Eyed Hawk-Moth in Co. TyroneAuthor(s): Robert W. BinghamSource: The Irish Naturalists' Journal, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Oct., 1947), p. 99Published by: Irish Naturalists' Journal Ltd.Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25533564 .

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October, 1047.] The Trish Naturalists' Journal. 09

ACAXTHOC1SUS AEDIUS IN BELFAST.

A male specimen of the longicorn timber beetle Acanthocinus a.eiWis L. was obtained in a Belfast dockside timber yard on 13th

May, 1047. This is now in the Belfast Museum collection.

Belfast, J. A. S. STENDALL.

CAMBEIRWELL BEAUTY IN CO. WEXFORD.

It might interest you to know that on 24th August my wife and I saw a Camibenvel) Beauty, Nymphalis antiopa (L.), on the seashore near Bannow, Co. Wexford. We saw, presumably, the same one three times and at close range. I understand this species lias seldom been >seevi in Ireland. There were also a considerable

number of Clouded Yellows and Painted Ladies there as well. I have even seen some Clouded Yellows here this year.

JOHN LANGHAM. Germaines, Rathvilly, Co. Carlow.

EYED HAWK-MOTH IN CO. TYRONE. On 25th August my neighbour's gardener brought me a number

of very large caterpillars, which he had found feeding on apple trees.

They were three inches long, pale bluish-green, with diagonal white lines and pale blue horn, the body surface being covered with raised

white points. About 90 caterpillars were collected. The foliage of several young trees had been almost stripped. I had never seen sucih

caterpillars before but made them out to be those of the Eyed Hawk moth {Smerinthus ocellatus). This was confirmed later on submitting specimens to the Belfast Museum.

Dreemore, Dungannon. ROBERT W. BINGHAM.

SILVER-WASHED FRITILLARY AND CLOUDED YELLOW IN CO. DOWN.

On 11th September, 1946, I saw two Silver-washed Fritillaries,

Argynms paphla L., at Craigavad, Co. Down, but was unahle to obtain a specimen. It was not until 13th August, 1947, that I agtain saw this

species in Northern Ireland, this time in a clearing in a wood near

Bangor. Two mating insects rose into the air and flew over the trees. Then a male in indifferent condition glided down ; this I netted. The next day I caught a female in excellent condition, together with a

slightly tarn male, in the same clearing, feeding on Buddleia. The weather on both days was very warm and bright, with light S..W. breeze. I also saw'a Clouded Yellow, Colias croceus Fourcr., in a

field of Ragwort.

Skihhereen, Oultra, Co. Down. T. D. BOYD.

LEPIDOPTE.RA COLLECTED AT OUGHTERARD, CO. GALWAY, IN MAY, 1946.

The following .species of Lepidoptera were taken in the Oughterard district of Co. Galway in May, 1946: Phragmatobia fuliginosa L. (a form like the N. Midlands form, with dark complete border to hind

wings but bright forewmgs, not borealis), Apatele menyanthidis View., Diarsia rubi View, (a dark form), Cerarnica pisi L., Apamea sordens Hufn. {basilinea), Apamea crenala Hufn. {rurea) (typical form), Phytometra viridaria CI., Abrostola tripartita Hufn. {urticae), Euclidmera mi CI., Ectypa glyphica L., Ortholotha scotica Cockayne, Kulype hastata L., Dysstroma truncata Hufn. (a dingy form), Lampropteryx suffumata Schiff., Xanthorhoe spadicearia Schiff., X. designata Roit., X. montanata Borkh., Epirrhoe alternata Mull.,

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