154 fJ"iy' 



stocked with them. Egg '027 by '013 incli, smooth Jind whitish ; the 

 pyriform egg figured, newly laid, was identified by comparison with 

 one that was hatching, and tlie larva issuing from the latter agreed 

 with older larvae in the capititles having the form characteristic in the 

 family to the best of my recollection of figures." (JEaton, 5893 : 1894). 



PROTOLEPIDOPTERA. 



3IIGR0PTER YGINA. 



MICROPTERTX, Hb. 



4765 : 1. — MicuorTEHYX ctaneochrtsa., sp. n. 



Antennae and Palpi black. Head bright golden yellow. Thorax purple. 

 Forewings rich shining bluish purple, with transverse bands of bright golden 

 yellow ; there is a bkie-purple ]mlcli at the base of the costa, another at the base 

 below the fold ; thence a broad golden yellow band reaches to about one-third, 

 broader on the dorsum than on the costa, its outer edge somewhat indented below 

 the costa ; the succeeding space is shining bright blue, with the purple ground 

 showing through it, its outer edge clearly defined by the straight median band of 

 golden yellow which succeeds it ; thence again conies a broad triangular blue patch, 

 broad on the costa and gradually narrowed to the dorsum ; the third golden band 

 beyond it being placed obliquely inward from the costa before the purple apex and 

 termen ; cilia bronzy grey. Exp. al. 8 mm. Hindtuivgs fuscous, with purplish 

 reflections, more strongly tinged with purple towards the apex ; cilia dark bronzy 

 grey. Abdomen blackish. Ler/s very dark bronzy grey. 



I'^pc, ? (9G512). Mus. Wlsm. 



Hab. : ALGERIA— El-Kantara. L1.V.1903. Unique. 



A very distinct and beautiful species. 



CTo be continued). 



SOME NOTES ON THE LEPIDOPTERA 



OF THE "DALE COLLECTION" OF BRITISH INSECTS, NOW IN THE 



OXFORD UNIVERSITY MUSEUM. 



BY JAMES J. WALKER, M.A., R.N., F.L.S. 

 {Coitlnued from page 134). 



II.— HETEROCERA. 



The British moths in the Dale collections are coutained in five 

 cabinets and part of a sixth, and occupy 120 full-sized drawers. 

 Almost every species on our list is more or less fully represented, in 

 most instances by extensive series, and as in the case of the Rhopnlo- 

 cera already dealt with in the preceding pages of this volume, the 

 number of fine and rcmarlcable aberrations, and of specimens of 



