A MONTH AMONfiST SPANISH HUTTKKFI.IKS. 17/ 



A. niobe var. eris. One only. 



hri/cxs pandora. First seen on Jane 8th. A tine lai'ge form. 



Mclananiia lachcsis. This species was not out at the time of our 

 visit. I did not take it at all. 1 saw it in numbers on the railway 

 banks about twenty miles north of Barcelona, when homeward bound 

 in the express for Port Bou. 



M. incs. First seen on June 8th. We took very few owing to 

 unfavourable weather. 



Kiebia crias. One example at La Losilla on June 12th. 



I'artin/c iiiacra var. adrasta. Not uncommon, but usually worn. 



/'. iiit't/aeia. Frequent. 



l-'.pinephele jiasip/iiie. Common from May 29th onwards. 



L'ue)i())iijiiipha dorns. Two males on June 9th. 



C. ipJiioiiles. First appeared on June 12th when we took three 

 examples. Unfavourable weather prevented additions to the series. 



('. pawphilHu. Not common and very worn. 



Kr>inni:^ {('atrliamihis) alrcat . Not uncommon ; about halt-a-dozen 

 were taken. 



E. {(\) althcac. Two examples on June 8th. 



A'. (C.) laratcrac. Fre(iuent near Santa Croche. 



PnivelUa san. Not very common. 



He>ij)ciia caitliaini. Very numerous, especially near Santa Croche 

 from May 81st onwards. 



Of the other black and white IJespcn'idaf I cannot speak with any 

 degree of certainty, as my specimens have not been subjected to the 

 only reliable test of identity. 



Xisdjiiades tat/es. A few of the (-('rranti's form from May 2Gth 

 onwards. 



Adopaea fiara. Not common from May 31st onwards. 



Amongst the Ueteroceia the only species not met with by Mr. 

 Sheldon, which we came across, were Satnrnia pyri, Dicrauura linnla, 

 and Tiochiluiiii apifomie. The latter was discovered on the poplar 

 trunks on two or three occasions about 9 a.m. It had evidently just 

 emerged. 



The very few (ieiwu'tridae taken have been handed over to Mr. 

 Prout for identification. 



In a district new to all of us there were of course numerous natural 

 objects of interest other than entomological ones. ' It was a treat to 

 see for the first time a pair of vultures poised high over the sierras, 

 and on another occasion to catch a glimpse of a pair of eagles — I 

 believe, Bonelli's. Raptores of smaller species were fairly numerous, 

 but I fear I am not ornithologist enough to hazard a guess at their 

 identity. My notes record numbers of the little owl — a species which 

 was generally observed on the top of a telegraph pole, from which it 

 flew oft' as one approached, to take up a similar position on the next. 

 Of the small perching birds no one could fail to remark the numbers 

 of nightingales, which sang incessantly day and night in the bushes 

 along the course of the Guadalaviar, and the great abundance and 

 variability of the wheatear. One example of the latter species had 

 all the grey parts replaced by a yellow- brown tint. 



On one occasion as we rounded a bend in the road near Santa 

 Croche a fellow passenger in the diligence excitedl} exclaimed " Lobo ! 

 Lobo ! " and looking in the direction indicated I was just in time to 



