NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXIV. 1917. 301 



senting in Mauretania Malacosoma franconica Esp. and the other Malacosoma 

 alpicola Stdgr. 



4 (J(?, 1 ? Boghari, May 1913—1914, Faioiilt (ex larva hatched Hammam 

 Meskoutine). 



3 <J<J, 1 ? Guelt-es-Stel, May 1913, Faroult. 



1 $ Lambessa, Staudinger. 



2 larvae, 4 cocoons, and 2 pupae, CJuelt-es-Stel, Faroult. 



78. Malacosoma franconica brunneo-olivacea subsp. nov. 



(J. Differs from /. franconica in having the cream-yellow discal lines of the 

 forewings much more strongly developed. ?. Differs from /. franconica in being 

 either Hver-brown washed with olive or dark chocolate-brown not maroon-red. 



Habitat. Algeria. 



1 (? Boghari, May 1913, Faroult (ex larva). 



4 (J(J, 4 5? Khenchela. May 1912. W. R. and K. J. (ex larva, larva Khen- 

 chela, emerged Tring), 



2 larvae, 2 cocoons, Khenchela, W. R. and K. J. 



79. Achnocampa ilicis Ramb. 



Achnocampa ilicis Rambur, Cat. Syst. Lepidop. Andal. p. 362. pis. 5. f. 4 and 14. f. 1 (1866) 

 (Andalusia). 



We never received or found this species. 



SO. Diplura loti algeriensis (B. Baker). 



Bombyx loti var. algeriensis B. Baker, Entom. Month. Mag. vol. xxi. p. 242 (1885) (Guelma). 

 Bombyx brunnea Oberthiir, Eliid. Entom. livr. xiii. p. 29. pi. 6. f. 39 (1890) (Prov. Oran). 



We have never come across the imago of /. brunnea, but we found a larva 

 at Saida which, as it was almost dead, I preserved. The Batna o is much damaged. 



1 c? "Algeria," Bartel. 



1 <J, 3 $9 Batna, 1909-1914, Nelva. 



1 ? Lambessa, Deyrolle. 



1 $ Lalla Marnia, October 1912, Rotrou. 



1 ? Sidi-bel-Abbes, August 1912, Rotrou. 



1 larva, Saida, May 1913, W. R. and K. J. 



81. Diplura loti simulatrix Chr^t. 



Diplura simulatrix Chretien, Le Nnturaliste, vol. x.-sxii. (ser. ii. vol. xxii.) p. 78. No. 2 (1910) 

 (Tunisia). 



I have never received this form. Mr. Chretien has described simulatrix as 

 a species distinct from loti, and an examination of the genitaha and other structures 

 may prove him to be right. Mr. Oberthiir has alluded to Mr. Chretien's insect 

 under his brunnea — recte algeriensis B. Baker {Etud. Entom. Camp. Fasc. XII. 

 p. 326 (1916) ), and treats it as a local race of algeriensis, which he considers a dis- 

 tinct species from loti ; this again may or may not prove to be the case. However, 

 one thing is clear, typical Diplura loti does not occur in North Africa ; and as 



