80 
[September, 
until the ship arrived at Rathmullan, on the east shore of Lough 
S willy. AYe remained a w r eek (May 24th to 31st) in this very promising- 
looking locality, but the weather was most unfavourable for collecting, 
wind and rain prevailing almost the w r hole time. By diligently 
searching on perpendicular rock-faces, I managed to secure a nice 
series of Larentia salicata , and with it, Cidarict suffu/mata , Clostera 
reclusa, Odontopera bident at a, and others. Eupithecia pumilata was 
abundant among the heather at a considerable elevation, and in very 
fine condition, although it was quite worn out a month previously at 
Queenstown: with it Anarta myrtilli occurred rarely, and Coremia 
ferrugaria was numerous enough to be a nuisance. In woody places 
Polyoinmatus Argiolus, Iodis lactearia , Eupithecia plumbeolata and 
nanata , Cularia russata (all of a dark smoky form), Platypteryx lacer- 
tula , Cymatophora dupl-aris , and others, were to be found, w r ith JPola 
cristulalis, on the tree-trunks, and one fine and remarkably dark 
ELadena adusta under a stone. On the only fine evening during my 
stay, Bombyx rubi afforded excellent sport, the £ tearing madly 
about in an open heathy place near a w r ood, and looking almost 
scarlet in the rays of the setting sun ; only one $ occurred, at rest. 
June 2nd saw the “Hawk” at Killybegs, Co. Donegal, where I 
fell in with Polyommatus Alsus, Thanaos Pages, Larentia salicata (rare, 
and worn), Eupithecia subumbrata (also near Westport, on the 5th), 
Coremia unidentaria , and others ; Emmelesia albulata and Botys fus- 
calis occurring in great profusion in grass-fields abounding with the 
yellow-rattle, Bhinanthus crista-galli. 
A w r eek of glorious weather in the middle of June enabled me to 
obtain a good number of insects at Galway, in Merlin Park, and the 
adjacent rough fields : though this district appears to have been so 
thoroughly worked years ago by Mr. Birchall, that it was very rarely 
that I obtained any species not previously recorded by him from 
thence. Leucophasia sinapis and Melitcea Artemis both occurred, but 
only single examples of each, and I was unable to find the head- 
quarters of either species. Zygcena Minos, var. nubigena was fairly 
abundant in one rough, heathy field, •where Chelonia plantaginis flew 
in some small numbers in the afternoon, but was not easy to secure — 
to chase it over the rough, deeply fissured surface of hard limestone, 
among stumps and thorny bushes, being out of the question. One 
little sunny open spot among the bushes, abounding in wild thyme 
and other attractive flowers (as •well as with biting flies of most 
ravenous appetite) was particularly productive in small moths : here, 
for the first time, I had the pleasure of seeing and taking the pretty 
