358 NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXIV. 1917. 



keep it separate, but personally I believe it is only a starved specimen of 

 L. atlantica. 



68. Liparis oberthuri Lucas. 



LymarUria oberthuri Lucas, Ann. Soc. Enlom. France, vol. Ixxv. p. 26. pi. 3. ff. 6, 7 (1906) (Nefta, 

 Tunisia). 



We have taken 2 oo of this pretty httle species ourselves ; it appears to 

 be very rare. 



1 Bordj :\rgeitla. near El Oucd, April 1909, W. R. and E, H. 

 1 Oucd Saadana, May 1912, E. H. and V. H. 



69. Porthetria dispar (Linn.). 



Phalaena dispar Linnaeus, Syst. Xat. vol. i. p. 501. No. 27 (1758) (?). 



This insect appears later in the year than we have been in Algeria. It is 

 exceedingly common, but I have a very poor Mauretanian series. 



11 Tala Rana, July 1908, Dr. Nisscn. 



27 Environs de Batna, Nelva and Tailkfer. 



I A'in Draham, July 1911, Faroult. 



70. Ocneria signatoria nisseni (Rothsch.). 



Lymantria nisseni Rothschild, Novit. Zool. vol. xix. p. 125. No. 1 (1912) (Khenchela). 



If Mr. Obertluir did not persist in considering names A\ith descriptions only 

 invalid, usually ignoring them altogether, he would have found out that his 

 siymUoria algirica, described and figured in his Fascicule XI. of the Etudes Com- 

 parees in April 1916, was ante-dated by nearly four years by my nisseni. 



Mr. Oberthiii- remarks that he does not know the o, having only 5 $? : it 

 is very strange, but although the Tring Museum contains 71 examples, they are 

 all without exception $?, as is the case «ith my tlirce typical signatoria from 

 Central Asia. I also find that all the Ocneria rubea we have captured ourselves 

 in Algeria are ??. 



1 Khenchela, June 1911 (type), Faroult. 

 3 El Mesrane, June 1913, Faroult. 

 1 Msila, May 1915, Faroult. 

 66 Ain Sefra, August 1915, Faroult. 



71. Ocneria rubea (Schiff. and Den.). 



Phalaena rubea Schiffermuller and Denis, Syst. Verz. Schmett. Wien, p. 51. No. 2 (1766) (Vienna). 



We captured a small series of this species at Hammam Mcskoutinc, all $2 ; 

 one of these has the forewings suffused with smoky browii, only the costal edge, 

 inner margin, and fringe being pink. The o from Masscr Mines is entirely 

 suffused with smoky grey, only on the disc of the hindwings a little pink 

 shows through. The Ain Draham $ is very large. 



1 ^ Masser Mines, June 1914, Faroult. 



II ?? Hammam Meskoutine, May 1914, W. R. and K. J. 

 1 $ Ain Draham, July 1911, Faroult. 



