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the beautiful large green species, Lacerta ocellata, L., I have seen 

 in the Cork Woods, quite two feet in length ; the noise made bv one 

 of them, when rushing through the undergrowth, gives the impression 

 of a much larger creature. 



It is, I think, well known that Giliraltar is the only spot in 

 Europe where monkeys, Macacits inuus, L., can be seen in a wild 

 state. It is no uncommon thing to find one, or more, of these animals 

 crossing your path when ascending the Rock. In the winter, when 

 food is scarce on the upper Rock, they come down to the town to pick 

 up what they can get. We have, on sevei'al occasions, been honoured 

 by visits from them on our verandah, and even in my dressing-room, 

 where they generally managed to purloin something portable, such as 

 a shaving brush, etc. Experiments have been made, I understand, to 

 introduce them into Spanish territory, near Gribraltar, but without 

 success ; they all die off soon after being taken over. 



It is weirdly interesting when wandering amidst strange surround- 

 ings, with the rays of the hot southe2*n sun pouring down, to suddenly 

 come upon old British friends, in the shape of Pi/raineis ata/anta, L., 

 P. cardui, L., Pararge megeera, L., Lycxna bellargus, Rott., Plnsia 

 gamma, L., Aspilates ochrearia, Rossi, Acidalia ornata, Scop., Anaitis 

 plagiata, L., or Etirycreon palealis, Schiif., whilst such insects on the 

 British list as Pierfs daplidice,!^., Deilephilalivornica, Esp., D. celerio, 

 L., Deioj)eia 2)ylcTiella,Jj., Sterrha sacraria, L.,and Margarodes niiionalis, 

 Hb., of which one would be lucky to take a specimen in a lifetime at 

 home, are here amongst the most plentiful of insects, and can nearly 

 always be had for the netting. 



Larva-hunting did not, as a rule, yield many specimens. An 

 occasional LaMocampa trifolii, Esp., was found on various bushes, and 

 the conspicuous BeilephUa euphorbia, L., on spurge. The handsome 

 larva of Saturnia pyrl, L., of which I obtained enough to breed a 

 short series, was found on fruit ti'ees. A brown variety of the larva 

 of Acherontia atropos, L., produced a fine normal $ imago. On one 

 occasion, whilst working the lower slopes of the Sierra Carbonera, a 

 curious green flower-like object arrested my attention, which on closer 

 examination, proved to be five larvas of an Arctiid species ranged 

 round the top of a stalk of coarse grass. They were attached by their 

 claspers and prolegs only, the thoracic portion of each stood above the 

 grass and was cuiTed inwards in the form of a note of interrogation, 

 each pointing towards the centre, and remaining perfectly still as if it 

 were part of the plant. This was evidently a case of mimicry for 



