NOVITATES ZOOLOGICVU! XXt. 1914. 313 



.anterior part of each segment is a bliick square patch in which is a large bnffy 

 piiilv or plain buff spot ; one 3-ellow lateral line, the second along the spiracles 

 being absent, each spiracle iu a large pink patch. 



U-OTODODTTIDAE. 



43. Dicranura vinula delavoiei Gasch. 



Dicrnmira vinula vnT. delavoiei. Gaschet, ..liin. S«c. Enlom. France (5), 6. p. 522 (1876) (EI-Esman, 

 Algeria). 



This constantly darker subspecies seems very rare at Guelt-es-Stel, 1 S 

 April 20, 1 c?, 2 ? ? May 10, and 1 ? , 1 <? Blay 13 being sent in by Faroult in 1913, 

 and these are all I have heard of. 



THAUMATOFOEADAi:. 



44. Thaumatopoea solitaria (Frr.). 



B'imljtjr solitaria Freyer (N.B.), Neue Beitr. iii. p. 102, pi. 2156 (1838) (Asia Minor). 



Faroult sent in 12 specimens from August and September 1913, all ii . 



45. Thaumatopoea herculeana colossa Bang-Haas. 



ThaunuUopoea herculeana v. colossa Bang-Haas, Iris vol. .\xiv. p. 31 (I'JIO) (Spain and Portugal). 



Very abundant at Guelt-es-Stel during the months of September and October, 

 Victor Faroult sent in a large series of males, but only 3 ? ? in 1913. The males 

 vary in the amount and depth of colour of the brown markings ; while one ? is normal 

 and brown, the other two are almost entirely white, like the typical herculeana 

 /lerculea/ia. The larva is black clothed with yellow hairs. 



LYMANTBIIDAE. 



46. Lymantria atlantica (Ramb.). 



Psilnra atlanlica Rambur, Faun. Entoin. Andal. t. 15 f. 7 (1838-1830) (Andalusia). 



This is a most variable insect, and I am convinced all the Guelt-es-Stel 

 specimens are atlantica, though Dr. Nissen does not agree. Victor Faroult sent 

 me 291 specimens from the months of May and June and August and 

 September 1913. 



LASIOCAMFIDAE. 



47. Chonderostega powelli Oberth. 



Chondernsterja jinwelli Ohsrthiu, Etud. Enlom. Coinn. vol. vi. p.l33G, pi. c.'C.'kXii, Nos. 111)2, 111)3, 111)4 

 (1012) (Guryville et Aflou). 



2(JcJ, 3 ? ? and a blown larva were seat in by Victor Faroult; the 

 imagines being from September 1913, the larva March 27, 1913. 



4S. Malacosoma franconica lutea (Oberth.). 



Bomhyx luleus Oberthiir, Etnd. Entom. iii. p. 44 (1878) (El-May, Oran) ; Etud. Entom. vi. pi. I 

 f. 2 and p. 75. 



Some of the copies of Part VI. were sent out with the figure of this insect left 

 uncoloured, so that it appears white. 



In the larval stage this insect is apparently very common all over the " Hants 

 Plateaux," but the imago is much rarer. 



Faroult sent 1 t? captured May 31, 1913, and 1 S s\nd 1 ? bred May 2<', 1913. 



