XOVITATBS ZOOLOGICAE XXIV. 1917. "97 



121. Phragmatobia fuliginosa kroumira Oberth. 



Phragmatohia jidiginosa form, kroumira Oberthiir, Eiiid. Lepid. Comp. Faso. XIII. p. II. t. cdxxxv. 

 f. 3751 (1917) (Ain Drahani). 



We have never taken this species. 



C Environs de Setif, 1911, Faroult. 

 3 Khenchela, June 1911, Faroult. 

 43 Ain Drahani, August — September 1911, Faroult. 



[Apantesis fasciata and its allies. 



Mr. Oberthiir is convinced that fasciata' Esp., dido Wagn., and oberthuri 

 Oberth. (Stdgr. in litt.) are three very distinct species. I confess that I cannot 

 convince myself of this, for tlie three forms replace one another geographically : 

 fasciata being only found north of the Mediterranean ; oberthuri. being confined 

 to Algeria west of Hammam Meskoutine and in the Province of Alger ; and 

 dido is only found east of Hammam Meskoutine and in Western Tunisia. It 

 might be urged that while in Europe we have three distinct races of fasciata, 

 there appears to be no connecting link between that form and oberthuri (which 

 link would be expected in the Oranais) ; this is true, but the character of the 

 pattern of the wings is so similar and their geograpMcal distribution so regular 

 that I feel almost certain they are merely geographical races of one species.] 



122a, Apantesis fasciata oberthuri (Oberth.). 



Chelonia nbcrlhiiri Oberthiir (ex Staudinger in litt.), Etiid. Eniom. liv. xiii. p. 27. pi. 7. ff. 47-48 

 (1890) (I-ambeze). 



We only took this insect once at night at Blida les Glacieres, but Dr. Har- 

 tert found a full-gro-rtTi larva on Djebel Mahmel from which I bred a fine ?. 



1 ? Djebel Mahmel (ex larva). E. H. 



2 S3 Blida les Glacieres, June 1908, W. R. and K. J. 



28 cJcJ, 34 5? Blida les Glacieres (all reared from the eggs of 1$), Captain Holl. 



2 " Algeria " in the British Museum. 



1226. Apantesis fasciata dido (Wagn.). 



Eiiprepia dido Wagner, Reiner Regent Algier, vol. iii. p. 209. t. 9 (1841) (Algeria). 



We have never taken this insect nor did Faroult send it to me. One of 

 the o o has the ground-colour of the forewings brown-grey instead of liver-brown. 



5 (J (J, 2 $9 Ain Drahara, Staudinger. 



1 (J Le Tarif, Tunisia. 



2 " Tunis " in the British Museum. 



123a. Arctia villica arabum (Oberth.). 



Chelonia villica arabmn Oberthiir, Etiid. Lipid. Comp. Fasc. IV. p. 678. No. 447. pi. liii. f. 447 (I9I0) 

 (Bougie). 



We have taken this insect at Hammam R'ihra and Blida les Glacieres. We 

 did not find it very rare, but the numlier of bad specimens was very large, so 



