KOVITATKS ZOOLOGICAE XXI. Hill. 335 



the ante- and postmedian lines are doable iu approximans, while Knjlaxia they are 

 single. It might be said that approximans is probably the autninn generation of 

 /lata ; hoi fiavn taken iu October at Biskra are as large as spring specimens and 

 perfectly similar. 



Lengtli of forewing approximans, ir5-14 mm. ; expanse, 27-32 mm. 



Length of forewing /?r(ya, 17-19 mm. ; expanse, 39-43 mm. 



Victor Faroult forwarded 129 specimens taken in Augnst, September, October, 

 and November 1912-1913. 



This lias no connection with my Athetis oherthuri. 



188. Athetis clavipalpis (Scop.). 



Phalaerm clavijjalpis Scopoli, Entum. Cam. p. 213 (^176.?) (Carniola). 



We captured 13 specimens in April 1912, and Faroalt sent in .53 dated March, 

 April, and May 1913. 



189. Athetis grisea (Eversm.). 



Citradrina grisea Eversmann, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1848. iii. p. "215 (Scandinavia). 



Victor Faroult sent in 226 specimens of this species dated September, October, 

 and November 1912-1913. 



190. Athetis jacobsi sp. nov. 



I have much pleasure in naming this after Captain Jacobs, who was the first to 

 discover the species at Gibraltar. 



cJ ? . Antennae brown, basal and apical fifth cream-colour ; head cream-colour ; 

 thorax sooty grey, tegulae cream-colonr freckled with grey ; abdomen whitish wood 

 grey freckled with darker grey. 



Forewing sooty grey suffused with black ; basal three-fifths of costa grey-buff 

 sjiotted with black ; antemedian; and postmedian as well as subterminal lines barely 

 indicated ; terminal edge milky buff; reniform indicated. 



Hindwing whitish, nervnres and outer third suffused with smoky grey-brown. 



Length of forewing, d 12-16 mm., ? 13-16 mm.; e.vpanse, <? 28-36 mm., 

 ? 30-36 mm. 



265 specimens, dated September and October 1912-1913, were forwarded by 

 Faroult. 



191. Athetis flavirena noctivaga (Bell). 



Caradrina nocilvaga Bellier dela Cliavigaerie, Ann. Soc. Kiitom. France., Ser. 4. vol. 3. p. 420. pi. 9. 

 f. 4 (1863) (Barcelona). 



We took 2 specimens in April 1912, and I received 13 taken in April and May 

 1913 by Victor Faroult. 



192. Athetis rufostigmata sp. nov. 



S. Antennae brown ; head silvery greyish white ; thorax aad abJomen silvery 

 grey, anal tuft orange bufip. 



Forewing lavender silvery grey ; two black dots on costa ; orbicular reduced to 

 a minute brown dot edged with buff ; reniform orange rufous, large ; an angled post- 

 median line inside reniform from costa to inner margin and a similar one beyond it 

 darker grey ; a brown-grey subterminal line. 



