes by the Lagan, and the Bog Meadows, and the lanes and 
hedgerows produce plenty of common insects, besides some 
better species among the Micro-lepidoptera. 
Further afield, but still within a day’s excursion, are Island- 
magee and the coast just north of Larne, and on the Co. Down 
side, the shore and the numerous plantations, especially the 
woods about Helen’s Tower. 
Inland in both counties we cannot expect great results. The 
country is more or less cultivated, and on such ground only the 
commonest species occur, but these sometimes swarm in par- 
ticular places. 
Of the more distant localities within the district the Mourne 
Mountains are undoubtedly the best, and after them, the Glens 
of Antrim, particularly Glenarm, and the sandhills of Portrush, 
