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Spilosoma fuliglnosa — Common, 
mendica — Common; males ap- 
parently always cream-coloured, 
lubricipeda - Common, 
menthastri — Very abundant ; 
some specimens nearly immacu- 
late, and ochreous specimens (var. 
ochracea) are common, sometimes 
with the wing-rays white. 
Hepialns humuli— Very abundant, 
velleda — Very abundant ; var. 
gallicus also common, 
bectus — Common. 
Orgyia anti qua— Larvae scarce. 
Bombyx rubi — Larvae common on 
hills. 
quercus, var. callunee— Larvae 
common. 
[Appendix B.N.F.C., 
Saturnia pavonia — Very common 
on hills. 
Sicranura vinula — Common. 
Xaopbopteryx camelina— 
Common. 
Notodonta dictaea — Scarce, 
dromedarius — Scarce, Belfast, 
ziczac- Larvae not uncommon on 
"Willow. 
Pbalsera bucepbala — Common. 
Pygaera pigra— Larvae on willow, 
Mourne Mountains. 
Thyatira derasa — Collin Glen ; 
common. 
batis — Very common. 
WTOCTUJE. 
Bryopblla perla — Newcastle. 
Aconycta psi— Common. 
rumicis — Donard demesne ; a 
pale form. 
Xteucanla conlgera*— Belfast 
marshes. 
litbargyria— Common, 
comma — Common, 
impura— Very abundant, 
pallens — Very abundant ; var. 
rufescens common. 
Tapinostola fulva — Very abun- 
dant in marshes near Belfast ; 
varies from pale bone-colour to 
dark reddish. 
Nonagrla arundinis — Local in Co. 
Down. 
Hydreecia nictitans — Most, if not 
all, the specimens from this dis- 
trict are referable to H lucens. 
micacea— Common. 
Xylopbasla rurea — Very abun- 
dant ; var combusta also common 
litboxylea— Very abundant, 
monoglypba — Very abundant ; 
var. brunnea (Tutt) is common and 
var. obscura (Tutt) scarce. 
XTeuronia popularis— Belfast. 
Cbarceas graminis — Very abun- 
dant. 
Xuperina testacea— Belfast ; com- 
mon. 
Mamestra brassicee— Common. 
Apamea basillnea — Common. 
Apamea opbiogramma — One 
specimen in a marsh near Belfast. 
gemina— Common. 
leucostigma— The type and var. 
fibrosa are both common in the 
marshes about Belfast and else- 
where in the district. 
didyma— Very abundant. 
Miana strigilis— The type is scarce, 
but the darker varieties fairly 
common. 
fascluncula — Common ; small 
grey specimens occur on the hills 
in August. 
literosa — Not common, but gener- 
ally distributed. 
bicoloria -Very abundant ; var. 
rufuncula is not uncommon 
Celeena Haworthii — Common on 
Belfast hills. 
Grammesia trigrammica— 
Common. 
Stilbia anomola — Common in one 
place on Black Mountain, Belfast ; 
also Occurs in the Mourne Moun- 
tains The specimens are large 
and dark. 
Caradrina taraxaci — Common. 
4-punctata — Very abundant ; the 
specimens from this district are 
generally either ochreous or dark 
grey. 
Xtuslna tenebrosa — Belfast 
scarce. 
